Family Fun

While I was sitting at the dining room table enjoying one of life’s most valued treasures - a cup of freshly brewed coffee, my normally energetic six years old, looking a little tired of...

After the hectic holiday season, January arrives. January's cold temperatures keep many families inside. To beat the winter blues, kids and their families can participate in fun art activities...

Pre-schoolers love worksheets and workbooks, but they can be expensive because children finish them so quickly. You can easily make these wipe-off worksheets so your kids can do them over and...

Whether you're a parent spending a little one-on-one time with your preschooler or a day care provider with a dozen kids to take care of, you need something fun for them to do. Crafts are a good...

You will want to keep your young grandchildren busy when they come to visit. Time spent with grandchildren is very precious. Make sure you have lots of paper on hand, fun books to read and...

Children are often easily entertained, so it is not always necessary to provide bright, flashy or expensive diversions to keep them happy and interested. Here are some very simple, time-tested...

It's time to announce the birth of your baby and you want to do the announcements yourself. Here's an easy way to create your own great announcements.

Your children will love to make this frosted cookie with the fondant and show their friends what they made.

There are many creative ways to do this, but on this occasion I used the old impractical joke ploy. Here’s the scenario: Miss Martha, as I call my lovely wife, had just purchased a new table. It...

So easy a kid can do it. Fun for the family to make and eat, just make sure you have plenty of cold milk. You can also make them to give as treats or gifts. No cooking or heating involved just...

My shredder runneth over. Most likely yours does too. The tide of junk mail just keeps on rushing in, even in our increasingly "green-thinking" society. In the spirit of "reduce,...

The thought of having the kids home for a few weeks over Christmas break fills many parents with joy and dread. Keeping kids busy and entertained is often a full-time job and hours after winter...

Here's a great paper plane with easy to follow steps that will provide you and/or your kids with hours of high flying fun.

There are all sorts of crafts you can make with your friends and family. Some favorites are necklaces and bracelets, paper fortune tellers and paper airplanes. Whether you want to spend a rainy...

A rain stick is a percussion musical instrument that originated in South America. Teachers often use rain sticks as an aid when teaching about the rain forests in Brazil. When you tip the rain...

You can actually boil water in a piece of paper on the stove or with flame. If done correctly, the paper will not burn if placed on heat and the water inside will begin to boil.

Little girls love to play with paper-dolls. But what is a doll without a dollhouse? A notebook and some art supplies (and a dash of imagination) can effectively solve that problem.

A single mushroom spore is so small that it cannot be seen by the naked eye. However, thousands of spores piled together are visible. You can see them by making a spore print. Spore prints help...