My dad got a craft table for our kids over 8 years ago, and they still enjoy it. Having a separate table is great for play doh, arts and crafts, painting, and other things that might make a mess on the kitchen table. The one we …
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This is a game of magic from when my kids were around 2-5 years old. In a bathtub, you can create a RUMPLE. This is a magical object, which can have any number of superpowers that a child wants. To make a rumple, you need: *An e…
One of my children was a bit underweight and really didn't want to try new foods after being weened. We saw a nutritionist and sought advice from friends, and here's some tips which worked for us. 1) Talk to your doctor…
Every night before bed, each kid has to give me a report. It's a fantastic tradition and part of a wonderful put down. Lincoln tells me the "Breakfast Report" when I ask "Tell me the breakfast report, I want to…
Lava Monster is a fun game I play with the kids. I stand in the hallway and they try to get past me. I talk in a silly voice, and I'm a big, slow, volcanic monster. I don't bend over, saying that Lava Monster has a bad …
Bluey is a fantastic kids show about a family of dogs who love playing games together. The games are fantastic and have become some of our family's favorites. Hotel, Statues, Taxi - these are classics and my written descript…
An Ally game. With construction paper with a different shape on each on the floor, call out a shape. The kids have to hurry around the room and find objects of the same shape and put them on that piece of constructio…
An Ally game. On the floor, put down many pieces (around 6) of construction paper with a different shape drawn on each. Call out a shape. The kids then run to it Repeat. Can also be done with different color construction…
My son and I are both sitting on the floor; he’s a little in front of my lap. He grabs my hands and starts clapping them together. I say “I am clapping my hands my own self. Nobody is clapping my hands for me.” Hilarity ens…
With a child sitting on the floor or chair, I pick up one foot and hold by the ankle in my hand. I take one finger, run it down the center of the bottom of the foot (from toe to heel) and say “Peanut Butter”. Then I repeat on…
Everybody grab an instrument. March in a circle playing it! Make up a silly song as you go! Walking around Having fun Instrument time For everyone.
This game is quite similar to Yanni . Mommy walks around saying “Spooky Mommy” while the kids run around to avoid her. In this game however, the dad is sitting on the couch and once the kids run to the base, he extends hi…
This is a fantastic game, and can be played without much space (a rug in a living room will do). And it’s not really a race - kids take turns picking who shouts something out and teaching the movement, and that kid leads the w…
Invented by Lulu. Each kid has one balloon animal (butterflies work great). There’s a heart-shaped balloon - they hit that back and forth and sometimes try to catch it in the butterfly.
Start with one person who is the goal - about 15-20 feet away. Everyone else starts at the starting line. They try to sneakily make it to the goal person, by being a sly fox. But the goal person turns around - if they see an…
It’s like hide and seek for a toy - but the toy does the hiding. You take an object - ideally something small and cute like a rubber ducky. You hide it somewhere in plain sight - nobody should have to open anything or touch …
I have a helium balloon. I lower it to the ground. Lulu and Lincoln each have playballs from our indoor ball pit in their hands and are standing by the balloon. When I release the balloon, they try to hit the balloon with t…
Setup: Both kids are lying on their back, preferably on a bed. I’m kneeling between them, facing the bed. I’m the Dragon. Gameplay: I take a big breath in, puff out my cheeks. Then exhale and deflate my cheeks. I do this a …
Never underestimate the amount of fun you can have with two throw blankets! First, they are great for snuggling up with the little ones. But laid out on the floor, they are great for games. Space them out and each kid has …
This is a silly little game that we love. I wanted to post about it, to highlight that it’s just important to try and have fun with your kids - see what works with them - and do it until they’re sick of it :) Lincoln and Lu…
