Get ready for spooky fun with these Halloween activities for kids! From creative crafts to thrilling games, these activities are perfect for celebrating the season and adding a touch of Halloween magic to playtime.
This pumpkin spice puffy paint recipe is everything I love about fall: cozy, fluffy, and just the right amount of messy. The kids dove right in, swirling and scooping until their puffy pumpkins looked like they came straight out of a storybook. It smells amazing, dries with that perfectly soft, puffy texture, and somehow makes … Read more
Some kids see a spider and scream. Mine? They name it, make it a tissue-box home, and ask if we can feed it a fly. If that sounds familiar, you’re gonna love this list of spider books for kids. These reads are equal parts science and storytime – packed with friendly eight-legged characters, fascinating web-building … Read more
It only took one backyard bat sighting for us to fall down the rabbit hole of bat books for kids. The kids screamed, I screamed (a little), and suddenly we were learning everything we could about these little night flyers. We’ve read them all since then: the funny ones, the sweet ones, and the beautifully … Read more
Our Build a Pumpkin Play Dough Tray started the year my kids decided our jack-o’-lantern looked lonely. One pumpkin on the porch wasn’t cutting it…clearly, it needed an entire family of squishy sidekicks. So we spent the afternoon crafting the most delightfully odd crew of pumpkins you’ve ever seen. There was a superhero pumpkin, a … Read more
We fell down the rabbit hole of mummy books for kids after my youngest wrapped herself in a blanket and declared she was “Queen of the Mummies.” It was one of those afternoons when the couch cushions were stacked into pyramids, snack crumbs were the “buried treasure,” and I figured the only way out was … Read more