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Family Time

What to do when you don’t know what to do? Try our family activities and ideas that bring everyone together to make lasting memories. Family time is an opportunity to celebrate, communicate and connect. Whether you’re celebrating a special occasion or spending quality time together, family time fills your day with joy and laughter. Maybe you’re sharing stories around the dinner table, engaging in games, embarking on adventures, or simply enjoying quiet moments together. These experiences knit individuals closer together.

During these moments, children also learn and grow. Traditions, values, and customs are passed down through generations, reinforcing a sense of identity and legacy. As children observe their elders, they learn essential social skills, empathy, and the importance of relationships.

We have family activities for everyone and every occasion! Celebrate Mother’s Day by planning a fun-filled day, where Mom spends precious time with her loved ones. Make dad feel special by starting a new Father’s Day tradition, like camping, puzzling, or reading a personalized children’s book together. For Easter, take your celebrations to a whole new level of egg-citement! Host a family brunch, organize an Easter egg hunt, or celebrate baby’s first Easter with a keepsake gift. Looking for creative ways to spend Christmas? We have activities that will make the holidays magical, for your family and adorable dog too!

Want to take your storytime snuggles to the next level? Try a personalized children’s book, that features the child’s name throughout the story. These books are perfect to share with an auntie, grandparent, parent or sibling. Deliver smiles of joy and delight to every child with a unique book!

 

 

 

 

 

Packing List for Traveling with Kids

Traveling with kids is always an adventure—or a challenge, depending on how long you’ve been on the road and how the kids are behaving. Keep your travel plans on track with some careful preparation, and you’ll have more adventures and fewer headaches!   Traveling with Infants Pioneers crossed the Wild West with less provisioning than you need when traveling with infants. Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration, but the list of items you need to get

5 Gifts for Grandparents

A child’s love for a grandparent is a special, powerful emotion. The generation gap doesn’t matter—grandparents and children are a natural pairing. Help your children express their love with one of these five personal gifts for grandparents, and put smiles on both young and not-quite-so-young faces. Crafts If your children enjoy making crafts, why not have them make some for their grandparents? The internet has a multitude of imaginative crafts kids can make for their

Activities for Kids and their Grandparents

National Grandparents’ Day is celebrated in the US on 10th September, but really, any day grandparents and grandchildren get together is a special day. Strengthen that special bond even more with these Grandparents’ Day Activities for kids. Have a No-Parent Day The best grandparents’ activities with grandchildren often happen when no parents are around to spoil the fun. Take the grandkids on a lunch date, go to the zoo, visit a museum, or go to

7 Reasons Why Kids Need Their Grandparents

Grandparents offer kids much more than a kindly pat on the head and home-baked cookies. Research is increasingly proving that children who enjoy active relationships with their grandparents reap multiple benefits, from gaining a sense of family history to being happier than those who grow up without access to their parents’ parents. Here are a few of the many reasons you should be glad if your child has grandparents in his or her life. Values

Make Your Own Puzzles for Kids

Completing a puzzle gives a child a sense of accomplishment and a chance to develop hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, and problem-solving skills. Knowing how to make puzzles helps parents keep little hands active and engaged—and even slips a little learning in under the guise of fun! Block Puzzles If your toybox includes Lego or Duplex blocks, you can make quick block puzzles for children. For very young children, draw the outline of individual blocks

Rice Crispy Treats Recipes to Make with Kids

Rice Crispy squares are an American tradition and a sticky staple of childhood. Many of us first learned to cook mixing Rice Krispies into a gooey mix of butter and melted marshmallows, waiting impatiently for the squares to cool so parents could cut them into squares—and then, ah, heaven!   We’ve assembled a collection of Rice Crispy treats recipes, all based on the Kellogg’s official Rice Krispies Square recipe. Here’s the original recipe, in all

How to Prepare Your Child for a New Brother or Sister

Children can react with very different emotions when they learn they’re about to be an older sibling. For every excited kid yelling “I’m a big sister!” to everyone she meets, there’s a quiet child who’s scared the new baby will replace him, or a jealous older sibling who’s acting out. Or you get all three emotions—excitement, jealousy, and fear—mixed up in one kid.   This is perfectly normal. A new baby means change, and change

DIY Princess Party

Your little girl deserves to be treated like royalty on her birthday, so why not make her dreams come true with a DIY princess party? With a little imagination and some sparkles, you can create a princess-themed party she’ll remember for a lifetime.   Royal Invitations Before any coronation, royal proclamations must be sent throughout the kingdoms. Making your own scroll invitations is easy. Just type up the invitations using a fancy “olden times” font

Hot Chocolate Toppings for Kids

One of the great joys in life—according to I See Me staff at least—is the moment just before taking that first creamy sip of a mug of steaming hot chocolate. You’ve been playing outside, and your fingers are still cold as they wrap around the mug. You breath in the warm aroma rising from under the dollop of slowly melting marshmallows, then take your first sip. Ah, perfection!   If we’ve got a complaint about

DIY Snow Globes

Snow globes fascinate children—and adults too for that matter. There’s something deeply relaxing about watching glittery snow swirl around inside the globe on a cold winter’s night.   DIY snow globes are even better. With a little supervision, children can make these winter crafts as gifts for grandparents, friends, and school teachers. Just remember to make one the child can keep as well!   To make DIY snow globes, you’ll need:   Glass jars with