Today kicks off Teacher Appreciation Week for many schools, and we hope you’ve found some clever and creative ways to thank your educators for all of their dedication and hard work. In case you are stuck on what to do, here’s an idea: Ask each student to bring in a flower—it can be store-bought, home-picked, [...]

Etsy is, like, the home of all things cute and clever and crafty, and you should “Like” the Etsy Facebook page if you want to land at all sorts of great items. Just look at these ideas for Mother’s Day (found them via the Etsy Facebook page), these darling soft and comfy shoes (found them [...]

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The kid cries can be heard all over the world — “pleeeeease let me open a gift early!” It happens in my house, and it probably happens in your house, too. I get it. Waiting for the official holiday is hard, hard, hard. Can you blame kiddos for wanting a little something before it’s time? [...]

Have you been to Office Depot lately? If so, you may have spotted their green and white sale signs posted on certain items. If not, you should go and find their green and white sale signs posted on certain items. I tell you this because gift-buying season is upon us, and if you’re like me, you [...]

Maybe school’s out in your neck of the woods; maybe it’s not, and you need a gift idea for the teacher who imparted wisdom to your child for the entire academic year. Here is one idea (contents of basket were purchased by funds collected from classroom parents).

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Mother’s Day is less than two weeks away (May 13 is the big day!), and that means it’s time to get clever, either by way of shopping or crafting or writing that special letter or poem. There’s a bunch of ways to tell mom you care — what’s your favorite?

The universal Teacher Appreciation Week is coming up, and may we suggest you show your teachers some love during May 7-11, 2012. Maybe you can decorate your teacher’s door, have kids deliver single flowers one morning and add them to a parent-provided vase. Determine and drop off favorite snacks and drinks, gather up a collection [...]

You might not be the craftiest person in town, but here’s one artsy idea you can surely implement. Just stock your kiddos with pipe cleaners, pom-poms, felt, foam, glue, and more, and tell them to create animals and aliens and anything their little hearts so desire. Here’s where you come in: just hot glue gun [...]