Tag: arts & crafts
19 Best Holiday Toys and Gifts Ideas for 8 Year Old...
Since our normal routines were upended in March, many families have been spending A LOT of time at home together. In our home, my...
15 Best Holiday Toys and Gifts for 3-Year-Old Boys and Girls...
In this strange time of staying home and buying everything imaginable online, it’s such a relief to have a site that narrows the field...
17 Best Holiday Toys and Gifts for 7-Year-Old Boys and Girls...
In a family as large as mine, I am always looking for the perfect gift for the many kids in my life. My 4-year...
17 Best Holiday Toys and Gifts for 4-Year-Old Girls in 2020
A few months before my daughter’s fourth birthday, I realized she was changing … a lot. Her language was more sophisticated, her interests were...
Make Your Own Medal: You Are a Quarantine Champion
The 2020 Summer Olympics may be postponed until next year, but we parents everywhere are engaged with challenges that make us champions every day....
10 Instagram Accounts Worth Following
Ah, social media. Like so many adults, I have a total love-hate relationship with this aspect of technology. I acknowledge what an incredible time-suck...
Kids Craft Idea: How to Build a Cardboard City from Recyclables
Now more than ever, I am looking for kids craft ideas that are 1) not overly complicated, 2) require no special materials, and 3)...
Flower Crafts: Make Your Own May Flower Garden
April showers bring May flowers. With the stunning blooming flowers around H Street and Capitol Hill as inspiration, we are making our own indoor...
Reconnecting With Nature and Art While Home With Kids
It’s spring! Even though life feels upside down because of coronavirus, or perhaps especially because life feels upside down, it can be helpful to...
5 Fun Family STEM Projects
One way that we have been transitioning to our new quarantine homeschool life is by doing family STEM projects where all the children, teens...
Kid-friendly flower arrangements: a great activity and gift
Spring -- and dare I say it, summer -- has finally come to DC. Flowers are blooming, the school year is coming to a close....
Mother’s Day in the Sibley NICU: A Blessing, Not A Curse
I started my motherhood journey with two beautiful, tiny babies — and I had to ask permission from someone else at the hospital to...
















