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How to Make Fourth of July Star-Shaped Fruit Sparklers: A Fun Activity for Kids

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How to Make Fourth of July Star-Shaped Fruit Sparklers: A Fun Activity for Kids

ByA Pop of You May 24, 2023March 18, 2024

Looking for a fun and easy Fourth of July food activity for your kids? Learn how to make watermelon and blueberry star-shaped fruit sparklers!

It’s all about balance and finding the right too

It’s all about balance and finding the right tools that work for your family...but tools that double as learning activities?? You can count us in every time! 🙌🏼

Roo is LOVING the KiwiCo Sprout boxes (for kids ages 3-6). And you should see Mo and Fin light up when they open their Panda Crates (ages 0-3+). 😆

Plus, there are THREE other KiwiCo Clubs (KiwiCo World, KiwiCo Labs, and KiwiCo Studio) for ages 6+ each designed to guide kids through engaging, hands-on activities.

See all @kiwi_co has to offer using the link in my bio! #kiwicopartner

#kidsactivities #raisingkids #preschoolmom #learningthroughplay #activitybox

These Halloween kids’ activities from Amazon are

These Halloween kids’ activities from Amazon are so fun and the perfect way to throw in some “spooky” while keeping your kids BUSY 👏🏼👻

Halloween Paint-By-Sticker
Halloween Glow-in-the-Dark puzzle
Halloween Go Fish
Halloween Giant Coloring Page
Halloween Paper Chains

Comment SHOP below to receive a DM with the link to shop this post on my LTK ⬇ https://liketk.it/4TA8k

You can also find the links on my Amazon Storefront by clicking the link in my bio!

#kidsactivities #halloweenactivities #halloweenforkids #raisingkids #sahmlife #ltkhalloween #ltkkids #ltkseasonal

Sharing my LIVE from this morning taking you throu

Sharing my LIVE from this morning taking you through my new Outdoor Morning Bin Guides!

Did I miss anything?? Drop any other questions you have in comments.

Check out my morning bin guides by clicking the link in my bio!

#kidsactivities #morningbins #preschoolactivities #raisingkids #homemanagement

Life with young kids was so overstimulating and mo

Life with young kids was so overstimulating and moving too fast for me to keep up. I was struggling with burnout and exhaustion. All I wanted was everything to calm down so I could truly enjoy my kids being little! ❤️

Over the last year, I made a commitment to slow it all down. If society and expectations were wanting us to speed things up, I was determined to pave our own path. We’ve made small changes that have made a BIG difference for our family.

Making changes, doing something different, and going against the “norm” can be scary, but the hardest part is truly just taking the first step. Follow along with me @apopofyou and we can create the calm homes we dream of together!

What’s a change you’ve made that @apopofyou has inspired you to try? What’s something that you feel is holding your family back from thriving??

#kidsactivities #learnathome #raisingkids #parenting #homemanagement

❌ GIVEAWAY CLOSED ❌ GUYS! When I get the opp

❌ GIVEAWAY CLOSED ❌

GUYS! When I get the opportunity to give away one of our ALL-TIME FAVORITE pieces of furniture ever, I’m going to take it and scream it from the rooftops.

This learning table has quite honestly changed how our home functions in the best way possible. On this table, we learn, paint, play, draw, eat, craft…and climb (Fin, I’m talking about you 😅). IYKYK.

HERE’S HOW TO ENTER ⬇️

Win a Guidecraft Martha Stewart Art Table Set!

We’ve teamed up with Guidecraft to gift a beautiful art table complete with stools, a paper roll, storage bins and paint cups!

✨TO ENTER✨

1. Like and save this reel

2. Follow:
@guidecraft_official
@inspired_little_learners
@spire.kids
@mamaguide
@apopofyou

3. Tag a friend in the comments below (multiple entries allowed by tagging one friend per comment)

✨Bonus Entries✨

Share this reel to stories and tag @guidecraft_official: (please direct message @guidecraft_official a screenshot, if you’re a private page).

✨Deadline to Enter ✨

Saturday, 10/05/24 at 11:59PM EST. — Winner will be announced & contacted by @guidecraft_official on Monday, 10/07/24.

This is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Instagram. By entering you understand that you will be sharing your information with the owner of these accounts & not Instagram itself. You must be 18 years or older to enter. This is open to US Residents only.

#kidsactivities #preschoolactivities #learnathome #kidsfurniture #raisingkids #artsandcrafts #arttable

It’s all about keeping those little fingers movi

It’s all about keeping those little fingers moving! 👏🏼

And I can guarantee we have the cleanest pumpkins in the entire neighborhood 😎

Share this with a mom friend so she can drink her morning coffee HOT too!

#kidsactivities #preschoolactivities #fallactivitiesforkids #pumpkinactivities #pumpkins #stayathomemomlife #teachermom

Watch to see the ultimate “neat first-born” vs

Watch to see the ultimate “neat first-born” vs “chaotic second-born” scenario go down…😆

Roo is SO detail-oriented and Mo is all over the place. Love how different they are!

And sweet Fin is just our little mess maker. I think of it as “explorative learning”. 😅

We’re moving a lot of our learning activities outside because this fall weather is what we’ve been waiting for. The Virginia humidity is behind us and we’re here for it 👏🏼

This Rock Art activity is included in my Outdoor Morning Bin Guide coming SO SOON! 👀

#kidsactivities #preschoolactivities #learningthroughplay #letkidsplay #playtolearn #outdooractivities

This entertained my (almost) 3 year old for 20 MIN

This entertained my (almost) 3 year old for 20 MINUTES. That’s like 4 hours in mom-time 😆

But seriously…a good ol’ fashioned cutting box is one of our go-to activities because it’s so simple and takes almost no time to set-up.

Things I’ve thrown in cutting boxes:
- wrapping paper
- magazine pages
- plastic straws
- pipecleaners
- junk mail
- scrap construction paper

WHAT ELSE??

✨ Comment ACTIVITY and I’ll send you the link to ALL of my kids’ activities organized with step-by-step directions and supply links

✂️ Comment SCISSORS and I’ll send you the link to our all-time fav toddler training scissors

#kidsactivities #preschoolactivities #learningathome #calmhome #raisingkids #momofthree

❌ GIVEAWAY CLOSED ❌ Top tip to make the holi

❌ GIVEAWAY CLOSED ❌

Top tip to make the holidays less stressful...⬇️🎄🎅🏻

START EARLY! 👏🏼

I’m so excited to be partnering with @mybtoys to GIVEAWAY a surprise bundle of toys that will kick off the holiday season for you and your little ones.

Here’s how to enter:
1. Follow @mybtoys and @apopofyou
2. Tag a friend in comments

The winner must be located in the US or CA and will be announced in my stories on 9/30/24. Winner will receive a SURPRISE bundle of toys from B. toys!

#kidsactivities #kidstoys #learnthroughplay #learningathome #woodentoys #momapproved

Can’t even make this stuff up 🫣 We found out

Can’t even make this stuff up 🫣

We found out last week that our entire shower floor was rotted after the drain was installed incorrectly by someone we hired…in 2019

Still LOLing that I spent precious preschool time cleaning this bathroom three days before this happened…

(JK. I’m not LOLing 🙄🫠)

Now since he’s already reno-ing this mess, let’s see if I can get him to put up an accent wall in there while he’s at it. 👀 Always a bright side!

#raisingkids #homeowner #adulting #handyhubby #bathroomdemo