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Free Printable: Advent Calendar with Jokes for Every Day

November 29 by Kristin

Free printable Christmas joke Advent Calendar - my kids will love this and it'll be so easy to keep up with - score!

Advent calendars have become such a HUGE part of Christmas these days – have you noticed? This handy free printable has 24 jokes for kids and an ornament for each day of December leading up to Christmas. Get it by clicking below or filling out the form up top. Get your Free Knock-Knock Jokes Here Our free printable Christmas Joke countdown takes zero effort from me once it’s up and my kids adored it last year. This year, they still can’t get enough puns and knock-knock jokes. Think of it as an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, Holiday Projects, Kristin, MJ Tagged With: advent printable, Christmas knock knock jokes, free Christmas printable, kids advent activities, printable advent calendar

DIY Thanksgiving Table Poppers w/ Free Printable

November 19 by Kristin

DIY Thanksgiving Table Poppers - such a fun Thanksgiving craft for the kids! Love the free printable too!

There's a lot of work that goes into Thanksgiving. We can all relate to the hours of pie prep and casserole making that happen days before and that turkey's not going to stuff itself. Even with lots for prep, the big day can be filled with setting the table and getting everything just right. The thing that makes all this work even more challenging is that children are off school.  And usually they aren't too interested in peeling potatoes for more than 5 minutes. This year, set them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, Kristin, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: free thanksgiving printable, Thanksgiving craft, thanksgiving diy, thanksgiving favors, thanksgiving projects for kids

7 Unique Holiday Finds to Grab While You Can!

November 14 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

  After holding off as long as I could, I'm officially embracing all things Christmas! I'm talking, the holiday decorations are coming out from storage TODAY people... who's with me? If you'd like a fun find or two to help get you started, you're in luck because I've rounded up a bunch...   #1 Peking Handicraft Pillow La La La Llama Printed Pillow $30 Now $18.97 Happy Holidays Llama Printed Pillow $30 Now $18.97 I'm all about bright and happy this season and these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Seasonal Fun Tagged With: holiday decor, holiday fashion

MPMK Freebie: Ultimate Thanksgiving Meal Planner

November 1 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Free Printable Thanksgiving Menu: A 24 page pdf with full recipes, shopping lists, wine pairings and How-to sections on defrosting, brining, carving and making the perfect gravy. Woot- Thanksgiving is in the bag!

After getting our famous Christmas Gift Guides out at the beginning of October this year (woot!), I'm kinda on a "tackling the holidays early" roll. Next up- Thanksgiving.   Get Your FREE Thanksgiving Menu Planner Here   That's right, last year my partners in crime over at Relish! generously put together this FREE 24 page PDF with absolutely everything you need to pull of a fabulous Thanksgiving, including: A full Thanksgiving menu of mouth-watering recipes A complete … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, In the Kitchen Tagged With: Free printable Thanksgiving menu planner, printable Thanksgiving planner, Thanksgiving desserts, Thanksgiving menu, thanksgiving recipes, Thanksgiving side dishes

Handmade Halloween: Make Spider Sack Decor with the Kids

September 27 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

DIY Halloween Spider Sack Decor - the perfect Halloween craft to make with kids. Lots of hands on fun and the result is so impressive!

I'm so excited about this Halloween project, it turned out even better than I'd envisioned.   It's the quintessential MPMK project - easy enough for kids of all ages to get in on the action and the finished product is a decidedly stylish take on traditional Halloween decor.   And did I mention how inexpensive it is?   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday Projects, Seasonal Fun, The Make & Play Vault, Tutorials Tagged With: DIY Halloween decor, Halloween crafts, Halloween crafts for kids, halloween decor

Spooky Halloween Sandwiches

September 20 by Kristin

Open Faced Halloween Sandwiches - such a fun and easy idea and love that it doesn't already load them up with sugar before trick-or-treating

Maybe it's because of my past life as an elementary teacher, but I love celebrating holidays. I'll take any opportunity to be festive. For Halloween, I have a fun little food activity that will work for little and big kids.  You can make this something that you do together on a weekend, or surprise them by packing this spooky sandwich in their lunch. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, In the Kitchen, Kristin Tagged With: fall activities, fall crafts, halloween activities, halloween food, halloween lunch, halloween treat, healthy halloween kids lunch, healthy halloween treats

Strawberry Cream Cheese Flag Cookie Cups

July 4 by Janssen

Strawberry Cream Cheese Flag Cookie Cups - Such an easy, but impressive, 4th of July dessert that the kids can help make.

Whether you're hosting the 4th of July BBQ this year or attending one, this super simple dessert idea is sure to please.  Of course I love the festive presentation but my favorite part is that once you bite in you realize that what looks like a mini cup cake is actually a cookie. Plus it would go great with our homemade blueberry lemonade soda. And don't miss the variations at the bottom of the post - I'm digging the breakfast idea. Here's Janssen with the recipe... The Fourth of July is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holiday, In the Kitchen, Janssen Tagged With: 4th of july cake, 4th of july cupcakes, 4th of july dessert, 4th of july potluck, 4th of july recipe, flag cookies, flag dessert

Parenting Styles: Should You Send Your Ex A Father’s Day Card?

May 29 by Lara Lillibridge

  This will be our tenth Father’s Day since the divorce. Like every other year, I’ll take my two sons to the store and help them pick out gifts for their father. Some years I’m surprised I didn’t get lock jaw from forcing myself to smile as I helped them wrap their presents, and I can’t say I’ve never stooped to passive aggressive gifting. (Please don’t ask me about the garden gnome.) It wasn’t always a joy to spend money on my ex-husband, particularly since I was mothering on a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fresh Finds: Parenting, Holiday, Parenting Tagged With: divorce, Father's Day, parenting, parenting after divorce, parenting styles, positive parenting, single parenting

Earth Day Activities and Recipes

April 3 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

The Best Earth Day Activities and Recipes - Lots of great, do-able ideas here, we're going to do the seed starters in ice cream cones as well as the plantable paper Earth!

It's really too bad Earth Day doesn't get the same fanfare as Valentine's Day, Halloween, and the like. The shape our environment's in these days, we could certainly use a day where every family sits down and really talks to their children about the impact (both positive and negative) that they can have on the world they live in. Here are 14 of our favorite ideas to help you hold an Earth Day celebration at your house. Show Above Clockwise from top right Make a Plantable Paper Earth - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Creating & Engaging, Holiday, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: Earth Day activities for kids, Earth Day desserts, Earth Day treats, Planting activities for kids

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