Category Archives: Kids

Fighting Monsters at Night The Monster Problem Have you ever tried to explain to your scared kid, at bedtime, that monsters aren’t real? How about dinosaurs? Does it help that they all died out? It didn’t matter to my kids whether they were real or not. It felt real. I needed a strategy that wouldContinue reading “How to Fight Monsters”

This activity can take some nerve, because it can involve meeting new people and asking for things, but it can be incredibly rewarding. There are so many apple trees around, and most people just rake up and dispose of rotting apples. I was one of them growing up, but many people would love to seeContinue reading “Free Apple Picking”

Why a Sink Bubble Bath? A sink bubble bath is perfect for keeping 1 – 2 kids busy in the kitchen. They love using the tap to rinse bubbles off their hands, and playing with kitchen tools that they normally don’t get to play with. It usually gives me enough time to unload and reloadContinue reading “Sink Bubble Bath”

Remember those origami fortune tellers from when we were kids? (also called a cootie catcher, chatterbox, salt cellar, whirlybird, or paku-paku) Remember how much kids love potty humour? Well, I have combined the two. I’m not overly proud to admit how much potty humour is encouraged in our household. The only rule is, “Not inContinue reading “Potty Humour Fortune Teller”

Teddy bear picnics are a family favourite. We use a picnic blanket from the dollar store, and often, doll plates. Everyone grabs a teddy bear and we eat gluten free animal crackers, or gummy bears, or homemade teddy cookies. All while listening to “Teddy Bear Picnic” and “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around.” I haveContinue reading “Teddy Bear Picnic”

This information will be most useful to the people living in or visiting Bruce County. This summer, not much was open. I started taking the kids on “Playground Crawls” (like a bar crawl, but with playgrounds). Basically we would pick a town, then ask the local residents where the playgrounds were. We could usually getContinue reading “Playgrounds”

My kids recently played by a frog pond with Lilly pads and a real frog, that they tried unsuccessfully to catch. The next day we made our own frog pond in the tub. During the heart of the lock-down, in deep winter, I was at my wit’s end of what to do with the kids.Continue reading “Frog Pond Bath”