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Make and Takes: Get Outdoors This Spring With Spray Chalk

I'm so thrilled to tell you that I'll be over at my friend Marie's blog (Make and Takes) each month with fun craft projects for the kids. I've been a part of Marie's summer series for the past few years, but I'll be doing a monthly project over there now, and a few other fun projects as she needs me to as well, like this fun Spray Chalk project Marisol and I did last week.

We had so much fun creating these spring flowers. I'm sharing all the details on the fun new Spray Chalk from Testors over at Make and Takes so go check it out.

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5 Minutes For Mom: Get Outside and Play with Spray Chalk

Spray Chalk from Testors is the latest and greatest outdoor activity at our house. You can spray it on so many surfaces and the fun stays around for days.

I'm sharing some fun ideas for using the Spray Chalk, including this race track, over at 5 Minutes for Mom.

FUN IDEAS FOR A SING FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT

Disclosure: This post is in partnership with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

When SING was first released in theaters, we said a prayer for the rain to stop, threw blankets and pillows into the car, grabbed a friend and headed to the drive-in movie theater about an hour from home to watch it. And the rain did stop as we were pulling in, and we had such a fantastic night. We all absolutely loved the movie and sang songs from it most of the way home.

And now, SING Special Edition is available on Blu-ray & DVD with over 60-minutes of bonus content and three all-new entertaining mini movies featuring the cast from SING as well as an exclusive Tori Kelly music video.

With spring break upon us, what better time to have a SING family movie night at home, and I've put together a couple of fun ideas for you including mini pull-string piñatas that you can fill with candy, SING tattoos, and fun movie watching props like small costume pieces.

Isn't this Buster Moon piñata just the cutest? Oh but that's not all, keep scrolling down for details on how to make this and a Rosita piñata, plus download and print the tattoos I've put together for you of your favorite SING characters.

Ideas For The Perfect Winter Movie Night

Disclosure: I received some really cool items from Oriental Trading to facilitate this post.

Winter is quickly approaching, and for some, snow is already falling.

I love nothing more in the cooler weather than to curl up on the couch in front of the fire surrounded by the people I love, drink hot chocolate, and watch a movie. But, give everyone a treat and kick up movie night a notch with these ideas.

My winter hot chocolate recipe is pretty simple.

I heat 50/50 2% reduced fat milk with half & half on the stove (enough per cup), stirring so that a skin doesn't form on top.

The Secret Life Of Pets Movie Night At Home

Disclosure:  This post is in partnership with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Do you ever wonder what your pets do when you leave the house? I know I do. Maybe your pets party like Leonard or Pops.

THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS is now available on Blu-ray and DVD featuring nearly an hour of bonus footage plus 3 mini-movies. Pick up a copy and plan a movie night at home with the whole family.

Today, I'm sharing a fun movie viewing treat table that you can put together in minutes that the kids will love.

Popcorn is traditional for movie nights, but let's do something a little different, because sometimes you just need to shake things up so family movie nights aren't so predictable.

An Autumn Hot Chocolate Bar

My kids absolutely love to have after school and weekend play dates. Now that they are getting older being around their friends is becoming more and more important to them and I am thankful that my kids friends have amazing parents who I've quickly become friends with too, so it's become quite common for us to text each other from the carpool line to say hey I've got your kid in my car, or don't bother coming up today because I'll grab everyone and take them home.

And yesterday was no different. A quick text to a couple of friends during the day and my daughter's friends were over after school for the afternoon. While they did homework, I set up a hot chocolate bar for them, and they had fun playing with toppings, and squirting whipped cream straight into their mouths and eating snacks before heading into the backyard to play for a little while.

 

A hot chocolate bar doesn't need to be fancy, it just needs to have a few choices, because everyone likes to experiment with flavor combinations, and everyone has different tastes. I wanted this one to be fall inspired, with fresh fall scents, but still keep what I know kids normally love in their hot chocolate.

First of all though let me share my hot chocolate recipe, it's really simple.