Ideas for your family from a mother of three and parent educator. Includes ideas for parenting, college, college care packages, celebrating, charitable giving and ideas for military members, military families and veterans.
This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. With 2 teens and a tween, I’m always looking for ways to make it fun for the kids and their friends to hangout at our house. Yes, I want to have the house where the kids hang out. Now that…
This is the best strawberry lemonade ever. It’s quick and easy to make , can be prepped ahead of time and is perfect for large parties.
I grew up in Hawai’i. It’s home and it’s paradise. Really. My daughters have both danced hula and if you know anything about hula, the hula seestahs are a close-knit bunch. Several months ago one of my daughter’s hula sisters had a sweet sixteen party (happy birthday, Kamalani!) and her mother asked if I could help with…
Most outdoor parties involve at least one plastic Costco-type table. I really, really don’t like plastic table cloths (all they do is blow around and I seem to end up battling them all party long) but I also don’t like plain bleh plastic tables. The solution I found for my daughter’s graduation party was so easy…
My “baby” just graduated from high school. It’s fun to give a gift in addition to the traditional and much appreciated monetary gift. This is a super easy last-minute graduation gift that starts with a repurposed jar. I’m proud to be a Parade contributor and you can find the complete quick and easy tutorial on Parade. …
You may have guessed by now that my daughter’s upcoming graduation party is my single focus these days. That can happen when you don’t really think through your invitation list and end up with 85 people coming when you thought you’d have 40-50 guests! If you’ve hung around here very long, you know I…
It’s easy to make your own DIY candy graduation caps for parties and party favors
It’s June and that means outdoor party season. We have a big graduation party coming up this month and I wanted to make outdoor lanterns to decorate the tables and provide a little ambiance. I had made some adorable beach lanterns for a friend’s party a few months ago. I used repurposed glass jars to…
An easy to make fabric gift bag with this step-by-step tutorial. Perfect for any occasion, this DIY project is both practical and stylish.
Put old magazines to use making these simple magazine flowers. A great project for children or beginning crafters.