Family Life
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DIY! Gorgeous Chanukah Personalized Place Cards (P.S. It’s Super Easy)
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I love coming up with new ideas to really make a tabletop special. It’s fun to play around and bring something creative to the table. This Chanukah, it will be these acrylic place cards that add that extra element. And they’re so easy and fun to make! You will need:Acrylic FramesWhite Paint MarkerConfetti Decorations Just…
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How to Make These Gorgeous Marbleized Paintings
The technique is called “Paint Pour” and anyone can do it! Want to see more canvas crafts? See the how-to for the Initial Art project here. You can also see that post for tips on having a painting party without a big resulting mess! Read on for a more sophisticated art activity! A paint pour…
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7 Fun Games That Will Bring Life to the Party
While it’s fun to prepare a custom game for your family, sometimes you just want to play something you can purchase with no additional work. Here are some our friends and families have loved. Some of them might need some vetting (i.e. you can take out the cards with pop culture references if needed and…
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More Party Activities! Make a Paint Pottery Studio At Home
Does your family love pottery painting? It makes a great party activity too! My kids absolutely love a visit to the painting pottery studio (something that is usually saved for Chol Hamoed). They really take it seriously and quietly paint for–get this–at least 3 hours! They’re very perfectionistic about it and it’s literally probably the…
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Kids of All Ages Will Love Creating Name Art
Need a fun creative activity? This fun canvas art craft idea will be a hit with children of all ages. They would also make a fun Chanukah party activity! Value packs of canvases can be ordered online from Michael’s or Amazon. We most often use 8×10, 10×10, or 11×14 pre-stretched, gallery wrapped canvases. Mini canvases,…
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Bath Time Activity! Show Your Young Children How to Blow Bubbles in the Bath
What do you do when you are a mom of just little ones and it seems at 3 pm that night will take forever to come? Get them into the bath and let them have some fun with bubbles! When you have older kids, they walk in between 4 – 6p.m. and break up the…
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House Full of Picky Eaters? How to Get Kids to Try New Foods
I know, I’m in the same boat as you, with a houseful of picky eaters just the like. But we can get our kids to expand their palate–even if just a bit–and this is how. My resolve was tested that night. “I don’t want schnitzel,” my 3-year-old screamed as she flung a piece of chicken…
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Do You Hate Baby Gates, but Absolutely Need One? Finally, a Solution!
I finally found the baby gate that’s easy to use and isn’t an eyesore. Sometimes I didn’t need one. Like in my two-bedroom apartment with my first babies—twins. Sometimes I just didn’t get one. Like with my third baby. In a short-term house, I just hoped for the best and tried to keep a watchful…
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How to Be Firm with a Child without Overpowering Them
You don’t need to fight or overpower a child when they’re not listening. This is what to do instead. In our last discussion in this post we wrote that being firm can be good for a child. We also wrote that fighting with a child is not chinuch. We explained the difference. Fighting means when…
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5 Ways to Raise Organized Children
Even if your kids aren’t organized now, it’s not too late to teach them these important skills. Raising kids who respect organization and time management will not only benefit your own home but will give them lessons that they can apply to every aspect of their life. I realize, though, it’s hard to implement organization…
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