Kids activities

Valentine’s Day Kindness Countdown: teach your family to love a little better

Get the whole family involved in spreading love this February with this simple and meaningful tradition…a Valentine’s Day Kindness Countdown for kids!

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Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to talk to our kids about kindness…and put those words into practice, too!

If your family is like mine (please tell me it is!), reminders to be kind are always welcome…and needed. Despite our best efforts, family life is not ALWAYS peaceful and harmonious. We absolutely love each other, but we’re also very human.

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Winter outdoor play ideas for kids: Creative ways to enjoy the snow

Next time your kids are bouncing off the walls on a snowy day, try one of these winter outdoor play ideas to get everyone some fresh air. You CAN enjoy the outdoors, even in cold weather!

Small child on sled enjoying winter outdoor play time.

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When the snow begins to fall, it can be tempting to hunker down and stay inside until spring. And yet, getting outside even during cold weather has huge benefits for kids and adults. Here are just a few…

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8 last-minute, easy New Years Eve ideas for kids

You don’t have to put in a lot of work to make New Year’s fun and festive! Here are 7 New Years Eve ideas for kids to keep the celebration simple and memorable!

You don't have to put in a lot of work to make New Year's fun and festive! Here are # New Years Eve ideas for kids to keep the celebration simple and memorable!

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Most people have plenty of Christmas traditions, but what about New Year’s Eve? How does your family celebrate?

Do you stay up till midnight? I’ll admit, we never do. Starting out the year with cranky, sleep-deprived kids just does NOT work for our family, so we celebrate early and tuck everyone into bed at a semi-reasonable time.

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Free printable Christmas thank you cards for kids

Help your kids show gratitude for their gifts with these Christmas printable thank you cards. The simple fill-in-the-blank style makes it easy and fun for kids to say, “Thanks!”

Christmas is over. Whew. We made it, mamas. I don’t know about you, but I was one tired elf by Christmas morning.

It was a good day though, and now the the new toys and gifts we received are scattered throughout my house like confetti.

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Review of Tubelox: Our new favorite STEM toy for kids

If you’re looking for a seriously wow-worthy gift for kids that love to build, I’ve got the perfect recommendation for you…Tubelox. Use the code littlejoys for $100 off any set!

Disclosure: We received the Deluxe Building Set from Tubelox in order to share our opinion about their product. All opinions (and goofy smiles from my children) are 100% our own.

When I was a kid in the 80s, my friend had an amazing toy. It was a giant building set that made it possible to build large-scale creations like cars you can actually ride in, forts you can climb inside, and wagons to pull stuffed animals around.

It was pretty much the coolest toy ever, but I hadn’t seen anything like it in decades…until a few weeks ago.

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MORE favorite board games for families you’ll want to add to your Christmas list

Level up your next family game night with one (or more) of these tried-and-true board games for families.

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Our family loves playing games. They’re a great way to spend time together, work on social skills (like taking turns and being a good sport), and practice academic skills in a sneaky way!

Every year for Christmas, we get at least one new game. Last year, I got a little carried away and bought SEVEN. What can I say? They all looked fun!

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12 printable Halloween Activities for Kids

This activity bundle has everything you need for festive family fun and simple party planning! Includes 12 different Halloween activities for kids with more than 50 pages of fun!

Around here, October is the time for pumpkin patch visits, making fun costumes (or sometimes just buying them online), and rocking out to Monster Mash during living room dance parties.

I LOVE all the memory-making of the holiday season, but all the hubbub of doing all the Halloween things can also leave this momma a *bit* tired.

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Apple towers: a fun (and delicious) STEM activity for snack time

If you’re looking for a SUPER easy way to jazz up afternoon snack time, try building apple towers! It’s a fun STEM building challenge that will get kids thinking creatively and learning through play.

Building apple towers is a fun STEM building challenge that will get kids thinking creatively and learning through play during snack time.

As my boys get older, I find myself looking for ways to draw everyone together for quality family time. We’re not home together all day long the way we were when they were toddlers, so lately I’ve been brainstorming ways to make the most of the time we DO have together.

This activity did just that!

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Our favorite summer workbooks for kids to stop the “summer slide”

If you’re looking for a simple, affordable solution to keep your kids excited about learning this summer, you’ll love our favorite summer workbooks for kids!

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Summer’s almost upon us, and I’m looking forward to lots of trips to the park, days at the pool, and long hours listening to the clatter of Legos being shuffled around as my kids let their imaginations go wild.

But as much as I want my kids to have a carefree and fun-filled summer, I also want to make sure they keep learning while they’re out of school.

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Preschool math activity: How many spots does the ladybug have?

Practice core math skills with your child like counting, one-to-one correspondence, simple addition, and more–all in a simple play-based preschool math activity.

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Did you know that one ladybug can eat up to 5,000 insects in its lifetime?! That’s a lot of food for one little critter!

When I’m creating activities for my preschooler, I love to use the things they are interested in at the time. For us right now that means…BUGS!

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