This year we're making sure that friend love doesn't get neglected on Valentine's Day, and so I've rounded up 8 awesome crafts that celebrate your kids' BFFs in the most adorable ways. Because while I can barely tell you the names of my …
Finding all of these free sight word printables for kindergarten instantly brings me back to those sweet early days of school , sniff.I have teens now, but I remember how scary it could be to send your kid off to kindergarten, hoping tha…
If you haven't secured the perfect Mother's Day gift yet and now you're looking for last-minute Mother's Day gifts, rest easy. Okay, not that easy, because it's literally just a few days away. But if you hustle, we can still help you out…
Even if Valentine's Day is coming up quick, there's still time for kids to make these last-minute craft ideas and printables to make anyone's February 14 extra special. (Even if their sweetheart is just Dad or Mom.) While a full school w…
We started a rewards chart with my daughter a month ago, and -- although I'm scared to say it out loud -- it's working to keep her in her bed at night. So, consider me a brand new fan of rewards charts, whether you're starting potty trai…
There are a lot of printable 2024 calendars out there, but (no offense!) most of them look like someone's having a good time playing with Canva templates. I'd rather recommend something for you that's a little more artful. So after a goo…
While of course our holiday gift guide is always full of wonderful gifts you can buy, we adore homemade holiday gifts of all kinds. It's not just that homemade gifts allow us to save some money (well, depending on the gift of course!), b…
Every year, we love to find the best handmade, DIY holiday gifts for the kids to make for all the VIPs in their lives. Even if we're not the craftiest people on the block, we love to give out DIY holiday gifts that feel more personal. (N…
Dia de los Muertos may sound ominous to those unfamiliar, but this holiday recognized in Mexico, throughout Latin America, and increasingly around the US is traditionally a sweet time for families to come together to pray for and celebra…
When I started keeping a gratitude journal with my daughter a few years back, I was struck by her comment one night at bedtime: "Doing this makes me so happy." All the research I've seen seems to support her reaction; keeping lists of th…
Back to school time isn't just about shopping! (Not that there's anything wrong with shopping, of course.) One of our favorite annual traditions is sharing our favorite back to school printables in our Back to School Guide to help make t…
Call us the handwriting brigade. Seriously. From day one, even with the advent of technology and the slow decline of handwriting instruction (let alone cursive, gah!) in schools, we've always made it our mission to encourage kids not to …
Homemade Father's Day cards are so perfect, whether they're from kids old enough to manage their own craft supplies, or you know, "from the baby." In fact we all feel like a homemade card should be part of any Father's Day gift you're gi…
We're already seeing a lot of searches on our site for ways to celebrate the graduates in our lives, whether that is by throwing a party with special, graduation-themed food , or by using one of the many newer graduation ideas that we st…
Our Seder includes a new tradition, the reading of the Hamilton Haggadah. But to keep the little ones happy, we happily share this: an awesome set of free printable Passover 10 plague finger puppets at Tori Avey's blog. Oh, like you alre…
One of our readers' favorite posts over the past few years has been Kate's roundup of 5 beautiful gratitude journal printables for kids -- and frankly, for us adults too. Related : 8 gratitude activities to practice with your kids this T…
We first started this site with the mission of discovering cool things -- particularly from small businesses and women-run companies -- and share them with you all. While we've become popular for our gift guides to suit every budget, our…
As Easter gets closer, sitting down with Ukrainian Easter egg coloring pages and crayons or markers opens the door to talk to our kids about what they’re coloring — just as we mentioned in our roundup of fabulous, famous International Wo…
November 11 is Veterans Day, and while every day is a good day to honor our brave veterans and give thanks to retired soldiers for their service, it's always good to have a national holiday to inspire us to action. So many of us here com…
S he believed she could so she did. My very favorite inspirational quote. The first time I saw it, not long after I had graduated college, it was printed on a funky wooden brooch by an artist at a craft fair. I pinned it to a jacket, and…
When I saw this printable diverse summer reading list challenge for kids over at the Oaxacaborn homeschool group on Facebook, I immediately had to share it. Schools here in Nashville have already dismissed for summer break —I know the re…
I totally get the last-minute holiday gift problem. Believe me! I mean, we may have started amassing ideas for our 2020 Holiday Gift Guide in, like...February, but hey, we're busy moms. And we're busy shopping for you sometimes at the ex…
With Thanksgiving looking so different this year, we're really trying to focus on gratitude and gratitude activities, so that we're spending more time feeling, well, thankful, instead of resentful. With my own Thanksgiving family plans c…
It's encouraging to see how many parents have asked us for voting activities for elementary students or any kids too young to vote this year . With the election just a few weeks away, our kids have surely heard us talking about different…