Independent Activities for Your Child

We love these giant posters for family gatherings, parties, or just to keep the kids entertained while they wait for the fireworks to start.

Color matching is a great activity for kids, especially as a busy book or morning basket activity!

Our Homeschool Co-op has been doing an amazing job at setting up field trips for the students this summer. We had the opportunity to go to the Fort Wayne Safety Village for a bike safety lesson today. It was such a neat experience. Officer Jessie started by talking about a few rules of the road…

This past week my kids had some friends over to play. We had some time to kill and some energy to burn, and thus was born our neighborhood scavenger hunt. So grab your free printable and a pencil and head outside for an afternoon of fun and exercise! There are four different checklists you could…

My 5 year old begs me every summer to have a lemonade stand. If you are like me, you: I love the idea. It’s cute. It is a way kids can try to be little entrepreneurs. But why not set your kids up for success by helping them come up with a product people actually…

My husband and I make an effort to have a date night once a week. It has been awesome for our marriage to set aside the daily tasks and do something fun together. I would highly recommend everyone set aside a day each week to spend a couple of hours together. And to make it…

My kids love pretend play. And I mean LOVE. And I have been seeing these notepad sets all over Etsy and TikTok and I knew it wouldn’t be hard to make with Canva on my side! I will make more as I think of other versions. I’d love to hear in the comments any ideas…

This post contains affiliate links. The growth in technology available is insane. We try to limit screens and tablets for my kids at their current ages, but I frequently think about how I want to introduce my kids to what technology has to offer. Many valuable skills can be learned just by understanding basic computer…

This post contains affiliate links. We finally got our Christmas craft delivery to the kids at the hospital. And it was only 4 days late! So they will have to recount the amount of paper strips in each paper chain kit. But the days just got away from me with Thanksgiving the weekend before. I…

As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn commission on links in this post. I got word back from the Child Life Specialist at the children’s hospital that the Halloween craft kits were a hit! So we are going to move forward with the Thanksgiving crafts that I had planned. I definitely went a little lighter on…

This time of year is always so fun for our family. We have lots of traditions and family to celebrate with. We are truly blessed. Recently I have been thinking about how to help my kids show more gratitude for all they have and all that they are able to do. Although they are young…

I never buy playdough anymore. I don’t like the smell and my younger kids would always try to eat it. So I searched for a homemade recipe that I could make. I came across tons of recipes, but most had cream of tartar in them. I never have cream of tarter on hand. I landed…