Winter break is the perfect time to create a special craft. This Fruit Art is easy and it comes out really cute! There’s something about a black background—anything painted on in it just pops! For this project, we painted a simple fruit shape on a black canvas with metallic paint from Amazing Savings. The results…
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Some Fun Family Time Ahead? Enjoy One of Our Favorite Board Games
When a vacation turns into a staycation, it can be worth splurging on a new board game or two that will last far longer than the days off from school. If your kids are home for two days or a week this midwinter, you’ll need some entertainment. And if you’re staying home, you might want…
New Chanukah Game! What Do You Get When You Combine “Pictionary” and “Telephone” ?
This Chanukah (or anytime) pictionary game needs no prep and is so much fun nonetheless. All you need is a notebook and some pens. We are sure you have all played Pictionary at one point or another…but what do you do if not everyone wants to be paying attention to one person drawing at the…
DIY! Gorgeous Chanukah Personalized Place Cards (P.S. It’s Super Easy)
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 Frames White Paint Marker…
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…
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…
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…
Fun DIY Party Activity to Keep the Kids Busy!
Planning party activities for your family can be challenging. This simple craft idea will excite the kids and keep them busy! It’s as simple as choosing a base item such as mask, sweatshirt, or headband. Then have the kids choose iron-on patches and letters to decorate their gear. Assign one or two adults to be…
Time for a Paint Party! 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 (there are some more sophisticated art projects for tweens and teens coming in a post next week!) They would also make a fun Chanukah party activity! Value packs of canvases can be ordered online from…
Bathtime 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…