Last weekend, we had a lovely time as a family planting basil, mint, and sunflower seeds in our yard using our new Curious Gardener kit. Using Curious Chef cooking tools, we made a summer salad with peaches, burrata cheese, balsamic vinaigrette, and herbs from our garden.

7 Fun Craft Gifts for 10-Year-Old Girls! The anticipation of gifts from loved ones and Santa keeps many traditions alive. The pressure to buy the perfect present (being a loved one, a "secret Santa", or as Santa) is real, especially when shopping for a 10 year old girl. The chirpy tweens expect their secret Santas to come bearing out-of-the-box gifts. Brimming with creative imagination, they crave gifts that inspire them and are incredibly fun to use at the same time. If you're stuck trying to come up with a unique and exciting craft gift idea that a 10-year-old girl would love, here...

Memorial Day activities for kids and families to teach the meaning of Memorial Day through community involvement, hand-made crafts and gifts, and spending time with loved ones.

With Easter just a few weeks away, it’s not too early to start rounding up Easter Basket goodies. Here is a list of our favorite basket stuffers this year!

Do you like to gift your littles a small treat for Valentine's Day? We turned a $1 pencil box into this cute StoryBricks® play box and it made the most perfect gift for our building brick enthusiast.     What you need: - Peel 'n Stick Baseplate (we chose pink but click the link for our full collection) - Pencil box (can be found for $1 at places like Michael's, Dollar Tree, Target and Walmart) - Pack of StoryBricks - Sharp craft knife and cutting board - Building bricks to cut against     How to make the StoryBricks Compatible...

Raise your hand if you have ever been embarrassed by your child’s behavior upon receiving a gift. This was me when one of my daughters turned six. Ugh. I cringe thinking about it. My sweet, kind, little girl turned into a demanding, greedy gremlin. Okay, maybe a little too harsh, but seriously. We were surrounded by her grandma, uncle, and a couple of neighbor families who all came by to wish her a happy birthday and bring her a gift. When she was given the first gift she tore into it with vigor, but she had no more than seen...

Have you got a water table at home? It's one of our kids' all-time favorite ways to play outside over the summer. Usually they just happily transfer water and splash around, but from time to time it can be really fun to make something a little special for them. Here are five really fun ideas that we plan to test out over the coming sunny months! 1. Ice Play by @busytoddler Looking for something to cool off with on a really hot summer's day? Ice play is a great idea! @busytoddler shares some great ideas, ranging from simply letting her...

Now more than ever it seems to be an absolute blessing to be able to play outside. As the weather gets warmer we will be spending more and more time outdoors with our kids. Here are 5 of our favorite Instagram accounts to follow for great ways to make the most of your time in the fresh air as a family.

Such a weird Easter season, right? While nothing seems super normal right now, I challenge you to not let Easter slip by unnoticed. We could all use something to celebrate and something to change up a little bit of the monotony that can/has set in. So here are a couple quick and simple ideas that we do as a family just about every year.

It seems a little strange to be doing Easter-themed activities during this time, but we are finding it to be a lovely way for our family to Make Time Together. We've hunted high and low on Instagram to round up our five favorite ways to get creative with plastic Easter eggs.

Transitioning to school at home is no easy feat for parents, trust us we know! Our philosophy is to try and make learning as hands on as possible for our kids. That's why we came up with this fun Easter themed word family activity.     All you need for this fun literacy activity is a set of StoryBricks, a baseplate (we used our StoryBricks Letter Board), and some plastic eggs. We took it a step further and put all of the activity contents in an Easter Basket just to add an extra touch of fun.     The 'Scrabbled Eggs'...

Toddlers and plane journeys are just not an ideal mix, we know that from first hand experience. Over the years we've tried all sorts of tricks to make the process a little less stressful. One strategy that always works for us it to have some toddler-friendly busy bags ready for the flight. Here are five of our kids favorites, all of which easily store in our Mini SlideAway®.     1. Some Simple Art Supplies Nothing too crazy here, but art supplies never fail to keep our littles entertained, especially when there is something new to explore. Those arrow post-its...