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St. Patrick’s Day Gifts for Teenagers

By: Dana Michele

We like to make holidays fun. Some are a bigger deal than others. But it’s fun to put up a few decorations, eat some special fun, learn a little and spoil your kids with a gift. St. Patrick’s Day isn’t a big gift-giving holiday but I like to put some fun together to spoil my […]

Pancakes for New Year’s Day

By: Dana Michele

New Years breakfast pancakes

It’s been a tradition in our home to make fun festive pancakes for birthdays and holidays. This year we decided to kick up New Year’s Day with festive 2021 pancakes   New Years breakfast pancakes tutorial ingredients pancake batter whipped cream gold and silver sugar sprinkles Also needed: rectangular plate or platter pancake batter dispenser […]

Celebrating New Year’s Eve with Teenagers

By: Dana Michele

sparklers

Now that your teenagers are old enough to stay up to midnight, how should we celebrate the New Year? When the kids are younger, many of us celebrated at 9 pm (or earlier) and put the kids to bed. A few noisemakers and they were happy. Now the kids are old enough to stay up […]

200+ Stocking Stuffers for Teenage Boys: 2023

By: Dana Michele

100+ Stocking Stuffers for Teenage Boys

Christmas stockings, are one of my favorite parts of Christmas Day. I love to have a bunch of fun little gifts that are perfect for each family member. We always have a mix of fun gifts, necessities, and holiday traditions. Any ye, everyone gets a stocking! never too young or too old and pets are included […]

Among Us DIY Halloween Pumpkin

By: Dana Michele

Among Us Halloween craft pumpkin

Among Us is the latest popular video game for tweens and teens. Are your kids playing yet?  If you haven’t heard, it’s a multiplayer online game involving social deduction. In a space setting, players are either Crewmates or Imposters. The game was released in 2018 but has really picked up in popularity in the last […]

Graduation Day Donuts – School Colors DIY Icing

By: Dana Michele

Colored Icing to Make Themed Donuts

Food is often a part of any celebration. I like to take food to the next level for celebrations using colors and designs to make it extra fun. My background in cake decorating can be used for all types of food. Easter Bunny Shaped pancakes, baseball colorful fruit kabobs, bento lunches… it’s all so fun […]

25+ 8th Grade Graduation Gift Ideas

By: Dana Michele

8th Grade Graduation gift ideas for boys

8th Grade graduation is approaching. Some celebrate with a gift while others do not. For me personally, I see it as a milestone as the high school years are so different than elementary and middle school. We enjoy celebrating milestones for our family – birthdays, graduations, weddings, new babies, new jobs, and retirements. (updated for […]

20 Graduation Gift Ideas for College-bound Seniors

By: Dana Michele

As the school year almost comes to a close, that means graduation is fast approaching. Whether it’s your son or daughter, grandchild, a close relative, or family friend this gift guide should be helpful in getting ideas for this really special occasion. A child’s high school graduation is a really special time in their life. […]

Easter Peeps Fruit Kabobs, a Fun and Healthier Treat

By: Dana Michele

Easter Peeps Fruit Kabobs

I love making fruit kabobs because they’re always with the kids and a super-easy healthier snack. For years, I’ve been making my Pinterest popular Baseball Fruit Kabobs. When we were invited to a neighborhood Easter block party a few years and trying to decide what to bring to share, I knew Easter fruit kabobs would […]

Chocolate Dipped Peeps

By: Dana Michele

Chocolate Dipped Easter Peeps dessert

Everything tastes better dipped in chocolate 🙂 Making chocolate dipped Peeps is a fun and easy family activity and makes an easy Easter dessert. Make a batch and wrap them in a cellophane treat bag for the simple gift. Supplies needed to make chocolate-dipped Peeps Peeps dipping chocolate variety of sprinkles wax paper, parchment paper, […]

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