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Chinese New Year - Activities for You and Your Child
Chinese New Year, otherwise known as Spring Festival or Lunar New Year kicks off tonight, a New Year's Eve of sorts that the Chinese call Chuxi, or "Year-Pass Eve." This important traditional Chinese holiday, which officially starts tomorrow, will ...
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Inauguration Day - How to Celebrate With Your Kids
My three-year-old has no idea what a President is or does. Oh, sure, we've explained it to her a time or twelve, but she's three ... "leader of the free world" pales in comparison to Dora Saves the Snow Princess. But our enthusiasm last November ...DailyDish - The Recession-Proof Advent Countdown
Looking for a fun and inexpensive way to countdown to Christmas? Try this. ...
Be Thankful for Thanksgiving Crafts That Keep Kids Out of the Kitchen
On Thanksgiving Day, there are either too many or not enough cooks in the kitchen. That makes it a good day to un-invite your favorite pint-sized chefs so that they don't get underfoot, or worse, hurt. But even if they can't help carve the ...Daily Dish - Let the Kids Customize Their Table
Looking for a way to make the kids' table more fun and keep little ones out from underfoot? Here's an idea. ...
Don't know much about history? That's about to change
A few months ago, my older daughter was given a book about castles. Or more specifically, one hypothetical castle, and how it changed over hundreds and hundreds of years, the final page being castle ruins with sightseers crawling all over it. ...
Catherine Zeta Jones, migraine benefits and misguided crushes - Links we love
Although she considers herself "pretty easygoing," even Catherine Zeta Jones has her limits. Find out how her kids know when they've crossed the line. -- Celebrity Baby Blog Here's one piece of good news for those ladies who suffer from migraines. ...
15 TV-free activities for a rainy day
Last Saturday, we woke up to a wet and gloomy day. We made a huge breakfast, hung around in our pajamas, and spent the day not going anywhere. After a busy fall and a busier Halloween, it truly was a gift. It's really tempting on a lazy, rainy ...
Pumpkins, pumpkins all around
Did you know that the first jack-o'-lanterns were carved out of turnips? Legend has it that Jack was a man cursed to walk the Earth forever, banned from both Heaven and Hell. The devil, the story says, gave Jack a crude lamp to light his way. The ...
Put a boo-boo bunny in your basket
If you're tired of stuffed animals but want a cute bunny included in your Easter basket, a boo-boo bunny may be the ticket. They're adorable, functional, and easy to make with supplies you probably have on hand. This tutorial gives more complete ...
Bunny tangrams!
My husband and I are such geeks that we have a set of tangrams in the house and are far too proud of it. We both remember being introduced to them sometime in the fourth grade, fascinated then and now by how such simple shapes can make for such ...
What to do with those old toilet paper rolls?
When I was a little younger, I believed that extraordinary things could be created through cultivation. Practice makes perfect, try, try, try again -- all that sunshiny crap. Now I believe that talents are mostly inherent. Sure, I can be taught to ...










