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Beat Winter Lethargy
The crackers have all cracked, the presents have all been unwrapped and the pudding is just a distant memory. Christmas is over, and everyone's holiday cheer has...
Bicycle Seats and Trailers for Babies
Keeping children safe on bicycles starts well before they ever get up on their own bikes, but that doesn’t mean that beautiful bouncing babies should...
Choosing a Trampoline for Your Kids
If you’re looking for a piece of children’s play equipment that many ages can enjoy and can be used in your garden, then a trampoline is a good option to explore....
Choosing Summer Camps
Summer camps are many things: part day care, part education tuition, part experiment in independent living and part fun! All of these parts add up to camps with unique...
Craft Project Ideas
Rainy afternoons can be hard on everyone. The next time you're cooped up with the kids, don't get cranky, get crafty! Craft projects are a great way for your kids to...
Create a Healthy Shopping List
Creating a healthy shopping list can be a challenge, but that's actually the easy part once you enter the tempting aisles of the supermarket and try to convince yourself...
Drama and Art
Do your children seek the spotlight? br>
Do they yearn for the yearly school play? br>
Do you often wonder if you have a few budding Baciccios on your hands?...
Family Reunion Activities
Planning a get together for extended family is well worth the effort. Cousins get to catch up on each other's lives, funny family stories are shared, and everyone gets...
Garden Games
An outdoor space offers a great place for children to play, and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. You don't have to have a huge, sprawling garden, as even the smallest...
Getting Kids Involved in Making Compost
If you enjoy gardening and are keen to get your kids involved in outdoor activities too, then why not get them involved in the task of making...
Great Days Out
The next time your kids tell you that they're bored, pack up a few snacks and head for a fun family day out. Forget the usual trip to the cinema or local park, and...
Growing Gardens
Planting and tending to a garden can be fun and educational for children of all ages. Whether growing herbs, vegetables, or flowers, children and gardens are well suited...
How to Stop the Kids Getting Bored
There's nothing worse than being faced with a bored child or teen who's got nothing of interest to do and can't motivate themselves. Or perhaps you're fed up with seeing...
Ideas for Half-Term Fun
Children love having a week off school and half term holidays are always a great excitement. For parents, the idea of having hyper children around the house all week...
Kids Cookery
Getting your kids interested in cooking is a great way of teaching them skills that will last a lifetime. It's also fun, but has an educational slant, as they can learn...
Make a Five a Day Chart
Loading up a plate with colorful fruits and vegetables is a healthy way to eat, for adults as well as for kids. Children aren't always the most willing veggie eaters,...
Making a Puppet Theatre
From shadow puppets to hand puppets to fully jointed wooden puppets, puppet theatres can provide endless hours of fun for children young and old. Unfortunately, well...
Making Family Tee-Shirts
Whether you want to have a way to identify the kids in a crowd, commemorate a family event, or just get the creative juices flowing on a rainy afternoon, making family...
Music Lessons
I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go...
Party Ideas for 8-11 Year Olds
When they are really young, throwing a party for children is fairly simple. Get a cake, blow up some balloons, and play a few games. Done deal. Parties for teens are...
Party Ideas for Teens
Coming up with ideas for children’s birthday parties may have seemed tricky, but once your children grow into teenagers, it can be doubly difficult to find suitable...
Rainy Weather Games
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day! Being stuck inside because of rain is no fun, but with a few rainy weather games hidden away for… well, a rainy day, things...
Researching Family History
Researching your roots can be an exhilarating, fascinating and frustrating experience - all at the same time! Often having children spurs us on to find out more about...
Roadtrip Survival Guide
Family road trips offer opportunities for parents and kids to spend uninterrupted time together, making memories that will last a lifetime. That's the plus side. The...
Scrapbooking for Kids
Scrapbooking is a wonderful way to preserve photos and other memorabilia while at the same time creating a book of memories that is uniquely yours. Scrapbooks can be...
Summer to do List
I'm bored! If you are a parent, you have undoubtedly heard this from your children at one time or another. At the start of each summer, children are excited about all of...
