Tag: activities for older kids

Helping our kids slow down and do nothing

It’s the holidays and you’re too busy with work / too broke in general to plan a getaway for the kids. You’re also hoping they’ll slow down and do nothing, as every…

Mind-bending lateral thinking puzzles for kids

Do your kids love lateral thinking puzzles as much as mine? Especially my youngest. She’s always been my ‘joker’ and since she’s gotten older, it’s gone from knock, knock jokes to mind-benders…

Frenemies and friendship

Frenemies: 8 tips to help kids manage mean friends

Dealing with frenemies was hard enough the first time around, but here we are, going through it all over again with our kids. There’s something so confronting about a mean friend and…

Make a nature mandala or artwork

Making nature mandalas and art for kids

For a long time my girls have created little nature mandalas and art whenever we are in the bush or out for a walk. They gather collections of things as we wander…

How to make damper on sticks - the best campfire food there is

How to make easy damper on a stick

In the wintertime we love setting friendly fires in our outside fire pit, which we built out of old bricks and creek pebbles. Cooking damper on a stick is a cold month…

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