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What makes Thanksgiving neighbor gifts feel right rather than random? See clever, useful ideas for different neighbors, and relationships The tricky part about giving a Thanksgiving gift to a neighbor is not finding something nice. It is knowing how nice is appropriate. A neighbor who has been picking up your packages, sharing garden produce, checking …
Back-to-school crafts for the days when bedtime, school bags and questions about returning to class start piling up, without making more useless clutter and the little things kids aren’t ready for yet. School will be starting again soon, and the long vacation is slowly running out of days. The children may still be enjoying late …
Need Halloween room decor kids will actually want to display? Try these handmade ideas that turn simple crafts into spooky room decorations. Some kids want their Halloween decorations to be more than something they hang up for a few weeks. They want to make something that feels like theirs, the kind of decoration they can …
What will your child still remember by the end of the school year? Make a first-day-of-school time capsule to save today’s little details and look back later. By the end of the school year, your child may not remember what they were so excited about in September. The book they carried everywhere may have been …
Need crafts for seniors in bed or wheelchairs? These 8 lap-tray ideas make crafting easier without taking away the joy of creating. A craft can look “easy” on paper and still be completely impractical when the person making it is in bed or using a wheelchair. The problem isn’t always the craft itself. It may …
There’s more to Thanksgiving than a traced hand — these crafts for young children are simple enough for little fingers to finish solo. A handprint turkey is a classic for a reason. It is simple, inexpensive, and easy enough for young children to make. But Thanksgiving crafts for young children do not have to begin …
Turn Halloween into something your child actually wants to make with these cute Halloween crafts for kids—cheerful ideas with none of the creepy stuff. Halloween can be a little confusing for a child. The pumpkins are fun. The candy is exciting. Making a bat or a black cat sounds great, until a giant monster …
What really happened to Esther? These Esther Craft Ideas help kids follow her story from the palace to danger, courage, deliverance, and Purim. A crown can make Esther look like just another queen in a Bible story. But her crown came with a story children need to understand. Esther was a young Jewish woman …
The tree is only the beginning, these Zacchaeus crafts uncover the surprising details kids often miss about his money, reputation, and encounter with Jesus. Most children meet Zacchaeus in the same place: up in a tree, trying to see Jesus over the crowd. It is the part of the story they remember easily, but …
Kids may not accept “be kind” as the whole lesson. These Good Samaritan craft ideas for kids unpack the harder questions and make the story easier to talk about. “Why didn’t anyone else stop?” That may be the first question a child asks after hearing the story of the Good Samaritan, I asked the …