Our kids love to grab their NERF guns and have full fledged backyard NERF Wars. Over the past few years, we’ve accumulated quite an arsenal of NERF guns but we’ve never tried the bow and arrows. Because I’m a BZZAgent, we received this NERF Rebelle Bow. Take a quick guess at what we did this…
What do your kids do when it’s raining outside? Watch TV? Play Video Games? Complain that they’re bored? One recent rainy day my kids pulled out the kitchen table chairs, all the sheets they could find and enough stuffed animals to stock a zoo. What was the plan? They were going to build a rainy…
It’s hot outside! That means that the kids are spending a little more time indoors. But that doesn’t mean they have to be bored or play electronics all day. I gave the kids a few ideas so they could choose what they wanted to do for the afternoon and then turned my 8 year old…
My kids are just like your kids. They love to play electronics. But they also have amazing imaginations and love to play in their own pretend world. We have always tried to encourage imagination by giving them limits on their electronics time. When we unplug them from Xbox, DS and computer, they can find amazing…
Last week we got a package in the mail that said “open immediately – 5 pounds of dry ice included”. I had no clue what was being delivered that required 5 pounds of dry ice. It was ice cream bars that looked delicious, but they were not the highlight of the delivery. The kids and…
I have to admit that I just don’t understand the fascination with Minecraft. My kids absolutely love the game but it just doesn’t make sense how a game that is filled with creatures called kreepers, zombies, skelebros and spiders can be that exciting. And have you seen the graphics? My kids love to poke fun…
I received discounted admission to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own. Last week I shared some of our visit to The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. Today I get to tell you more about the exhibits we enjoyed exploring. The museum visit was more than just playing with water or discovering dinosaurs, we also…
Need some ideas to inspire you to turn paper and cardboard into memories and fun? Here’s a new e-magazine from Hobbies on a Budget – Vol #2: Kids, Paper and Cardboard. There ares ideas for real life Angry Birds, paper animals, Star Wars Origami and rocket ships with eject buttons. All you need are a…