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There’s one shape in childhood that kids love its STARS! Let’s learn how to make your own star shaped stamp for your child to use for stamping with paint.  Are you ready to get stamping with the stars?  This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. This art project is sure to be a hit with your little super star. A perfect way to celebrate a special person in their life or perhaps an upcoming patriotic holiday or even a special gold star for Christmas crafts and DIY star wrapping paper. You get the picture the ideas are endless with this...

Around 5 a.m., my alarm vibrates me awake. Creeping across our old house, careful not to step on the wood boards that will squeak and wake my son and husband, I spend the next hour hustling to get everything ready for my day. If I do a good job of being quiet, I'll leave before my son wakes. Why? Because I'm a teacher and a mother. Being a teacher can sometimes feel like I have more than 20 kids, and that responsibility can be exhausting. Even though my school starts later than his, my 40-minute commute is just one of...

Does your child love the ocean? One of my preschooler's favorite places is our local sea center. Today I'm sharing a fun ocean themed craft that also doubles as a game!  It was inspired by this amazing FB video by kidzwiz. This activity involves doodling sea creatures and then going on an underwater adventure to find them all!  Ready to go on a crafty sea adventure? Ocean Search and Find

Flame retardant chemicals, synthetic combinations of bromine and chlorine, are woven into crib mattresses, changing table pads, nursing pillows, and children’s clothing. They are present in strollers and car seats. They surround American newborns, collect beneath our toddlers’ fingernails, and represent the fibrous foundation of a $4 billion industry. The most well-known class of fire retardants, polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDE, are everywhere. And everywhere, worryingly, includes the growing bodies of our children. Sponsored by Pandora Gifts to Say Thanks for Always Being There Whether you can’t speak face to face with your mom on Mother’s Day or want to...

When one parent is a stay-at-home mom and the other works outside the home, there’s a balancing act that needs to take place. Both husbands and wives have to recognize the other’s needs and desires. After all, stay-at-home moms might need their husbands to recognize how hard it is to lose their identity and sense of purpose while a husbands likely need their wives to understand the pressure they face as the sole-provider. No matter what, new moms need their husbands to be ready to get his hands messy when he comes home; dads likely need moms to understand that sometimes...