✨We know how excited you are about having a real Thanksgiving Day where you can celebrate the amazing food, warm hugs, and just making happier memories, even on a budget!   We are so here for it too, however, with inflation and just the price of everything being so sky high lately, putting something together can get expensive very quickly. Here are our top 5 hacks to make your Thanksgiving smooth as pie, without leaving a hole in your bank account. Hack #1 ?= Plan ahead and buy your groceries ahead of time. If you create a meal plan for Thanksgiving day and write out everything that you ..read more

Parents don't realize how tough having a winter baby is until it's time to plan a birthday party for them. Depending on the month, there could be a snowstorm preventing people from driving. If parents don't feel safe driving in the snow, then that means not many people are going to make it to your child's party. Knowing how important a birthday party is to a child, an indoor party needs to exceed expectations. Kids don't have a backyard to run around in or a pool to swim at. The only space they have is the indoors. This is where it's a parent's time to shine. Instead of inviting kids over jus ..read more

In our last post, we explored ways to make Thanksgiving memorable for the whole family. Today, let’s discuss ways to help the kids in your life feel special while having tons of fun in the process! Let’s dive in! Make the Decorations No need to buy expensive decorations to get those warm Thanksgiving vibes! Homemade crafts are a fun way to teach your kids how to recycle and fill your home with adorable fall-themed decor. Spice up your Thanksgiving kids table with these cute yet simple holiday crafts: Leaf centerpieces: Send your kids outside to gather sticks and branches and then have them c ..read more

Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends, celebrations, tasty food, fun tunes, pie, and gratitude. During the course of your life, your family (or friend group) has likely developed some family traditions to go along with the day of the turkey - whether it’s the food you serve for dinner or how you spend your time before (and after) your meal is consumed (football games, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, etc). Making memories with the entire family can be hard work. Below, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite Thanksgiving traditions, from having pie for breakfast to playing games to host ..read more

It’s November, which means that the cold and AUTUMN are well and truly upon us. There is always a bit of nostalgia this time of year, as we remember the sights, smells, sounds, and the feeling that we all associate with fall. With the holiday season approaching, what better time to take the kids out on an adventure? Let them appreciate all of the things their parents did when they were young. Who knows? Maybe the kid in you may come out to play, too! Fall Leaves Imagine driving down a lane, lined with groves of trees. Summer has departed, and the leaves are changing in color. Some orange, so ..read more

Halloween, on its own, is a holiday of celebration. When that festive day meets with your child’s birthday, the task of planning the perfect party becomes essential. How do you throw a party on or around a holiday in which all children receive surprises? How do you make sure your little one has a memorable birthday and Halloween? To help ease the stress of planning such a party, we have compiled 40 tips on how you can throw the perfect Halloween children’s birthday celebration. We have recommendations on party ideas, themes, places, and gifts. Great news! You can use these tips even if you wa ..read more

What’s the difference between a toddler and a terrorist? You can negotiate with a terrorist! The busy, beautiful and sometimes unreasonable toddler in your life can be tamed by the right stimulation and distraction. If you are looking for 1 and 2-year-old gifts you may want to consider all the developmental changes that will take place over the next year of your child’s life. There is an abundance of developmentally educational and fun toys for your toddler available. Our team of parents have got together and discussed some of the most loved and used toys in their toddler play boxes. You may ..read more

Wishlist is a present registry that is part of the free kid’s party planner App GiftWalker. Like a wedding gift registry, parents can make a list of gift options that are entirely within their control. This concept of gifting takes into consideration busy parents looking for simple solutions to their child’s party planning that they can manage themselves. Those who are open to using Giftwalker’s Wishlist App will join a new generation of parents streamlining the party gifting process and reducing mass amounts of waste caused by unwanted gifts. Attention Parents: Have You Ever Had One of ‘Thos ..read more

Many of us face a daunting and tiresome task of sending various invites to events and those are the times you just want it to be as simple as possible.  «How to invite someone to a party» is a term many of us typed hoping there is an easy solution. Children party invitations are no exception to this conundrum, particularly since many of us have contact details scattered across productivity tools. At school there is likely a WhatsUp group or an email group of all parents, your child might be playing with someone you are connected to on LinkedIn or you might want to invite your colleagues u ..read more

Remember our hopes that pandemic would slow down with the warmer weather? Unfortunately, Summertime is here for more than a month now, and the basics of coronavirus spread haven’t changed - on the contrary. With social distancing guidelines, most indoor venues are not an option, and many important events like weddings and birthdays have been canceled, postponed or moved online. As parents, watching our children cope with the situation is tough. They miss their friends from school, and their cousins and grandparents. They miss the joy of summertime activities like camp and sleepovers. Having t ..read more