Do you remember folding paper fortune tellers or “cootie catchers” when you were growing up? My tween can practically fold one of these in her sleep! She goes back and forth between folding the fortune teller and then doing a couple extra folds and turning it into a hat or a boat. We don’t always…
Don’t feel like carving pumpkins this year – how about painting them? Check out our DIY and our painted pumpkin creations.
We recently solved the mystery of my tween’s lost snail, and it had an unfortunate ending as you can see above. I won’t go into the story of why we had a pet snail, or how it got lost in our house, but needless to say, once we found Bob Bobby Burrito, aka pet snail,…
I have never seen what is called a “Popsicle Stick Chain Reaction” or a “Stick Bomb” before, and now I am so intrigued. I must try this cool activity with my tween! I recently saw this video on Craft and new that I had to share. My tween doesn’t know it yet, but after homework…
You and your tween will absolutely love this fun fall activity as colorful as the leaves that have begun to fall from the trees this season. Grap your collection of broken and leftover crayons – go for a nature walk to collect fall leaves, and you will love what you can create!
We are sad to say, one of our resident chica tweens was admitted to the hospital for a serious illness. Even though we had a variety of summer camps planned for our girls to kick off the summer, the universe has decided that “hospital camp” was in our future instead. When confined to a hospital…
Looking for a fun way to keep reading a book during the summer fun and to stay in touch with your friends? Try a mother-daughter book club!
As a mother from the 80’s – this is a definite blast from the past that I cannot wait to share and make with my tween daughter! Fashion trends just keep coming around, and I’m thinking this one is a perfect craft activity to do with a group of tween girlfriends or girl scout troop.…
