Kids Activity Calendar

  • Kids' Activity: Edible Mudpies

    There is something about kids and dirt. They go together as comfortably as ducks and water.

  • Kids' Activity: Fruity Summer Smoothies!

    Smoothies are a cool treat on a lazy summer day. They're nutritious, delicious, and flexible enough to serve at many occasions -- from sitting on blankets watching the clouds to a family party.

  • Kids' Activity: Build Your Own Ant Farm!

    Making an ant farm with your children is fun and a good educational tool as well. It can teach children the importance of an eco system. Ants are a good pet for apartments or a home with limited space. They are perfect for families with allergies. And best of all, ants don't cost much to feed.

  • Kid's Activity: April Fool's Day!

    April Fool's Day is one we celebrate by having fun with harmless, practical jokes that leave everyone -- including the one being "pranked" laughing! Remember, it is never ok to do something mean or unkind to someone else.

  • Kid's Activity: Make Your Own Marionette

    Jim Henson's "Muppets," well known for their Sesame Street appearances, are examples of marionettes.
    Check to see when the next live puppet show is in your area! Then once you are home again try making your very own marionette below!

  • Kid's Activity: Create Your Own Fossil!

    Fossils offer us clues about life in the past -- even years and years ago! Normally when a plant or animal dies, its remains either decay or perhaps are consumed by another animal. Sometimes though before that happens the conditions can be just right and the remains become buried and preserved.

  • Kid's Activity: Straw Hats!

    Straw hats often conjure up favorite memories -- of dropping a line in the pond out back, of walking through rows upon rows of corn in the fields, of curling up under a tree enjoying a favorite book...

  • Kid's Activity: Easy Breakfast Sandwich!

    Kids on the go need fuel! When you wake up in the morning, your body is like a car that has been on a long drive and hasn't been to the gas station. It needs its tank filled! The similarity ends there though. People fuel up in the kitchen after a long night's sleep.

  • Kid's Activity: Let's Go -- International!

    Have you always wanted to take a trip to a foreign land? Perhaps you want to visit Egypt, Ireland, India, China, or Italy! While you wait for that dream vacation you can experience the next best thing. Go international -- at home!

  • Kid's Activity: Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month

    Bread, butter and cheese. These three simple ingredients are combined in a variety of ways with various extras and cooked to golden brown. The result is America's favorite sandwich -- the grilled cheese.

  • Kid's Activity: Let's Make Invisible Ink!

    Invisible ink has been used to conceal secret messages for a long time. During the Revolutionary War, it wasn't uncommon for a letter to bear an invisible message as well as visible one. One of the techniques for protecting secret information was the use of disappearing inks.

  • Kid's Activity: Let's Make Silly Stories!

    The art of weaving a good story has been around for thousands of years. Stories have and are told to pass down history, to convey emotions or circumstances, and to ignite one's imagination -- sweeping to a place far, far, away!

  • Family-Friendly Flicks

    The problem -- what movie can you watch with your kids? Here is a list of favorite movies of moms on the site. We'd like to encourage you to research before watching since we may have older or younger children and different values or beliefs. Hope you enjoy!

  • Kids' Activity: Oatmeal Clay

    Kids love to squish, mold, roll and form! Experimenting with a variety of substances is a natural way to learn about the world; play is your child's scientific method.

  • Kid's Activity: Play Dough

    Have you ever noticed how your child must touch everything s/he comes into contact with? This is because so much of what a child learns is through hands-on activity, play, and experience. Play dough is one of the many ways to help enhance a child's perception and knowledge of the world.

  • Kids' Activity: Making Snot and Boogers

    Besides hold up glasses, what is your nose good for? One very important thing -- your nose allows you to smell. Without your nose you wouldn't know how wonderful a flower smells. Holding up your glasses and allowing you to smell the flowers are only 2 of the many reasons we have a nose. Every time you take a breath your nose is very busy doing many different things.

  • Kid's Activity: Straw Hats!

    Straw hats often conjure up favorite memories -- of dropping a line in the pond out back, of walking through rows upon rows of corn in the fields, of curling up under a tree enjoying a favorite book...

  • Kid's Activity: Let's Make a Dress-up Box!

    Dress up is one of the simplest activities and it often can be overlooked! Take advantage of your child's gifts of imagination. Who does he want "to be" today? Assemble a dress up box for your child. Include items such as:

  • Kid's Activity: Bubbles for a Crowd!

    A fun way to spend any day is to pull out a bottle of bubbles. Those bubbles create amazement and excitement in children of all ages. Here we offer an easy recipe so that you can extend the fun by making your own bubble mix as well as really fun toys to make your bubbles big or little!

  • Kid's Activity: Galileo Thermometer

    An inventor is someone that uses his or her imagination and creative thinking to create something useful for the first time. These people pay attention to all that is around them. They also ask questions and keep on doing so until they can find their answer!

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