5 Easy Halloween Pumpkin Crafts for Kids

Fall has arrived and that means Halloween is almost here. Halloween is a wonderful time around our home with the kids choosing costumes, decorating and creating fun Halloween crafts!!

Halloween pumpkin crafts were first up on the list, so we searched the Internet for some fun and easy pumpkin crafts for kids. After compiling a huge list, here are five of our favorites:

Egg Carton Pumpkins - these cute egg carton crafts are great as Halloween decorations and the kids will love making different faces on them. Thanks to Mommy Guru!

Free Online Chore Chart for Kids | My Job Chart

Need a great system to get your kids motivated to do chores? Enter My Job Chart, a free, easy-to-use, online kids chore chart and reward system for organizing and motivating your kids to learn first hand how to Save, Share, and Spend!

My Job Chart makes it easy for us parents to assign chores and follow up on chores, while making it more motivating and meaningful for children to fulfill them. As your child completes each of their chores, they will earn points that can then use for Amazon purchases, spending or even saving!! It is easy for kids to see exactly how many points they are earning.

Free Lego Monthly Mini Build on September 3rd: LEGO Pirate

Visit your local LEGO Store on the first Tuesday of every month and your child can learn how to build an exclusive mini model, for FREE! The Lego Monthly Mini Build event for September will be a LEGO Pirate.

Bring your children (ages 6 to 14) to the LEGO Store on Tuesday, September 3rd, beginning at 5:00 PM, to learn how to build a LEGO Pirate Mini Model.

Dreamworks Turbo - Free Printables for Kids

Get Free Printables for Kids from DreamWorks Animation Turbo. These free printables include coloring pages, games and more.

Click on the right side of the page where it states 'Starlight Plaza' and then ‘downloads' to print and create:

Free Lego Monthly Mini Build on August 6th: LEGO Flamingo

Visit your local LEGO Store on the first Tuesday of every month and your child can learn how to build an exclusive mini model, for FREE! The Lego Monthly Mini Build event for August will be a LEGO Flamingo.

Bring your children (ages 6 to 14) to the LEGO Store on Tuesday, August 6th, beginning at 5:00 PM, to learn how to build a LEGO Flamingo Mini Model.

Build a Free Lego Friends Jewelry Box at Lego Stores Today August 1st

Today, August 1, at 5 p.m., bring the kiddies (ages 6 to 14) over to a participating LEGO store for an exclusive LEGO Friends Building Event!

At the LEGO Friends Building Event, your children will learn how to build and decorate LEGO Friends Jewelry Box!

Home Depot Kids Workshop | Build a Home Depot Load 'n Go Truck on August 3, 2013

Looking for a fun and free thing to do with your kids this weekend? Then make sure that check out this month’s free Home Depot kids workshop, where you children can build their very own Home Depot Load 'n Go Truck!

The free Home Depot kids workshops are designed for children ages 5 - 12 and are offered the 1st Saturday of every month, at all The Home Depot stores.

Build Your Own Speedorz Challenge at Toys R Us on July 27

Mark down July 27 on your calendar for the Build Your Own Chima Speedorz Challenge!

Grab the kiddos and head on over to Toys R Us on Saturday, July 27, from 12PM – 2PM, where they can build an exclusive LEGO Legends of Chima Speedorz Challenge and test run their LEGO Legends of Chima Speedor!

You'll also receive a coupon at the event for 25% off the LEGO Chima board game.

As always… I suggest calling ahead to make sure your local store is participating and getting there on time, as event materials are available while supplies last.

Despicable Me 2 Coloring, Crafts and Activity Pages

While roaming around the web in search of fun Despicable Me 2 activities, we manage to put together a nice collection of Free Despicable Me 2 printables to share with our readers.

Below is a list of some free coloring, crafts and activity sheets related to both Despicable Me movies and its characters.

Liddle Kiddles Printable Paper Dolls

I've never forget the love of playing with printable paper dolls and all the creativity that came along with them. I remember showing my daughter paper dolls for the first time and she looked at me like I had three heads. After a while, she has learned to love the paper dolls.

While searching online for some new paper dolls for her collection, we came across Liddle Kiddles Paper Dolls. Liddle Kiddles were dolls originally produced by toymakers Mattel Inc. in 1965.

Free Summer Play Days at the Disney Store

If your children are in need of some Disney magic close to home, Disney Stores have just the thing for you this summer. Disney Stores across the country are hosting Free Summer Play Days, where your children can celebrate summer with Mickey Mouse and the gang, plus score a free gift!

Happy 4th of July 2013

Wishing Everyone a Happy & Safe 4th of July, 2013! Please be safe and enjoy the day!

Fourth of July Printable Packs

Free Fourth of July Printable Packs for preschool, toddlers and children ages 2-8. The ladies over at Royal Baloo, 3 Dinosaurs and Gift of Curiosity have done an amazing job of putting together these wonderful and educational Fourth of July printable pages, that can be downloaded for free!

4th of July Pack - Contains a 4th of July Pack with over 75 pages and a Tot Pack with 33 pages. Find items such as: Matching Cards, Small Book of American Symbols, Matching Pictures, Color the Statue Of Liberty and so much more!