Activity ideas, projects, and adventures with kids.
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Spent about 6 weekends building a simple treehouse in the big oak in our backyard. Got pallets from work, used old lumber, made it safe with railings. Cost me maybe 150 bucks total
Watched a cooking show last night and got inspired to make fresh pasta from scratch with my 6 and 8 year old. How hard can it be right? I've got flour, eggs, and a lot of optimism.
So I've been putting this off for like 2 years and my wife straight up told me if I don't start this weekend she's hiring someone. I've got the wood ordered, watched like 47 YouTub
Taking my two kids camping at the state park this weekend. First time doing this without my wife coming along. I'm nervous about like a million things. Do I have the tent set up ri
My 9yo got obsessed with rockets after watching some YouTube videos and wants to build one. Thought it would be a fun DIY project. Looked into Estes kits and they're like $40-60 ju
My wife thinks I'm insane but I want to try taking the kids camping for the first time. We have family land in Mendocino with a spot we could set up. I'm not trying to do a backcou
Looking to take my kids (6 and 9) fishing somewhere actually accessible. We tried Lake Union last month and it was so crowded and honestly the vibe was weird. Want somewhere where
Built this from stuff we had laying around - hula hoops, pool noodles taped to chairs as a limbo bar, cones, a jump rope course. My kids did it for like an hour straight on a rando
My 11yo has been absolutely refusing to help in the kitchen for years. Last Saturday I let him pick whatever he wanted to make and we did homemade pizza from scratch. He was SO int
Realizing it's already late August and I want to plan something for fall break. Is anyone doing pumpkin patch trips this year? Trying to find one near Portland that's not completel
Tried to restain our deck last weekend with my 3yo "helping." He knocked over an entire bucket of stain. ENTIRE BUCKET. On his sister's bike, our patio, himself. We're still findin
Decided to make homemade pizza with my 7yo yesterday. Every step took twice as long. He spilled flour everywhere. The dough got stretched weirdly. We both ate it anyway and he was
Rant incoming. Took my kids (6m, 3yo) camping last weekend. Brought a brand new tent. Forgot the POLES. FORGOT THE POLES. Had to drive 40 min back home while they're screaming in t
Started doing 7am starts with my kids instead of afternoon. Cooler, less crowded, kids are fresher, and honestly it's kind of nice. Only downside is I have to get them to bed at a
My boys (10 & 12) got to help their grandpa build an actual treehouse in our backyard. It took like 6 weekends but seeing their faces when we put the final support beam in place...
Planning ahead for winter and trying to find a good spot that's not insanely crowded. We usually go to Blue Hills but it gets packed on weekends. Looking for something within like
Just got back from three nights at Silver Falls State Park and our Coleman tent completely failed during the rain on night two. Everything soaked. Wife was not happy (understatemen
lol so a few weeks ago I posted here panicking because I was about to build a custom bunkbed for my kids' room. I was worried about stability, whether they'd actually use it, all t
I keep seeing these elaborate camping recipes online and they all seem like overkill. Last weekend we just did hot dogs and s'mores and the kids were perfectly happy. Is anyone els
We're thinking about trying a camping trip over winter break instead of our usual holiday family stuff. Probably like 2-3 nights, nothing crazy. I know it'll be colder (we're in Or