The mild weather of early fall is a great time to put aside your stresses and worries and have fun with your family. So this week, we’re featuring posts to help you do just that – with homeschooling science freebies, ideas for pre-Halloween crafting, help and encouragement for parents, and tasty breakfast treats. There are so many bloggers willing to share their parenting tips, meal plan ideas, and frugal homeschooling resources!
We’ve also rounded up some fabulous free printables for crafting and learning. These activities are great for homeschoolers or families looking to enrich their child’s educational experience. Plus we have fun Halloween decor and kids crafts perfect for fall. Who wouldn’t love to wake up with these tasty breakfast goodies? We hope these ideas inspire you to create some new and memorable Family Fun!
Don’t miss the $500 Giveaway hosted by myself and some of my blogging friends with the Kid Blogger Network.
Every week at HappyandBlessedHome.com we share the talents and top posts from our blogging friends all around the web with HappyandBlessedHome.com readers via: Family Fun Friday. The Family Fun Friday Team reviews 100+ link-ups to select the top features in the following categories: Encouraging Posts for Moms, Recipes, Family Fun, and Homeschooling. Every week is different and is tailored to the trends that are current to help moms save time and energy so they can have more freedom to do what they love best – enjoy family fun!
Please PIN this! 🙂 And, please stop by your favorites and thank the bloggers who try to help readers by sharing their talents and tips. We’re so thankful for this online community and hope you’ll make new friends online!
Giveaways, recipes, homeschooling, kid’s activities and free printables, we’ve got you covered at Family Fun Friday. If you are looking for the best tips, links, resources, freebies and more – you’ve come to the right place! Family Fun Friday is all about connecting as a family. We feature great ideas for family fun, and things to help moms get things done so they have more time to spend doing what they love to do – be with family! Welcome to our community!
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I love my co-hosts! Your links get lots of exposure as this party is promoted on several blogs at the same time. Woo-Hoo! Each co-host is featuring her top picks from the party so you get an increased chance in being featured as well. Each featured post will be pinned by the hostesses so be sure to link up your best!
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Meet our Family Fun Friday hostesses:
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| Monica created Family Fun Friday and blogs at HappyandBlessedHome.comwhere she shares, easy recipes, free preschool tools and printables, encouraging words for moms, and ideas for having fun together as a family. Follow: Blog / Facebook /Pinterest / Twitter /Google + /Bloglovin’/Instagram. Monica will round-up all the Family Fun Friday posts. | |
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| Herchel enjoys blogging about parenting, organizing, crafting, and having good old-fashioned kid fun on her blog Gym, Craft, Laundry. Follow: Blog /Facebook/Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Herchel will feature organizing and family fun. | |
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| Heather blogs at Life of a Homeschool Mom where she shares her heart for homeschooling, resources and freebies for homeschooling moms everywhere. She and her husband are raising three beautiful girls. Follow: Blog/ Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter / Instagram / Google+. Heather will feature fabulous tips and resources for Homeschoolers. | |
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| Whitney blogs at That Square Plate. She loves cooking small, flavorful dishes with fresh ingredients, and seafood! She was a picky eater growing up and now she aims to catch up on all she missed! Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter/ Instagram/ Bloglovin. Whitney will feature delicious and easy recipes. | |
To PIN a specific blogger’s post please click through and pin directly from their site. If you’re a mom keep reading because we have some wonderful fun ideas to inspire you with your little ones and family. My blogging friends are linking up craft ideas, fun in the kitchen, preschool & homeschool ideas, and ways to spend time as a family.
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If you enjoy the features on Family Fun Friday please leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you! If you see things that you like here – please PIN them on Pinterest! If you PIN these lists it will help this blogging party grow.
Highlights and FUN FREEBIES!
If you enjoy easy recipes, free printables and family fun you’ll love all these awesome ideas and freebies at HappyandBlessedHome.com. Check out all these amazing features and enjoy the benefits of being a HappyandBlessedHome.com fan!
- Potty Training on the Horizon? You’ll love these 7 Tips for Easier Nighttime Potty Training
- 10 FREE Back to School Signs
- $500 Cash Giveaway and 25 Fun Fall Crafts for Kids with Leaves
- FREE Back to School Calendar Printables
- PF Chang’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps Copycat Recipe
- Easy No Bake Cranberry Almond Squares
- BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwiches Recipe
- FREE Minions Play Doh Mats for Kids and Minions Bento Box Tutorial
- FREE Printables with 20 Different Owl Inspired Designs & FREE Scholastic Books
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Special Thanks
Thanks to all my blogging friends for linking up last week at Family Fun Friday. I have a special YouTube Video for you at Thank You All My Blogging Friends! So many great ideas, crafts and things to do! If you link up, you permit me to use your pictures/ideas as part of future posts and/or social media. Now on to some fabulous posts for moms.
Thanks again for all your wonderful ideas! I hope these Family Friendly and Fun ideas inspire you.
Featured Bloggers:
I love how fall inspired a “new year” and “new you” proposition for families! I think you’ll love these wonderful posts scripted by some of the most talented bloggers I know!
Help and Encouragement for parents
I’m blown away by the wisdom these bloggers share about parenting. They share the good and the bad – just so you know that aren’t alone. Don’t miss these features – these bloggers are sharing some wonderful wisdom here. I see these ideas as parenting tips for creating family fun.
- Carolyn from This Woman Writes shares some insights on Defining Success. Sometimes the secret to reducing stress is to re-evaluate your idea of success. The markers of success in a corporate life are not the same as the markers of success for SAHM moms!
- Happy parent make for happy kids. Here are 21 Ways to have fun with your husband from Calm, Healthy, Sexy that will help husbands and wives recconnect and argue less.
- In this world of passionate homeschoolers, charter schools, and fiercely debated systems of teaching, we need to be reminded that we are all parents trying to teach our children and that Sending a Child to School doesn’t make you a failure. Thank you to Laura from Day by Day in our World for this reminder!
- Is your stress leading to moments where mom is not as calm as she could be? Take a moment to read this article from the Gracious Wife on How you are letting your kids control you and how to stop. Take heart! We all have these moments.
- Vibrant Homeschooling blog lets the cat out of the bag in What I want to Tell You about Back To School. It’s true!
- Jamie from Hands on As We Grow shares her tips on how parents can Help Your Child Make Friends. Social skills and friends are critical for preparing our kids for the world!
Fun Crafts to make before Halloween
Herchel’s rounded up some beautiful frugal and fun fall crafts on Gym Craft Laundry. Stop by and see the amazing stuff she’s featuring in her round-up of Fun Pre-Halloween Crafts! If you have a minute, show Herchel some bloggy love on Facebook.
Free Homeschool Science Resources
Heather’s rounded up some beautiful fun fall homeschool ideas on Life of a Homeschool Mom. An apple tree for teaching math, free apple eBooks, counting cards and puzzles, apple number puzzles and more – you’ll love Heather’s picks! Check out her Family Fun Friday features in her post Free Homeschool Science Resources. Let’s welcome Heather to the Family Fun Friday team by giving her some likes on Facebook!
Sweet breakfast treats
How beautiful is this roundup of sweets for breakfast!? Check out Whitney’s round-up post on Sweet Breakfast Treats on her blog That Square Plate. Give Whitney some Facebook sugar here: That Square Plate on Facebook.
The Facebook party link-up has been moved to another page, located at: Like Me on Facebook Link-Up Here. It’s a great way to meet other bloggers, network and help each other grow your Facebook Page’s likes.
For Family Fun Friday we’re going to start networking using Twitter – we hope you will join us!
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