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Celebrating a curious, noisy life with kids. A Denver, Colorado kids' activity, recipe, and DIY blog.

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Make your own bath paints for hours of fun

June 21, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Make your own bath paints for hours of fun

My kids love playing with bath paints. They’ll sit in the tubby as long as I let them and paint all over the walls and the bathtub and have a great time. But the paints run out quickly, and they’re kinda pricey…so now we make our own. The paints only take 4 ingredients (and one is […]

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Fun Hamburger Trivia for the Summer

May 30, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Fun Hamburger Trivia for the Summer

We’re almost done with the school year! 🎉🎉🎉 The kids are excited, I’M excited – I think we’re all ready to be finished right about now. These last few weeks, everything seems to ramp up to a fever pitch, and by the time we’re done, we all want to collapse in a large heap and do […]

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Kids Activities: Adventures After Dark

May 7, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

Kids Activities: Adventures After Dark

  My kids always have a hard time adjusting to summer. Actually, that’s not true. They love summer. They love swimming and hiking and reading and doing kids activities (and playing video games. I won’t lie to you.) They have a hard time, however, understanding why their mother would possibly attempt to put them to bed when […]

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How to Get Kids to Do Chores (and what they should do!)

March 19, 2018 By Laura Leave a Comment

How to Get Kids to Do Chores (and what they should do!)

This post was sponsored by Mean Green. All opinions are my own. I’m a huge fan of kids doing chores for a number of reasons. For one thing, in a house with six people, I can’t do everything myself. I may have actually wept when I taught my older kids to do their laundry, and […]

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How to Survive Road Trips With Kids

November 11, 2017 By Laura 15 Comments

How to Survive Road Trips With Kids

Thanks to Subaru for allowing us to try out the 2018 Forester this fall! We love, love, love our adopted state. One of the only drawbacks to hanging out in view of the Rocky Mountains is that both Chris and I actually grew up about 1100 miles west of here…and that’s where most of our family […]

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Five Easy Art Projects for Kids

August 20, 2017 By Laura 2 Comments

Five Easy Art Projects for Kids

There are days when I feel like I’m firing on all cylinders. My kids are wearing clothes with no holes or stains, everyone’s hair is brushed, I’m in something that’s not pajamas, I may even be wearing makeup (ok, no. I’m not wearing makeup. Let’s not get carried away). I have a plan for the day, and […]

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5 Great Tie Dye Projects to Try With Kids

July 14, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

5 Great Tie Dye Projects to Try With Kids

Tie dyeing is one of those activities that just reminds me of summer. Growing up, we tie dyed T-shirts for summer camp, and for Girl Scouts, and maybe once or twice for Vacation Bible School. When you think about it, it’s an inexpensive, easy way to make shirts an entire group can wear so you […]

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Why Your Kids Should Get Bored This Summer

June 20, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Why Your Kids Should Get Bored This Summer

I can always tell when I’ve been on Pinterest a little too long because I get kind of manic in planning our days. “Today, we’re doing #5 on our 10 Things We Have To Do This Summer list!” I’ll yell. “And #3 on our 6 Foods You Need to Make With Your Kids list. And […]

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Our Must-Have Summer Toolkit for Crafts and Activities

June 5, 2016 By Laura Leave a Comment

Our Must-Have Summer Toolkit for Crafts and Activities

Lemme be clear — I don’t think it’s my job to entertain my kids all summer long. I plan to have some days where we all pile in the car while I pretend I can’t hear the whining, and we all go hiking. I plan to have some days at the pool. I plan to […]

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Kid-Made Musical Instruments We Love

May 18, 2016 By Laura 1 Comment

Kid-Made Musical Instruments We Love

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. All opinions are mine alone. #ExpressUrSelfie #CollectiveBias My kids love a chance to make some noise. Singing, playing our piano or guitar, making music with kid made musical instruments — they love all of that. And while they’re not above banging on […]

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