Love & Appreciation
Aahh, Valentine’s Day. This holiday is tricky. It can be seen as a plague among the unintentionally single. It’s resoundingly denounced by the conscientiously anti-consumerist. For parents of young children, however, nothing’s...
Settling in at the Kitchen Table
I intended to unveil an action-packed post today highlighting the easy and exciting Small Hands Big Hearts event at the Minnesota Children’s Museum (MCM).
With no school today, I just knew we would pack up a couple of pairs of mittens...
Generous Gift Giving for Kids
The fulfillment of giving gifts seems to be instinctive in young children. This time of year, we tend to put them to work writing their Santa letters or circling the toy catalogs in search of their own gifts, but with a few simple materials...
Creativity Kits
While I only just posted about searching out more free activities, today I’m offering up one that isn’t. It isn’t terribly expensive either, so bear with me.
The idea to assemble creativity kits comes straight off of Doing...
Eco-Art: Doing Good One Box at a Time
Obviously, I recycle. Nearly everyone I know does. But on some days – some very busy, tired days – I get a little annoyed with the process. Usually, my annoyance peaks at the end of the day, when the kitchen all but dares me to unload...
Patriotic Paper Bag Art
We tried out another Doing Good Together Kitchen Table Activity this week. If you have a box of crayons, a stack of plain paper bags, and a child interested in learning about and helping our soldiers and first responders, this is a good one.
Operation...
Collecting for a Cause
This week in our effort to become a more giving family, we’ve started collecting our spare change for charity.
At 5 and just under 3, my girls aren’t exactly money savvy. Still, they do have a stash of money in their piggy bank....
Paper Houses Build Civic Engagement
I had a hard time calling us a volunteer family since most of our good works happen during the day when dad is off at work. Thanks to DGT’s project page I discovered Habitat for Humanity’s Paper House Campaign. This fun craft allowed both...
Can Kindness Cure Crabbiness?
We’ve all heard the saying “kill ‘em with kindness,” usually in reference to defusing the power of a bully. This week, I stumbled upon kindness’s other top target: crabbiness. The idea isn’t exactly new....
Our DGT-Style Holiday
Have you wondered how to keep up the good works while sitting lakeside? As it turns out, DGT’s Kitchen Table projects are extremely portable!
Designing oven mitts for Meals-on-Wheels was the perfect Kitchen Table Project for our annual...
