Family - Birthdays

Get ready to party, or at least pretend you are, because this animal circus first birthday bash on our baby blog today is a whole lot of fun. Dare we say double the fun?

Be more creative this summer with KiX! To make these butterflies, take a sandwich bag and fill it halfway with KiX. Fold the bag closed, and tie it at its center with a pipe cleaner to make two wings. Clip on a clothespin decorated like a butterfly’s body, and you’ll have a KiX bug everyone …

You'll need pipe cleaners for the antennae. Instructions here.

To celebrate my upcoming book Step by Step, I’ve been brainstorming ideas for using it in the classroom, such as in this previous post. Recently, while browsing through Instagram, some creative posts under hashtags such as #funfoodforkids and #healthykidsfood inspired me into a flurry of scribbling. Wouldn’t it be fun to munch on some pepperoni paw prints or deer footprints in cream cheese “snow”...

Show your kids that healthy fruit can be fun and yummy, too! These cool ideas for snacktime will have them asking for seconds. Because kids will love eating fruit when it looks this cute!

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Step-by-step instructions for cutting a cantaloupe into a cute hedgehog serving piece for fruit slices.

The kids and I are studying land animals this year for science. We are using Apologia: Land Animals and we’re just loving it. I love incorporating cooking into our curriculum whenever I can. …

These are so much fun to eat and quite the crowd-pleaser. Serve with

Planning a zoo themed birthday party, carnival or going on a trip to the zoo? A fun zoo themed snack trail mix would be a great addition!

Wondering what you’re going to feed those hungry guests at your zoo-themed party? We have a whole host of yummy food and drink ideas to suit both big and little taste buds. Choose from scrumptious monkey snacks or a monster alligator sandwich. Wash it all down with some jungle juice! This post may contain affiliate …

After all the delicious desserts listed in Part I of my Safari / Jungle Themed First Birthday Party post, it’s time for some appetizers, finger foods and snacks ideas now! As I mentioned in my previous post I wanted to share all food ideas and party decorations in a single post but it got ridiculously …

I got this idea from Amy at Super Healthy Kids. My Kindergartner had to do an animal report this month, and he chose a snake. We enjoyed learning all kinds of fun things about snakes, including a trip to the museum, where he had the chance to touch a snake and tell his class about…

For this week’s Literacy Snack, we’re reading Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae. “A wonderfully illustrated, fun tale depicting an important message through Gerald, the giraffe. All the jungle animals have their own specialty dance except poor Gerald. Their teasing and bullying has Gerald feeling sad and bad about himself. However, with a little advice […]