Make a quick and easy no sew pioneer rag doll your kids will love! This tutorial will show you step-by-step how easy it is. The Little House on the Prairie series were my all time favorite books growing up and Laura Ingalls was my childhood hero. She was a funny, brave, strong and precocious pioneer girl that offered young readers a glimpse of life in the late 1800s. Much of my play time was spent with my friends pretending we were pioneer girls running wild through … [Read more...] about No Sew Pioneer Rag Doll
Travel Essentials for Families
This post contains affiliate links.Traveling with family can be.... an adventure! Let's make it a great one with these travel essentials for families. From the coziest travel pillow to the perfect card game for the road. We are sure that these travel essentials will help make your trips successful. Travel Tips Before we get to the list of travel essentials, here are a few travel tips to keep in mind. Hopefully they will help make your travels less bumpy.Expect the unexpected. Be … [Read more...] about Travel Essentials for Families
Beach Activities to Keep Everyone Happy
The beach is my happy place. Seriously, I cannot get enough.Clearly the beach makes my kids happy too (photo above is of my daughter at our family photos last year with Amy Little). And while I love going to beach, it can be a lot of work to make it happen with kids. As in, my beach day looks a little more like sand in mouths than my kids running in slow motion in white on the beach. You know what I am talking about. And then there is all the planning, getting together gear, towels, and … [Read more...] about Beach Activities to Keep Everyone Happy
Tin Can Cow Bell
Howdy! It's Bettijo here from Paging Supermom to share an easy farmyard craft and game. My husband grew up on a ranch in Wyoming, and every summer when we visit, the kids love to watch the cows. I can't blame them, cows are pretty cute.A photo posted by Bettijo (@bettijo) on Jul 26, 2013 at 2:40pm PDTThis kid's craft project is inspired by cows -- we're making a Tin Can Cow Bell. It's a great way to keep the kids busy, and uses supplies you probably have around the … [Read more...] about Tin Can Cow Bell
How to Make Moon Phases Cookie Pops
There are so many Eric Carle books we adore but one of our very favorites is Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me.Marissa here from Rae Gun Ramblings where I blog about all thing crafty, delicious, and bookish. And it just so happens that today's project hits on all three of those. Let me first say that my son Teddy is CRAZY about the moon so when I learned that Erica Carle had a book all about the moon and it's phases I was so excited.It has since become one of our family's very favorite … [Read more...] about How to Make Moon Phases Cookie Pops