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2023 Free Summer Activities & Programs for Kids Near Me

Check out these frugal & FREE Summer activities, programs & workshops for kids where you’ll find lots of ways to entertain your kids! Summer is coming! A time when kids & families are looking for free Summer activities to do close to home — and most of us parents are hoping that it’s not all …

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17 Dr. Seuss & Cat in the Hat Games {free printables!}

Enjoy these creative Dr. Seuss & Cat in the Hat games with your kids and inspire a love of reading! There’s nothing like a game to encourage a child to pick up a book! And some of the best books that lend themselves to being turned into a game are those created by Dr. Seuss …

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12 Inspiring Science Movies for Kids

Movies about science & inventors is the focus of this week’s kids’ movie list! There are a number of wonderful films that will inspire children to tinker and create new things — check out these 20 kids movies that inspired science and engineering activities! My daughter’s current idea is to build a robot that will …

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100 Things to Count to 100 and Estimation Jar Ideas

Use these 100 Items to Use to Count to 100 with estimation jar ideas and 100th day of school activities! Teaching kids math concepts and how to count to 100 is a big milestone & one that parents and teachers work on for a few years.  It’s a long journey fraught with numbers like “fifteen-ten” …

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12 Christmas Minute to Win It Games for Kids and Adults

Wondering how to make a Christmas party fun? Try these easy “Minute to Win It” Christmas games for kids, teens and adults — fun to do at home or for parties and so easy to set up — like this “What’s in the Stocking” Christmas Minute to Win It game! Have you ever watched Rudolph? …

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Halloween Glitter Sensory Bottles

Make these adorable Halloween Sensory Bottles that glitter & glow! I want to introduce you to our newest craft project — we call them Frank, Pete & Mike 🙂 What else would you call a monster, pumpkin and mummy, right? We loved making the Halloween Salt-dough Glitter Garland last year so I thought we’d try …

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17 Chemistry Experiments for Kids to Do at Home

Take a peek at these awesome Chemistry Experiments for Kids and Teens to do at Home! Have your kids ever mixed baking soda & vinegar to blow up a balloon or make a volcano explode?!! Maybe they’re fascinated by glow-in-the-dark experiments and LOVE the idea of using test tubes “like a real scientist”. Raising a …

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12 Easy Science Experiments to Do at Home

Enjoy these fun and easy science experiments that kids can do at home using items you have around the house! When you’re home with kids for an extended period, it’s time to get creative! One thing that really engages kids of all ages are fun science activities (like our How Does a Leaf Breathe? plant …

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Halloween Decorations: Salt Dough Craft


Halloween will be here soon — yes, it’s still a few weeks away but according to the aisles at the grocery store, we should all be out buying our candy 🙂

It’s also one of those holidays that allows your creativity to shine! 

Like the year my son decided to be the 3 Stooges (yep, he wanted to be all 3 of them at once). 

Or the year I had to make a tractor costume for the farm themed fall party they had at school.  (Really, a tractor – couldn’t have been a cow, horse or scarecrow, right?!)

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