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6 Tips to Find Balance During the Holiday Season | If you're trying to find balance in life, but constantly feel pulled in a million different directions, we're sharing 6 life hacks to help you set boundaries at work, with family, and with friends so you can unplug, rest, and recharge. We're also sharing 2 tools we use in our house to set healthy boundaries with technology so we can spend quality time together! #digitalwellbeing #android #findbalance #lifebalance #worklifebalance

6 Tips to Find Balance During the Holiday Season (and Beyond)

22 Snow Day Activities for Kids | If you're looking for fun and easy activities for toddlers, for preschoolers and kindergarteners, or for kids in elementary school that will get them physically moving while also keeping their brains busy when cabin fever strikes, this is a great list of things to do! From indoor activities designed to burn energy, to independent art projects that will allow you a little time to decompress, these are great boredom busters! #snowday #snowdayactivities #boredkids

22 Indoor Snow Day Activities for Kids to Keep Your Children Entertained

27 DIY Googly Eye Crafts for Kids | If you’re looking for simple, easy, and fun ways to get creative with your kids, these awesome googly eye activities will NOT disappoint! We’ve included ideas for all ages - toddlers, kids in preschool and kindergarten, and elementary school aged children. From creepy spiders and googly eyed monsters that are perfect for Halloween, to peacocks, bumblebees, lions, and an adorable hippopotamus, these make great keepsakes! #googlyeyes #kidscrafts

Fun and Awesome: 27 Googly Eye Crafts for Kids They’ll Absolutely Love!

How to Stop Procrastinating | If time management isn’t your thing and you’re looking for tips to help you find your motivation and tackle homework and/or work assignments like a boss, this list of productivity tips is for you! Perfect for students, small business owners and entrepreneurs, for kids, and for moms, these tips will help you learn how to stay focused instead of leaving things to the last minute! #stopprocrastinating #procrastinating #procrastination #timemanagement

How to Stop Procrastinating: 8 Tips for Procrastinators

25 Construction Paper Crafts for Kids | If you’re looking for easy art projects for toddlers, kids in preschool and kindergarten, and elementary aged children, these kids activities develop fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, scissor skills, and more. With fall, winter, spring, and summer crafts, as well as holiday inspiration for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter, there are tons of fun step by step DIY projects here for every age and stage! #constructionpapercrafts

Fun At Home: 25 Construction Paper Crafts for Kids We Love

26 Paper Plate Crafts for Kids | If you’re looking for easy art projects for toddlers, kids in preschool and kindergarten, and elementary aged children, these crafts develop fine motor skills, hand eye coordination, scissor skills, and more. With fall, winter, spring, and summer crafts, as well as holiday inspiration for Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter, there are tons of art projects here for every age and stage! #paperplatecrafts #upcyclecrafts

Upcycle Projects We Love: 26 Paper Plate Crafts for Kids

24 Screen Free Activities for Kids | If you’re looking for indoor activities for kids to get your children off their electronics, we’ve got ideas for kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school! Perfect for warding off cabin fever on cold winter, rainy spring, or stinking hot summer days, these no screen activities will prove that parenting without screens IS possible. Going screen free for a week may be just the challenge your kids need! #screenfreeactivities #noscreenactivities

Fun Without Electronics: 24 Screen Free Activities For Kids

13 Stress Relief Activities for Kids | If your little one suffers from feelings of overwhelm, stress, and/or anxiety and you’re looking for coping skills you can teach him or her, we’re sharing 13 simple yet effective activities that help calm the mind and body. From mindful breathing and yoga, to coloring, art therapy, and journaling, these ideas work for all ages and stages and offer a great way to spend quality time with your kids to boot! #calmingactivities #calmingactivitiesforkids

Calm and Collected: 13 Stress Relief Activities for Kids

24 Marble Activities for Kids | If you’re looking for boredom busters that also help develop a child’s fine motor and hand-eye coordination skills, these marble activities will not disappoint! With fun and easy DIY marble run and marble maze ideas for kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school, these STEM challenges will keep your little ones entertained for hours using simple materials like cardboard, paper plates, paper towel rolls, and pool noodles. #marblerun #marblemaze

Fun at Home: 24 Marble Activities For Kids To Beat Cabin Fever

36 Ways to Spend One-On-One Time with Kids | If you’re looking for fun, easy, and meaningful things to do with your kids after school and on weekends to help you connect and spend quality time together, this collection of activities will inspire you! We’ve included ideas for kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school the entire family will enjoy to add to your calendar! #qualitytimewithkids #positiveparenting #intentionalparenting

How to Spend One-On-One Time with Kids: 36 Ideas We Love

26 Popsicle Stick Crafts for Kids | If you’re looking for easy and fun art projects to do with the boys and girls in your life when you’re stuck inside the house, we’re sharing 26 craft stick projects for kids of all ages. Perfect for toddlers in preschool and kids in kindergarten and elementary school, we’ve curated ideas for spring, summer, fall, and winter, as well as exciting DIY Halloween and Christmas themed projects! #popsiclestickcrafts #popsiclestickprojects #craftstickcrafts

