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Perfect DIY Holiday Gifts for Kids to Give

Teach kids the joy of giving by helping them to choose or create thoughtful, personal DIY gifts for best buddies and loved ones in their lives. They won’t have to

Last Minute Tips for Creating a Fantastic Kids’ Table for Thanksgiving

The secret to keeping kids entertained and avoiding mid-meal meltdowns at this year’s Thanksgiving table is to give them one heck of a kids’ table. No blood, sweat or tears

5 Rainy Day Activities

You’ve seen a million lists like this one, but it never hurts to have some fresh ideas. When you’re stuck in the house and the natives are restless, give one

Tasty Twists on Thanksgiving Recipe Favorites

Whether you’re hosting Thanksgiving dinner or delegated with contributing a dish, Pinterest is the place to be for recipe inspiration and how to. We’ve done some digging to narrow in on

6 Festive Kids’ Crafts That Are Good Enough to Eat

For busy parents and babysitters, what could be better than a delightful kid’s craft and a snack wrapped into one? Edible art projects keep kids entertained, engaged and fed without much

The Ultimate After-School Snack – Homemade Cookies and Cupcakes

Why not greet your hungry kids at the door with awesome after-school snacks – consisting of homemade cookie or cupcakes? We’ve turned to bloggers to find incredibly scrumptious cookie and cupcake

Super Simple DIY Costumes for Kids

Need an easy-to-assemble costume for your child to wear to her school’s Book Character Day or a last-minute Halloween costume (that doesn’t look like you threw it together in the

Simple Halloween Crafts for Kids

Whether ghoulish goblins or perky pumpkins are your thing this time of year, we have fun Halloween crafts you and your kids will love. Browse the blogs for detailed instructions

Healthy Halloween Treats

Halloween usually means one thing to children — candy! Of course it also means costumes, trick-or-treating and spooky fun. But candy ranks up there as most kids’ favorite treat when

Reading Roundup: New Children’s Books for Fall

UrbanSitter asked Susan Kundhart, children’s book buyer for Book Passage, an independent book store in Corte Madera and San Francisco, CA, to share with us some of her favorite new