Ever since the movie Happy Feet, penguins have become part of mainstream culture! So here is a simple kids’ craft that involves making a penguin out of a paper plate.

What You Need to Make a Paper Plate Penguin:

Two paper plates
Scissors
Glue
Orange and black paint, crayons or markers
Googly eyes (optional)

How to Make a Paper Plate Penguin:
1. Cut [...]

It’s no secret that I absolutely love crafts that involve my children’s handprints. That’s why I’ve shared several handprint crafts like the handprint angel, handprint turkeys and handprint spiders. BUT! I haven’t shared a lot of crafts that involve both handprints and a footprint! So here’s one with a footprint to just shake things up.

Here’s [...]

I’m getting down to the wire here on getting everything done by Christmas. I still have more shopping to do, wrapping to do, handmade Christmas gifts to make, baking to start and my daughter’s 11th birthday to celebrate! Ahhh!!!! And on top of all that, it looks like my girls will have another snow day [...]

As you know, I like to bake with my girls, especially around the holidays. So far we’ve made chocolate chip cookie pie and soon we’ll be baking our cookies for Santa. Since there’s so much to do around the holidays, I’m always looking for recipes that are not only yummy, but easy!  Last year, my [...]

My girls recently completed one of my favorite Christmas traditions . . . when they write to Santa! Now they’re anxiously awaiting the arrival of their letter from Santa. It is such a happy moment for them when they reach into our mailbox and see letters addressed to them from the North Pole! However, as [...]

My girls received a wonderful Christmas surprise this week when our close friends came by and delivered Snowman Soup to them with an adorable poem attached. If you haven’t heard of this Christmas tradition, delivering Snowman Soup is a sweet gesture that always brings smiles to kids’ faces. What’s in Snowman Soup? Good question!

Snowman Soup [...]