Kids love to draw with chalk. Okay, tiny kids like to eat chalk and draw later. In our house, we draw with chalk a lot and make up stories to go along with the pictures. Here is a picture I drew for my boys. Make your own chalk drawings and come up with a Halloween [...]
Every October, National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) is a coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture in America. Kids are natural advocates of the arts and humanities – they often love music, storytime and playing with finger paints. Celebrate all year long with your kids – take them to the library, visit a museum, or see [...]
Halloween trick-or-treating is around the corner, but in our house the festivities and treats have already begun. And I am trying to keep all of our sugar intake to a moderate level. I LOVE chocolate and am trying to keep myself from digging into the candy I bought for the trick-or-treaters when my kids are [...]
As we prepare our kiddos for a fun day or evening of trick-or-treating, let’s also help make it safe for them. The American Red Cross offers us some common sense safety tips worth repeating: • Walk, slither, and sneak on sidewalks, not in the street. • Look both ways before crossing the street to check [...]
Here are some creepy crawly treats to make for Halloween from Not Martha—a blog filled with great ideas on how to make things, from home improvements and the holidays to things to eat or things to wear. Spider Cupcakes look relatively easy—just draw spiders with melted chocolate chips from a plastic bag, with the tip [...]