Crafting Made Fun: 26 Popsicle Stick Crafts for Kids

Coping with a Miscarriage | Whether you’ve experienced an early or late miscarriage, you probably already know the facts and symptoms, but those don’t help during the recovery and emotional healing process. I’m sharing my own experience along with tips I found helpful in coping with my loss and all of the grief it brought with it. We need to do a better job in raising miscarriage awareness, and offering the proper support, and I hope these ideas help! #tryingtoconceive #TTC #infertility

Coping with a Miscarriage: 10 Tips to Help You Heal Emotionally

20 Self-Care Activities for Kids We Love | If you’re looking for ideas to help the children in your life learn how to relax and unwind when they are feeling stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed, this collection of parenting tips and ideas is a great place to start! We’ve got stress-busting ideas for toddlers, children in elementary school, and even tweens and teens. Use these at home with your kids or with your students in the classroom! #selfcareactivities #selfcareforkids

Put Yourself First: 20 Self-Care Activities for Kids We Love

30 Simple Weaving Crafts for Kids | Teach your kids how to weave with materials you already have lying around the house, like paper, straws, yarn, cardboard, a bag, fabric, and popsicle sticks. With step by step tutorials, these ideas are perfect for beginners, and we’ve included ideas for kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school. These make great DIY gifts kids can make, and double as fabulous fine motor and hand strengthening activities. #weavingcrafts #weavingcraftsforkids

30 Simple Weaving Crafts for Kids You’ll Wish You Tried Sooner

17 Coding Activities for Kids | If you’re looking for fun activities to help foster an interest in computer programming in your kids, we’re sharing 17 ideas to inspire you. With tons of unplugged activities to choose from, these STEM inspired ideas can be used in the classroom and at home to teach kids how to write binary code, how to debug code, how to program a robot, how to make their own video games, and how to build their own website! #codingactivitiesforkids #codinggames #codingforkids

Learning Made Fun: 17 Coding Activities for Kids Of All Ages

28 Simple and Fun Clothespin Crafts for Kids | If you want to know how to make crafts out of clothespins, this post has tons of great ideas for kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school. These art projects can be enjoyed at home, in the classroom, and even in Sunday school, and are sure to keep your little ones entertained for hours. #clothespin #clothespincraft #clothespins #closepincrafts

Fun At Home: 28 Simple and Fun Clothespin Crafts for Kids

7 Tips to Beat Working Mom Guilt | It seems like no matter what your situation is – stay-at-home mom, work-at-home mom, or work-outside-the-home mom – you will experience intense feelings of guilt somewhere along the way. This post is filled with helpful tips for overcoming and letting go of working mom guilt and the negative thoughts it creates in our minds, embracing our choices, and living our best lives every single day. #momguilt #workingmomguilt #workingmom

Stop Apologizing! 7 Tips to Beat Working Mom Guilt Once and For All

27 Fleece Projects for Kids Of All Ages | There are so many easy, no sew art projects you can make with your kids, and these fleece-inspired ideas are perfect for cold winter days. Whether you want to learn how to make hats, scarves, and backpacks with your little one, or want something a little more creative, like puppets, pillows, and rugs, these ideas make great gifts! #fleeceprojects #nosewfleece #nosewprojects

Crafting at Home: 27 Fleece Projects for Kids Of All Ages

24 Pom Pom Crafts for Kids | If you’re looking for easy DIY projects you can enjoy with your children that double as cute gifts and fun decoration ideas for the holidays, these art projects will inspire you! We’ve included easier options for kids in preschool and kindergarten who are fine tuning their motor skills, and great ideas (and tutorials) to teach older kids how to make pom poms and transform them into their own adorable creations! #pompomcrafts #pompomactivities #pompomcraftideas

Hands On Fun: 24 Pom Pom Crafts for Kids We Love

How to Organize Toys | Perfect for those who live in small spaces without dedicated playrooms, these DIY organization ideas will restore order in your basement, living room, bedroom, closet, and any other place in your home that has been taken over by plastic monstrosities. From Ikea hacks, to LEGO organization ideas, to easy storage for stuffed animals, to an adorable homemade trunk for dress-up clothes, you’ll wish you knew these toy organization ideas sooner! #organizetoys #toyorganization

How to Organize Toys: 15 Genius Organization Tips for Parents

24 Pipe Cleaner Crafts for Kids | Whether you’re looking for easy toddler activities to try at home, or more involved crafts you can enjoy in the classroom and/or on weekends, these piper cleaner crafts will not disappoint! We’ve included simple ideas for spring, summer, fall, and winter, along with DIY step by step options for older kids. We’re even sharing how to make pipe cleaner dream catchers! #pipecleanercrafts #pipecleaneractivities #kidscrafts

Crafting Made Fun: 24 Pipe Cleaner Crafts for Kids