Activity ideas, projects, and adventures with kids.
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We tried making cookies from scratch with my 3yo yesterday and there was flour literally EVERYWHERE. In her hair. On the dog. How are other people making this work? Every cooking a
After like 3 months of planning and two weekends of actual work, we finished it yesterday. My 7yo and 9yo were losing their minds. Used mostly scrap lumber from a local mill, cost
Thought it would be a fun activity to have my son pick what we'd eat on our camping trip. Seemed reasonable, right? Wrong. The menu was basically just hot dogs, Doritos, and cake.
My 10yo is super into building and tech stuff. We got him a basic LEGO set for his birthday but now he's interested in the robotics kits. They're expensive ($350+) and I'm not sure
Tried making chocolate chip cookies with my youngest on Saturday. Kid wanted to do EVERYTHING. Cracking eggs took 15 minutes, he smashed like 6 of them directly into the bowl with
Posted here like 6 months ago asking if I was crazy for attempting a treehouse. Got mostly "that's unsafe" comments lol. But I've been working on it anyway - got platform mostly up
Planning a 10-day trip for summer with kids 5, 8, and 12. Thinking we break it into 2 days driving each direction. Anyone done this route? Looking for good stopping points, kid-fri
Rain is supposed to last all weekend and I've got my 3yo and 6yo stuck inside. Want to do something besides screens but don't want to go crazy with supplies. What do you all do? We
Tried to make those foil packet meals over the fire last night with my kids (ages 5 and 11). Sounds simple right? WRONG. The 5yo knocked his into the coals immediately, the 11yo's
Wife ordered new shelving for our bedroom and I enlisted my son to help assemble it. He got really into matching the bolts, organizing screws, reading the instructions out loud. To
Remember when I posted about building a DIY ice rink in our backyard in Toronto? Well we got it done and it's been running for 3 weeks now. My kids have gone from "I hate skating"
Just paid $400 for fall soccer league signup for one kid. FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS. And that's not including the shoes, shin guards, and apparently they need a specific bag now? My wif
Got a cheap projector (like $80 from Amazon - VANKYO brand) and a white sheet pinned to the fence. Set up some blankets and pillows, popped popcorn, and my kids thought they were a
Ngl that was a disaster. Did the classic baking soda volcano with my 4yo but I vastly underestimated how much vinegar would be needed and it erupted like Mount Saint Helens all ove
My 8yo son will NOT go on a normal hiking trail anymore. It has to be a "quest to find the dragon's lair" or we're searching for "hidden treasure." Last weekend we did a 3-mile loo
Tried to do Van Gogh's Starry Night recreation with my twins (4yo) yesterday afternoon. I bought these cheap acrylic paints from Amazon and basically gave them paintbrushes and let
My 7yo found this fairy garden kit at Target ($20) and I was like "okay sure" expecting zero interest. Nope. She's been watering it, rearranging the tiny furniture, and checking fo
Summer's coming and I want to get my kids more into biking. Looking for something with multiple difficulty levels in the Raleigh/Chapel Hill area. My oldest (10) is getting pretty
Looking to get out more with the kids this fall. We've done Ricketts Glen a bunch but want some other solid options within 90min of Harrisburg. My 6yo can do maybe 3-4 miles if the
We did the Bear Mountain loop in CT last weekend (about 3.5 miles roundtrip) and I honestly thought it'd be a disaster. My 6yo can barely walk normally, let alone on trails. But we