Activity ideas, projects, and adventures with kids.
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Taking my wife and our two kids (6 and 8) camping next month for the first time. We're only doing one night at a local state park to keep it simple. What gear do I actually need vs
Got a nice wooden swing set kit delivered today. I've built some IKEA stuff before but nothing like this. Anyone have experience assembling these things? I've got Saturday and Sund
Trying to get ahead with meal prep this week so I'm not scrambling every night after work. With soccer practice and dance recitals I need to have something ready to go. Looking for
My deck is looking pretty rough after 3 years. I rented a pressure washer and got it cleaned up but now I'm second guessing if I should sand it before staining or if the pressure w
Just got back from a 3 day camping trip with the boys ages 5, 8, and 11. What I learned: bring way more snacks than you think you need, set up the tent before everyone gets tired a
Started this project thinking it would take a weekend. We're on week 3 with about 5 more to go probably. I've learned a lot about structural integrity and also that my 7 year old i
Spent the last month ripping out the old deck and building a new one. Did most of it myself with some help from my neighbor and my oldest. Could've paid someone 5k to do it but I o
Taking 4 families out to the lake for a long weekend in July. We're doing tents, cooking over the fire. I'm in charge of meal planning and I want to do something better than hot do
Started at 4am Saturday with a 12 pounder, kept the temp at 225, wrapped it at the stall around hour 8. Pulled it at 6pm when the probe went in like butter. We had about 20 people
Went with a simple design, 2x4s and plywood, took me maybe 8 hours total with breaks. Used pocket holes for cleaner joints and they turned out pretty solid. Kids think they're the
Took the boys on a trail we've done before but didn't account for how much slower my 6 year old moves now that he's getting heavier. Turned a 2 hour hike into almost 4 hours and ev
First time really committing to it and holy crap we're getting way more produce than expected. Tomatoes, zucchini, peppers are all producing like crazy. The zucchini especially, we
Got the last coat of stain on today and man does it look good. Wife said she'd given up hope on me finishing it lol. Started this thing back in June and kept getting sidetracked wi
Planning a 3 day camping trip in about 6 weeks. Got my 5 year old a little camping chair and he's already obsessed with it. Want to teach them to love the outdoors the way I do. Th
Took the boys on a local hiking trail last Saturday that was supposed to be about 4 miles. Turns out my oldest misread the map and we ended up doing 6 miles. They were tired but no
Cut the wood, stained it, dug out the space, filled it with sand. My kids have been in there nonstop for a week straight. Cost about 80 bucks and took longer than I expected but co
Set my alarm for 6 AM, got the brisket on the smoker with oak and hickory, didn't pull it off until 8 PM. Thing was absolutely incredible. My family devoured it and I actually got
We got rained out on the second night, tent started leaking, forgot the good sleeping bags, and somehow both kids got poison ivy. My wife was not happy about any of it. But when we
Finally finished the treehouse project we started last month. Kid wanted a "secret base" so I grabbed some 2x6s, deck screws, and safety rope. First trip forgot the lag bolts. Seco
Started doing this a few months ago and honestly it's a game changer. Sunday afternoon I'll throw together like 4 sheet pan dinners, portion out some breakfast burritos, and prep v