Modern Parents Messy Kids

We're all about finding ways to make family life better while keeping our sense of humor. Check out our famous MPMK Top Toy Awards, already viewed over 7,000,000 times!

  • Start Here
  • Travel
  • The Kids
    • Our Famous Toy Gift Guides
    • Play Activities & Art Ideas
  • The Home
    • In the Kitchen
    • Project Organize Your ENTIRE Life
      • Cleaning House
      • Meal Planning
      • Decluttering
      • Organizing
      • Schedules & To Do Lists
      • Daily Rhythms
    • The Holidays
    • Photography & Memory Keeping
  • Parenting
    • Parenting Discussions
    • Happy Family Habits
    • The Book Nook
    • Mom Health & Beauty

Friday Share: Valentine Inspiration Challenge

February 8 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Lots to share this week my friends! I'M SHARING First up, a little Valentine inspiration.  If you follow me on instagram, then you know I woke up earlier this week with my brain yelling at me that "paint chips = arrow hearts".  I reached out for advice and people seemed to dig it... but I was too lazy to get around to doing anything with the idea. So today I turn it over to you!  What can you do with this simple concept of making hearts and arrows out of paint chips?  Instagram or tweet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creating & Engaging

Simple & Special Ideas for Valentine’s Day

February 6 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

I've got a brand new Valentine tutorial up on the mom channel at eHow and - I must say - I'm pretty excited about it.  It's a jumbo, and much healthier, version of the classic conversation heart. Go check it out, if you're so inclined, then head back here for 13 more easy ways to make the 14th special. Two reminders first though: The FREE parenting webinar we're hosting with Today Show expert Amy McCready is tonight at 6pm PST/9pm EST.  If you're tired of yelling, nagging, etc. to get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creating & Engaging, Holiday Projects, The Make & Play Vault

Modern Kid Art: Valentine Graffati

February 5 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Last Thursday morning I was standing in the kitchen dealing with two delimmas: The natives were getting restless and I'd yet to make a plan for entertaining them. Our fridge, which is not enclosed and thus has a big, ugly exposed side, was making me twitch. (This is actually an ongoing dilemma, not especially specific to last Thursday but it was extra annoying that morning... possibly because I've recently given up my morning iced coffees?) As I saw it, I had two … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creating & Engaging

Friday Share: Toydozer Giveaway

February 1 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

I've now been back for nearly a week from the mega-blogging conference, Alt, and guess what - I'm brimming with new ideas and goals for MPMK.  All of which I want to institute, like, yesterday! This week I've been starting with goal #1: Increase the Conversation. I know, I know - we all love our social media these days and we're so busy chatting it up on Instagram and the like that no one has time to actually comment on a blog anymore.  Nevertheless - I've realized that compared to all of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Everyday

New FREE Webinar: Is Time Out a Waste of Time?

January 30 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

(image source) I've got some very good news to share today.  Parenting guru, Today Show expert, and MPMK favorite Amy McCready is once again offering up a FREE webinar to MPMK readers next Wednesday, February 6th at 6pm PST/9 pm EST.  The best part?  It's a brand new topic - Are Time Outs a Waste of Time? I highly encourage you to drop everything and sign up ASAP - the last two webinars we hosted with Amy both filled up completely (all 1,000 spots!).   So about time outs - do you use … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fresh Finds: Parenting

Traveling Utah: Alt Summit & Sundance

January 29 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Hi friends... how are you?  Before whisking away to Utah last week, I scheduled everything ahead of time and I didn't get much of a chance to check-in while I was away. I've missed you all. Now that I'm back, I thought I'd provide a glimpse of the whirlwind that was Alt Summit and Sundance.  If you follow me on Instagram you've already seen the majority of these photos (and may very well be very sick of #altsummit at this point - so sorry for that, more variety to come, I promise). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Style & Simplify, Travel

LOVE-ly Valentine Reads for Kids

January 28 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Have you guys noticed that holidays have become a much bigger deal post-kids?  I used to only give much thought to the big ones, mainly Thanksgiving and Christmas.  For everything else it was more like, "It's Halloween/Valentine's Day/4th of July next week? Huh." But now every holiday is a chance to make a memory, teach my kids something, or create a tradition.  One of my favorite ways to do so is through books.  Which is why I love putting out holiday book lists for the littles.  To that end - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Janssen, The Book Nook

Getting Crafty for Love: Our Favorite Valentine DIYs

January 25 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Yesterday we talked about a super simple way to share Valentine's Day with your sweetie, even in a time crunch.  And in the next three weeks we'll be sharing lots more V-Day inspiration. But why wait? With me still away at Alt, I thought now would be a good time to remind you of some of our ideas from years past. Last year it was all about these little guys.  Do you remember what we used them for?  Click through for that idea plus a few more of our favorites. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creating & Engaging

Learning to Eat for Energy

January 22 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Eating Healthy: How Kids and Adults can Eat for Energy

Not to be overly dramatic, but have I told you guys I'm doing something sort of life-changing right now?  See, about a week ago I found out about this amazing new online course being put on by a pair of awesome nutritionists, Katie and Megan, and they graciously offered me a complimentary spot - despite the program being, literally, hours from beginning. In their words, "New Year: New Rules is a 15 day program that tells you what foods work, what foods don’t, which habits are the hardest on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Style & Simplify Tagged With: eating for energy, healthy eating, healthy eating for moms, healthy kid food, healthy meal ideas, protein bar recipe, protein bars recipe, quinoa granola, quinoa recipe

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • …
  • 108
  • Next Page »

Get your kids' kit

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • xing

Finally Get Organized

Our Famous Gift Guides

MPMK's Famous Gift Guides

Find the Perfect Toy!

Copyright © 2025 · Parallax Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Web Design & Hosting Servously.com