Need a fun and creative craft for your kids to make this Thanksgiving while you run around the house prepping the dinner table for the big feast? Then enlist your kids to join in on the preparations by decorating the tablecloth!
Are your ceiling fans wobbling too much? Making more noise than you can stand? Seem unsafe? Are boring your kids? Then it's time to upgrade to a newer ceiling fan, but don't worry— you can easily DIY it! This video will show you the step-by-step procedure for removing your old ceiling fans and installing new kid-friendly ones. This added (and functional) fixture will help cool your house while adding a fun decorative touch to your home. They're great for kids!
This video from Cooking for Dads is a very simple demonstration on making a grilled flank steak. Flank steak is a very lean cut of meat with lots of flavor.
Remember going to the doctor when you were a kid? If the word 'traumatizing' comes to mind, you'll love the RoboDoc by MarkusB, a robotic doctor that makes checkups a little less scary (and a lot more fun) for kids. It all started when Markus took his 14-month-old daughter for a checkup. The finger clip that the doctor used to check her pulse terrified her, so Markus decided to build a heartbeat monitor just for kids that's much more likely to make them laugh than cry.
Learn how to make a holiday Croquembouche with your kids! Epicurious Editor-in-Chief Tanya Wenman Steel and a young friend demonstrate how to make a Christmas treat from doughnut holes.
It's not too late to start crafting some great Thanksgiving decorations with the kids. Make this year's celebration one to remember with these decorative craft ideas from Mahalo's Jaala Pickering. Your children are sure to have fun making these, and so will you!
Here's a fun little hack you can try at home with your kids. The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to make this fun toy gun. It's a very simple and economical project. Tools and Materials:
Every kids loves monsters, and they'll love them even more when they can make their own. This crafty idea is perfect for pushing your children into creativity, because it evokes the inner demons of us all, and brings out highly imaginative properties. Have fun with your kids, teaching them how to make this one-eyed friendly foam monster. You'll need:
In this video, you will learn how to do two fun learning activities with your kids. First, you will get a step by step on how to make kid-friendly hand puppets for your little ones to play with, and then you will get advice on how to create a garden!
Involve your children in Thanksgiving this year by letting them decorate and set the 'kids' table' this year! Here are a few ideas to create a fun and kid-friendly table setting that you can put your children in charge of this holiday season!
One of the easiest and cheapest ways to craft jewelry is out of paper! In this tutorial, learn how to make fun bracelets and necklaces with paper 'beads'. This eco-friendly project is best for kids that are a little bit older, and can be worn by anyone!
Roxy and Sarah take a trip to the craft supply store, and pick up material to make inexpensive Christmas presents at home. Kids can learn how to make a decorated cocoa jar to give to teachers, coaches, or neighbors. All you need is a glass jar, hot chocolate mix, marshmallows, and whatever Christmas decorations you want. Watch this video crafting tutorial and learn how to do this fun kid-friendly activity of decorating cocoa jars as a Christmas gift.
Make a beautiful box for your child to keep their jewelry or precious possessions in. You'll need a small plastic or metal container, strands of thread with small beads on them, plastic gems or rhinestones, a hot glue gun and a kid-friendly pair of scissors.
Whether you're babysitting or just looking for a fresh way to entertain your kids, making silly goo is always a crowd pleaser. Bonus: this recipe is fun and kid-friendly.
Whether they're your own children or a niece, godson or grandchild, this gift guide is perfect for figuring out what to give the kids on your gift list. Every gift is innovative, eco-friendly and facilitates talking between children and parents.
Here's a fun and eco-friendly activity that will let you make some clever bubble wands out of recycled wire. All you need is the colored wire (you can use old hanger wire) and a few BBQ sticks. Then bend into the shape you want!
This tutorial video will teach you how to apply a face paint job in the design of a tiger. This face paint design is kid friendly and absolutely grrrrreat! Tony the tiger would be proud.
Celebrated and award-winning children's illustrator, Jan Brett, shows how to sketch a horse. Jan teaches how to draw a colt and the Friesian horse breed specifically. Learn how to draw a baby horse by following Jan's simple instructions that go from making easy shapes to the finished product. Jan's friendly demeanor and basic instructions make this a great tutorial for kids as well as adults.
Chef Desireé and the kids make sushi rolls out of rice, nori seaweed paper, crab, cucumber, cilantro, and avocado. This video cooking tutorial will teach you how to easily prepare sushi at home. It's so easy, and is even a kid-friendly cooking project.
These paper design projects make perfect kid's activities, or an activity for the whole family. These eco-friendly ornaments are made from recycled scrap strips. When you're done, you can hang them to decorate your home!
Shopping bags are an ecological nightmare, so many modern shoppers use eco-friendly reusable shopping bags. If you have a stash of eco-friendly bags and want to store them more easily, watch this video to learn a novel way to fold these bags that turns them into a tiny pouch, which you could even still use to hold things if you wanted.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to make chocolate Nutella tarts - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this chocolate Nutella tart recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to make salsa - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this salsa recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to bake a party pizza - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this party pizza recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to make a frozen fruit smoothie - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this frozen fruit smoothie recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to make a French crêpe - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this French crepe recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to cook basil pesto for pasta - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this basil pesto for pasta recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to cook macaroni and cheese - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this macaroni and cheese recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to cook a hearty hamburger - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this hearty hamburger recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to cook kickin' chicken - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this kickin' chicken recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to make a popover balloon dessert - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this popover balloons dessert recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to cook a ham and onion omelet - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this ham and onion omelet recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to make a fruit smoothie - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this fruit smoothie recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to cook beef skewers - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this beef skewers recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to cook crazy quesadillas - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this crazy quesadilla recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to cook chicken wings - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this chicken wings recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
Parakeets are small, colorful, friendly and chatty and all of these reasons make them great pets for kids. In this clip, learn how to select and care for your little feathered friends with pet expert, Marc Morrone. You will get the 411 on these colorful critters and learn how to keep them happy, healthy and singing all day long.
Watch this cooking video tutorial on how to make Polish coffee cakes - kids can cook! You will get all the necessary information to make this Polish coffee cakes recipe, including a list of all the ingredients needed, all right in the video.
This gardening tutorial teaches you how to create a successful terrarium for kids of any age. This how to video covers the major points of making a terrarium and I give you lots of alternative methods. Learn how to select a kid-friendly container, select plants, make the terrarium, care and maintain the terrarium. You can use the terrarium as an eco system learning tool for children. This is a great project to do with your children with this how to video.
You may or may not know, but much of the cleaning products that are used today can be harmful to you, kids, or even pets. They contain a great assortment of chemicals that can cause serious illness or death. So why risk buying thse products when you can make them yourself?
