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Resources for family fun crafts, games and activities that teens and families of older kids will enjoy.
101 Fun Things for Teens to Do This Winter
Winter activities resource article for teens and their parents, 101 Fun Activities for Teens to Do This Winter.
50 Fun Holiday Activities Your Teen Will Love
Article for teens and parents: 50 Holiday Activities Your Teen Will Love
Fall and Halloween Fun for Teens
Tons of resources for Halloween and fall fun for teens, youth groups, and everyday happenings. Parents can find useful information here.
Fall Activities for Teens - Fun Activities for Teens - 12 Week Series
Weeks of Fall activities, crafts, fun things to do, places to go and more.
Parenting Quiz: Do you spend enough time with your teen?
Teens can be very independent, but they crave time with us too. Take this quiz to see if you are spending enough time with your teen.
Kids Crafts for Older Kids
As kids get older and become teens, they do not lose the desire to do crafting. On the contrary, they want more challenging crafts to do. Here are some craft kits your kids will enjoy.
Supervise a Group of Teens
Article for parents and teachers of teens - How to Supervise a Group of Teens
Is Your Teen Over-Involved in Activities?
Tips on what parents can do to help their teen with this problem. Part of an extensive article: 10 School Problems Parents of Teens Face And What to Do About Them.
Is Your Teen Not Involved in Activities?
Tips on what parents can do to help their teen with this problem. Part of an extensive article: 10 School Problems Parents of Teens Face And What to Do About Them.
Give a Pair of Jeans the Grunge Look
How to make a pair of jeans have the grunge look.
Water Games and Activities
Water games to play with groups. Balloon games, water relays and more.
Friendship Bracelets How to Make
How to make friendship bracelets. Instructions include the basic friendship knot, how to reorder the threads and friendship bracelet patterns.
Friendship Pin Patterns
Over fifty different patterns for those fun friendship pins using seed bead and safety pins.
Cable Friendship Bracelet
Very easy project for the beginner.
Halloween Recipes for Kids
Having the little ghouls over for a Halloween party or do you just want to make a snack for your little goblins? Here is our every growing list of Halloween recipes for all kinds of yucky stuff and fun!
Thanksgiving Poems for Cardmaking
Poems for Thanksgiving cards that all will enjoy.
Stripe Friendship Bracelet or Anklet
Flat, four stand friendship bracelet, directions with diagram.
Relay Games
Relay games to play with groups of kids at camp, parties or whenever kids want to have fun.
Girl Scout SWAPS
SWAPS are a Girl Scout craft in which girls trade with each other to promote friendship.
All About Collectibles
Learn about collecting from the masters. This site covers many different collectibles plus overall collecting stategies.
Best Free Board Games
There's a lot available for free on the Internet -- some good, some bad, some ugly. Here, in alphabetical order, are my picks for the best free board games available over the Web.
Best Games for Family Gatherings
When you get the whole family together, sometimes it can be difficult to choose a game to play. Sometimes it seems like you have too many people for a game, and sometimes everyone wants to play something different. Fret no more. Here are my picks for the best games to play at family gatherings.
Top 5 Travel Games
Hitting the road - or the water, or the rails, or the air - can be a trying experience. But if you're prepared with something to pass the time, your trip will seem much shorter. These board games are all designed to go along with you.
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