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Easy Easter Decorated Cupcakes with Peeps

By: Dana Michele

Easy Cupcake Design for Easter Dessert

Need an easy but fun Easter dessert that the kids will love? These Peeps chicks cupcakes are perfect. Working seasonal candies is a great way to come up with easy designs. When someone mentions Easter, Peeps are the first thing that comes to mind. Here’s what you need: baked cupcakes decorator icing (Wilton’s buttercream icing […]

Easter Fun! Taste Testing Peeps

By: Dana Michele

The BEST Peeps varieties

It’s April and Easter is only a few days away so we decided to have some Easter fun today by taste-testing some of the new flavored Peeps. People either seem to love or hate Peeps – we’re in the ‘love’ side of the controversy. Also, since I eat dairy-free due to food allergies, Peeps are […]

20 Ways to Celebrate Birthdays during a Pandemic

By: Dana Michele

birthday celebrations during quarantine

Is your child’s birthday approaching? We’re all home practicing social during the Coronavirus pandemic and wondering how we’re going to celebrate our kids’ birthdays while quarantined. Kids are being faced with such a confusing time for them right now and especially important to focus on their special day. They’re bummed about missing out on seeing […]

Give Your Kids a (Paper) Heart Attack

By: Dana Michele

Teen Birthdays Heart Attack

Valentine’s Day Birthdays Any big day where your kids could use some extra love One fun and easy (cheap too!) thing I love to do to show a little extra love is to Heart Attack my son’s door. I’ve done it for Valentine’s Day and Birthdays but you can do it for any occasion when […]

50+ Easter Basket Ideas for Teenagers

By: Dana Michele

Easter Basket for my teen

Easter and teens, it’s not as easy as when they were little. Since we first wrote this post along with our Easter Egg fillers for teens post, they’ve become some of our most popular posts which show you’re not alone. We’ve updated this post for 2023 with the latest things teens are into now. Now […]

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with Tweens and Teens

By: Dana Michele

St. Patrick's Day fun for teens

When my son was younger, St. Patrick’s Day meant setting up a leprechaun trap. In some households, the Leprechaun causes trouble like knocking over chairs. I also always left a trail of shamrocks and gold coins that led to a pot filled with a few green-colored gifts (usually candy and a swimsuit since it’s almost […]

No-Carve Nerf Blaster Target Halloween Pumpkin

By: Dana Michele

Nerf blaster no-carve Halloween pumpkin

Nerf dart guns, Nerf vortex, and the newest Nerf Rival. Nerf. Nerf is a big deal in our home. My son has been into Nerf blasters for a few years now with his collection growing. By growing I mean it’s hit almost 100. So many that we had to build a huge Nerf wall in our playroom […]

Easy No-carve Fortnite Xbox Pumpkin For Your Gamer Kids

By: Dana Michele

No-carve Fornite Xbox gamer pumpkins

Flossing, Battle Pass, Season 6…is this all your kids are talking about? Fornite is the biggest obsession for kids right now. We’re excited to see all the Fortnite Halloween costumes this year. Skull Trooper Fornite Halloween costume Drift Fornite Halloween costume Dark Voyager Fornite Halloween costume We love to create pumpkins that really fit our family’s interests. […]

No-carve Halloween Football Pumpkin

By: Dana Michele

Easy No-carve Football Sports pumpkin

Are you a football family? hometown NFL team? College alma mater? or are your weekends spent cheering at your kid’s football games? Show your football spirit with these easy football pumpkins this Halloween. Also, a baseball fan, check out our DIY no-carve Baseball Pumpkin Easy Football Pumpkins supplies needed: Oval shaped craft pumpkin round shaped […]

Fourth of July with Teens

By: Dana Michele

4th of July fun with teens selfie station

Independence Day. Pool parties. Beach time. BBQ. Fireworks. If you’ve got teens, I’ve got a few ideas to get them involved with holiday fun. Celebrating July 4th with Teens Invite friends over for a day of pool or beach fun. At this age they want to hang out with their friends. Be the host and […]

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