Parenting With Heart And Humor
Fuse beads, Perler beads, fun-beads-to-stick-in-your-nose: Regardless of what you call these beads, I am THRILLED to have bought BUCKET LOADS of the little plastic cylinder-shaped beads.I spent countless hours in the 80s making coasters for my parents, grandparents and other unsuspecting View Post
The cutest perler bead bunny: OK, can we all agree that this winter was unusually long, cold and did I mention long? We live in the Pacific North West and within the past few days, the cherry blossoms are finally in bloom. The beauty of the pink flowers are giving me hope that spring IS View Post
Activities for Money Smart Kids Teaching kids about money and how to be money smart can be a really stress-inducing thought. If you as an adult have any money stress at all, the thought of teaching your children about it may in fact cause you anxiety and it can be for many reasons. View Post
How to hygge on Valentine's Day We’ve been talking about hygge for a bit now, and how hygge is about coziness, feeling comfortable, no-stress and simply an overall feeling of satisfaction and contentment. Valentine’s Day is another excellent opportunity to light some candles, snuggle on the View Post
17 Clever Perler Bead Crafts for Kids Oh, where to begin? At first glance you wouldn’t think that a bag of plastic beads could be used to produce such a variety of items. From favorite characters, to keychains, to décor items to toys, you can make them all with Perler beads, also known as Hama View Post
DIY LEGO Christmas Wreath Instructions: Happiness is combining two of your favorite things: making wreaths and creating with LEGO. We recently moved across the country, from Florida to Washington State. In order to squeeze our earthly belongings into two pod containers, we had to make some tough View Post
Make Christmas More Fun With These DIY Advent Calendars: I think we can agree that the excitement for Christmas and the whole Christmas season easily starts to build somewhere between the day after Christmas and the first day of school. We try to put off getting to consumed by it until we have had View Post
Fun Halloween Ideas for Kids: Spooky and creepy or cute and adorable, either way you prefer your Halloween decorations and crafts, kids adore them all! We like simplicity of paper crafts and our kids enjoy making Halloween paper crafts too! From spiders to witches, from bats to monsters, there are View Post
Autumn Leaf Crafts to Make With Kids: So, remember when we did that cute collection of pinecone crafts? Well, we’re at it again, or we’re still at it I should say, because really, the adventures and the crafting never stop. This time around our featured nature find is leaves. Everybody loves View Post
Kid Friendly Halloween Decor Halloween is easily one of the best celebrations there is. I mean, there’s great costumes, amazing decorations and yep – tons of candy. There are also a lot of opportunities for the DIYers out there to get their craft on – and some people go ALL OUT. Everything is View Post
13 STEM Activities with LEGO It’s no secret that we all love to play with LEGO. And it’s also a well-known fact that LEGO is the ideal medium for experimenting and learning about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math ("STEM"). We’ve collected some great activities for you and your builders to View Post
12 Ways to Have Unbeatable Fun with Bubbles: You know what’s awesome about bubbles? Everything! I mean really, we arm the children with soap and water and say "have fun!" And they do!? It’s a total win-win situation for everyone. We are talking about some good clean (literally) fun that View Post
Outdoors Gross Motor Ideas School is out for summer! And it’s time to throw the screens in the trash and kick the kids outside, enjoy the outdoors and get moving! We know that gross motor skills are important for muscle and strength development. We know they are crucial to building confidence and View Post
14 Lovingly Handmade Mother's Day Gifts: We all know it’s the thought that counts when it comes to gifting – and when it comes to the really important people in our lives, like Mom, we want to make sure we get it right. Truth is, Mom is probably going to love just about anything you gift to her View Post