Homemade Honey Vanilla Cold Foam (Easy 4 Ingredient Recipe)
This easy honey vanilla cold foam is creamy, lightly sweet, and made with just four simple ingredients. A delicious homemade topping for iced coffee, cold brew, and iced lattes!
Pumpkin Spice Simmer Pot (Easy Fall Stovetop Potpourri)
If you love the smell of pumpkin spice but don’t necessarily want to bake a pumpkin pie every time you want your house to smell like fall, this Pumpkin Spice Simmer Pot is exactly what you need! I’m a big fan of simmer pots, especially during fall and winter when I want the house to…
Easy Small Batch Apple Butter (Stovetop Recipe)
There is something about the smell of apples and cinnamon simmering away on the stove that makes the entire house feel like fall. And while I love a good slow cooker recipe, sometimes I don’t want to make a giant batch of something or wait all day for it to finish. Also, every time I…
Easy Advent Traditions for Busy Families (Simple Ways to Slow Down This Christmas)
I feel like the Christmas season is notorious for getting busy before we even realize it. Between shopping, decorating, baking cookies, school activities, family gatherings, and trying to make everything feel magical for our kids, December starts to feel like a giant to do list that I’m always one thing behind on. And somewhere in…
Easy Paper Plate Advent Wreath Craft for Kids
Looking for an easy Advent wreath craft for kids that’s perfect for Sunday school, children’s church, or a Christmas activity at home? This Paper Plate Advent Wreath uses just a few inexpensive supplies to create a fun craft to teach about the meaning of Advent! Made with a green paper plate, popsicle stick candles, and…
Pear Vanilla Simmer Pot: A Cozy Fall Stovetop Scent
There’s nothing wrong with a classic apple cinnamon simmer pot. In fact, I make them all the time once fall rolls around. But sometime usually in October, I’m ready for my house to smell like something other than an apple orchard, but not yet ready to give up on fall and go full on into…
Dancing Corn Experiment With Popcorn Kernels
Looking for an easy science experiment that uses things you probably already have in your kitchen? This dancing corn experiment is a simple way for kids to see a chemical reaction in action—and it’s honestly pretty fun to watch! I may or may not be just as mesmerized as my kids when the kernels start…
No Apple Apple Pie: A Fun Food Science Experiment for Kids
What if you could make an apple pie… without using a single apple? It sounds a little impossible, which is exactly what makes this such a fun food science experiment to try with kids! This No Apple Apple Pie (also sometimes called mock apple pie) uses crackers in place of apples. With a little sugar,…
Pumpkin Marshmallow Chocolate Chip Cookies
There are certain recipes that just feel like fall, and these Pumpkin Marshmallow Cookies are definitely one of them. They’re soft, subtly spiced pumpkin cookies filled with chocolate chips and little pockets of gooey marshmallow—and basically exactly what I want when the weather starts cooling down. This recipe actually started with an old fashioned pumpkin…
Hammered Flower Prints on Fabric: Easy Nature Craft for Kids
There’s something about a craft for kids that involves a hammer that immediately makes it about 10 times more exciting. These hammered flower and leaf prints – sometimes called flower pounding and similar to the ancient Japanese art technique hapa zome – use real flowers and leaves to create colorful prints directly on fabric. Instead…
