Learn how to make Wookie Cookies with this easy recipe and complete Star Wars Wookie Cookies Tutorial. Perfect for a Star Wars theme party! Our Wookie Cookies Recipe is a unique and delicious Chewbacca cookie that kids of all ages are going to adore. If you've been wondering how do you make a Wookie cookie inspired by Star Wars, this is the exact recipe you've been looking for! What are Continue Reading >>
Putting Together a Daily Bible Reading Plan for Your Family
Putting together a daily Bible reading plan for your family doesn't have to be hard. You can do it in just a few minutes! I sighed and gathered up my children's Bible curriculum books. It was good curriculum, I thought. Solid theologically, anyway. I looked over at my youngest two boys. They were in first and second grade, and while there was nothing wrong with the retold Bible story and Continue Reading >>
Best Preschool Manipulatives
Preschool manipulatives are the most effective way to teach young children. What are Manipulatives in Preschool Manipulatives are anything a child can touch and manipulate by hand to experience and learn new information. You might use manipulatives to help your student explore counting, adding, the alphabet, or even mindfulness. A hands-on approach using manipulatives helps students absorb Continue Reading >>
Instant Pot Pizza Fritatta
The flavors of pizza and the Instant Pot are the perfect pairing in my book. It means I can make something fast and easy, and still get my kids to eat the food because it tastes like pizza. Instant Pot Pizza Fritatta for the win! A frittata is an egg-based dish with meats, cheese, and/or vegetables added. It is similar in concept to an omelet or a crustless quiche, but it is baked all together Continue Reading >>
How To Make Edible Playdough with Peeps
I love the idea of making things with Peeps in the weeks leading up to the holiday. When a friend told me how to make edible playdough with peeps, this was something I had to share! My kids are too old to want play dough, but they are most certainly not too old to want edible playdough. Have I ever mentioned how much I *love* Peeps? It's my main Easter indulgence. Yesterday I found four Continue Reading >>
Rainbow LEGO Easter Cross
Brightly colored LEGO® bricks create a fiery glowing effect behind the rainbow LEGO Easter cross. I love the effect of a beautiful rainbow reminiscent of God's promises adorning a symbol of the most precious promise ever kept. A step-by-step LEGO building guide through images is included in this post. Building a LEGO Easter cross like this one or our equally cool Stained Glass Lego Cross is a Continue Reading >>
Stained Glass LEGO Cross to Build for Easter
As Passion week approaches, planning some simple activities to do with your kids helps your family focus on Christ this Easter season. LEGO® bricks are the perfect way to get your kids engaged. Use our beautiful design and instructions to build a stained glass LEGO Cross for Easter this week. Once you are finished if you'd like another great cross to make, try these Cross painted rocks for Easter. Continue Reading >>
Easter Cross Painted Rocks – Enjoy Easter Rock Painting
Make cross painted rocks during Passion Week to help your family focus on the sacrifice God's son made. One of the most important Christian holidays for families is Easter Sunday. Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus. Without a resurrection, there would be no redemption, no Gospel message, no salvation story. Sharing the incredible message of God's love and the gift of salvation with Continue Reading >>
LEGO STEM – Science, Engineering, Technology, and Math plus Art = LEGO STEAM
I can't think of any toy that lends itself more completely toward the teaching of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math) than LEGO® bricks. Everyone is looking for more ways to teach STEM these days, why not try LEGO STEM? You can do this -- and you will be the hero of your school day with these inspired LEGO STEM activities to inspire your kids. I've even added LEGO STEAM with Continue Reading >>
50 Ways to Teach Lego Math: Learning Math with Legos is fun!
How fun that we can take this incredible toy called Lego® bricks, tap into our child's interests, and do Lego math! I have found over fifty seriously great ideas to teach math with legos -- and a whole bunch of those ideas doesn't require anything but . . . LEGOs! Since you probably already have legos on your floor, under the cabinets, and coming out of the woodwork as I do, this is perfect. You Continue Reading >>