learn & create

Looking for a fun (and easy!) craft for Easter? The keyword being “easy” here. The kids will love this one: make crowns (yes crowns!) for your eggs. Perfect for blown-eggs or hardboiled eggs, these adorable little crowns are fit for a king or queen or (even better) any little prince or princess! To make them [...]

Whose kid isn’t interested in the weather? It’s the first thing the Bug does when she gets up in the morning. Looks out her bedroom window to see if it’s a playground day (meaning, is it sunny?). Local meteorologist Justin Berk and his then-six-year-old-son Brendan wanted to take kid meteorology a step further than sun [...]

Rainbows are perhaps one of the most magical things for children to discover and wonder about, don’t you think? My children love the idea of finding a lucky pot of gold at the end of a rainbow and always try to figure out ways they can do that! So, today we’re using our imaginations to [...]

It’s a commonly accepted fact of childhood that nothing is cooler than someone else’s stuff, whether that’s a lunchtime snack or a toy box treasure. And this most certainly applies to art supplies—it’s cool to make art at home, but even cooler when you’re using someone else’s gear. This is why my girls are regulars [...]

Teaching kids table manners can be frustrating for us parents. For kids, it can be downright boring. The trick? Get kids involved and give them a sense of ownership to make lessons easier for everyone. You can start with these super cute napkins kids can make themselves. They’d even make Miss Emily Post smile. Reservedly, [...]

I have this theory about living with children that goes something like this: if you decorate your home with their artwork, they will feel even more a part of it. The secret to pulling this off is to be brave and go with it! Kids are brave. They hang their artwork everywhere and we should [...]

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, we all have hearts on our minds. When I think of hearts, I think of love and when I think of love, there is nothing that represents that better than my family. So, this year, I had my crew help me make Felt Heart Pocket ornaments so we [...]

The Bug is a die-hard Fancy Nancy fan. She’s currently obsessed with Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany and Fancy Nancy: Ooh La La! It’s Beauty Day. At first, I was a tiny bit (really tiny bit) concerned how this was going to fuel her princess-make-up-everything-twirly-whirly-girl obsession. Then she started dropping words [...]