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5 Ideas for Outdoor Family Fun This Christmas

[Excerpt] #1 Snowball – This is essentially a good game of touch, or tackle, football in the snow. Get everyone dressed warmly from head to toe and head outside. If you have enough folks to get eleven people on a team, that’s great. Otherwise, divide the group evenly. Draw a goal in the snow by digging a trench.

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3 Quick and Easy Holiday Treats the Kids Will Love

[Excerpt] #3 Peanut butter balls

Another no-bake cookie that’s fun to make are peanut butter balls. They’re also called buckeyes. Basically, you blend peanut butter, butter, and powdered sugar into a gooey mess. You then roll the peanut butter mix into melted chocolate, let cool and enjoy. Here’s a quick and easy recipe

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Creative Craft Ideas for Kids

National Keep Kids Creative Week – Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2010 Creative Ideas for Kids

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Kids Birthday Party Tips

Kids Birthday  Party Tips 1.  Plan ahead for the activities….

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How to Make Cheesecake ~ A Perfect Delight!

How to Make Cheesecake ~ A Perfect Delight! There are few secrets in baking cheesecakes like a pro. How to make a cheesecake that taste and look like you had a professional create it need not be a secret any longer. 8 Tips to Make the Perfect Cheesecake: 1. Use first rate, quality ingredients. Opt [...]

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8 Great Ideas for Traveling Activities

8 Great Ideas for Traveling Activities 1. 20 Questions: Everyone writes down a secret word which must be a noun (the name of an object). The others try to guess your word by asking questions about it. Take turns until everyone has tried their word. You could have playoffs between the ones that stumped the [...]

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11 Great Ideas for Outdoor Activities

11 Great Ideas for Outdoor Activities 1: Ribbon Sticks: For this you need nothing more than some strips of wide ribbon and some bamboo sticks. A few 4ft sticks will do. Snap them in half and tie a length of ribbon to one end. Make the ribbon length no longer than what the kids can [...]

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12 Great Ideas for Indoor Activities for Kids

12 Great Ideas for Indoor Activities for Kids 1. Story time: Read and discuss a book or a chapter of a book, make up your own endings. You can even make up your own stories by sitting the kids in a ring and letting them “add a sentence”. We’ve made up lots of really funny [...]

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