Around this time of the year, kids get to learn a lot about recycling, planting and trash clean up in celebration of Earth d...

“April showers bring May flowers” or so they say. Well, I say make April showers fun with a rain inspired D.I.Y project. The weather i...

One of the last times I saw Petey he told me there were 10,000 ninjas up my nose. That was okay because he is 5 years old, and one of my fav...

  First of all, I want to thank Sarah of Sarah Jane . Her blog post of 2009 was the inspiration for this tutorial, which is a play on her...

Since the advent of the {NewNew} Treasure Chest on Governors Island , my daughters and I have taken a few trips on the Governors Island ferr...

This summer has been especially moist in NJ/NY and trips to the beach have been scarce, but there's a way you can take advantage of a fe...

Crafts & Craft Selling for Kids If you are a crafter parent it won’t be long before one of your children asks, “Can I make things to se...

This Christmas, two books from the D.I.Y series edited by Ellen Lupton found their way into my household: The D.I.Y Deck and D.I.Y. Kids . ...