Can you give a postal carrier a gift or tip? The guidelines and some great ideas.
Each year around Christmas, our readers ask us whether you can give a postal carrier a gift — or a UPS or FedEx delivery person for that matter, especially if you get as many packages as we do! Well we’ve got a list below of each organization’s...
3 organizations that let you send heartfelt holiday cards to kids who need them most
On this Giving Tuesday, we’re 100% for you donating whatever money, time, and resources you can the causes you care about most. And we know there are a lot of them. While you’re at it, consider another group that could benefit from your love: Kids spending...
7 Thanksgiving activity printables to keep kids busy before turkey
What would we do without Thanksgiving activity printables this week! After all, cooking for Thanksgiving can intimidate even the most seasoned cook, let alone when you’re surrounded by young kids who are a little too eager to “help.” (Or in my case,...
7 genius, edgy-cool diaper cakes that are making us change our minds about diaper cakes.
I’m skeptical of anything that masquerades as cake and doesn’t taste like cake. Slash isn’t edible at all. So naturally diaper cakes — those sculptural designs made out of diapers and used as centerpieces at baby showers to make people oh and...
11 of the absolute best homemade kids’ Halloween costumes of 2017.
While all kids’ Halloween costumes are of course wonderful and creative and adorable and perfect, well, we’re kind of blown away by these in particular. They’re all handmade, all made by regular old parents in our network — no professional...
8 of the most adorable kids’ crafts using fall leaves. After they rake them. Hopefully.
Well, it’s officially November. And while it’s been a warm October for a lot of us, there’s no fighting the fact that it’s now fall. We know kids everywhere are excited, too, so we’ve rounded up 8 fun, easy crafts using gorgeous fallen...
Halloween Bingo for Parents: Just print, fill the card, win fabulous prizes from your child’s treat bag!
Why yes, this is a Halloween Bingo card just for parents. (Possibly precocious teens.) We’re always looking for ways to make one of the craziest days of the year as a parent just a little more fun. Just download, print, and enjoy filling every square. Then, cram...
24 wonderful non-candy Halloween treat ideas for parties or kids with allergies.
We love putting together non-candy Halloween treat ideas for our readers who want to to offset the all the candy, have options that will delight trick-or-treaters with food allergies, or just have something fun for Halloween party goodie bags. So I’ve updated...
23 of the hottest pop-culture costumes for babies this year. Look for them all!
Halloween is a great time to be a parent! You probably remember picking your baby’s first costume or maybe you’re picking that costume right now. If you’re the parent that thinks outside the box you have to check out these 2017 pop-culture baby...
8 awesome ways to decorate a teal pumpkin for Halloween.
The teal-colored pumpkins on stoops throughout your neighborhood are more than just pretty — they have a special meaning. Thanks to the Teal Pumpkin Project, a blue jack-o-lantern signals that a house offers non-edible treats that accommodate trick-or-treaters with...
10 outrageously creepy Halloween pumpkins for when your kids are out of the nightmare stage
When you have young kids, you tend to find inspiration in cute Sharpie Pumpkins or maybe painted pumpkins — perhaps with a little pastel paint and some glitter glue? But when your kids get older, it’s all about having the creepiest pumpkins — the...
