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 [...]

I live in the Chicago area, which means I’m not a huge fan of winter. It’s the fact that we still get snow in April around here that makes winter such a bummer! But in the month of December, I simply can’t get enough snow! So celebrate it with these great winter coloring pages.

Printable [...]

My family loves watching movies together. And while we usually take advantage of the cheap movie rentals from Netflix, every now and then we go on a family outing to the local movie theater. But we only make the trip if we’re sure we’ll all like the movie! Well, the new movie Inkheart is definitely [...]

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 [...]

My ten-year-old loves doing origami. She can make all sorts of things using this Japanese art of paper folding, including cranes, frogs and these origami balls. Since making origami balls (or any other origami shape) are not my strong suit, I asked my daughter to demonstrate how to make them. So I could learn later [...]

Since it’s wintertime and I’m in between holidays, I’ve been doing snowflake crafts with my kids, especially since this snowflake craft was such a success! Unlike the last one where we used coffee filters, this snowflake is made out of pasta. You gotta love snowflake crafts you can make with items from your pantry! So [...]