This week Family Fun Friday features ways to de-clutter and decorate for Fall, 10+ Fun Ways to Motivate Your Children, Southern Comfort Food and Chocolate Chip Pie, tips to help you de-stress and keep life in balance, fabulous resources for teaching science and homeschooling using free resources. You’ll never run out of great ideas for family fun at Family Fun Friday!

Every week we feature the best link-ups on the web with free printables, games, activities, money-saving and organizing ideas, recipes and more. If you are looking for the best tips, links, resources, freebies and more – you’ve come to the right place! Welcome to the Family Fun Friday community.

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! If you like Family Fun Friday, help this blog party grow by giving it a +1 on Google+. Thanks so much!

Family Fun Friday

Introducing our new team of co-hosts – just in time for FALL! I love my co-hosts Danita, Selena, Misty, and Herchel. Your links get five times the exposure as they will show up on five 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!

Meet our Family Fun Friday hostesses:


Monica created Family Fun Friday and blogs at HappyandBlessedHome.com where she shares 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 feature Family Fun Posts.

Danita enjoys blogging about cooking and shares yummy recipes on her blog OTasteandSee. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Danita will feature Delicious Recipes.

Selena is a homeschooling graduate and a homeschooling mom to four super special kids. She blogs at Look! We’re Learning! about unit studies, foreign language, and homeschooling with ADHD. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Instagram / Twitter.

Misty is passionate about women’s ministry and encouraging the hearts of wives and moms. You can check out her inspired posts on Beautiful Ashes. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Misty will feature posts to encourage women and family fun.

Herchel enjoys blogging about parenting, organizing, crafting, and having good old-fashioned kid fun her blog Scrggbug Corner. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google +. Herchel will feature organizing and family fun.

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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.

Featured Bloggers:

Fall Organizing

The featured bloggers for Fall Organizing were selected by Herchel of Scruggbug Corner. Fall is a wonderful time of year to de-clutter and set up a “keep-it-clean” routine – especially for the new school year. If you have a minute, please stop by and give her a little bloggy Facebook ! 🙂

By: Herchel

The turning of the season is a great time to clean the slate when it comes to our homes! The kids are back in school and sitting in the silent house, something has been nagging at me.

Becky Mansfield from Your Modern Family sums it up perfectly in her post about decluttering! The clutter that accumulated over the summer has been weighing on me too!
Laura Shaw of Laurasueshaw.com shared two posts that teaches unorganized people like myself to create a successful cleaning schedule and offers a free cleaning schedule printable
Heidi from One Creative Mommy has helpful tips to motivate the kids to clean too so that we can maintain the schedule as a family and keep the clutter from piling up again.
Gina from Kleinworth and Co has a gorgeous tutorial on how she changed a pallet into a console table. Once the cleaning and decluttering is finished I would love to try this craft for my home. It would be a perfect table for fall décor which brings me to my last feature pick!
Candy from Mom’s Morning Coffee and I have a lot in common. We both seem to be “decoratively challenged” and are both working hard to change that! Like her, despite the south’s lack of a true autumn, I am decorating for the season. She shares some great tips on what to do when Fall is in the Air!

Comfort Food

Ahhh… Fall means berry picking and rich delicious comfort foods. You can check out these fabulous recipes delicious, hearty, and fall-inspired recipes over at Danita’s blog O Taste and See. When you have a minute, show her a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Encouragement and Tips for Busy Moms

Misty is passionate about women’s ministry and she shares her inspiring posts on her blog Beautiful Ashes. This week she’s featuring some encouragement and tips for busy moms including 10+ Fun Ways to Motivate Your Kids and Where to Start When You Feel left behind in Child Training. Follow the link to Misty’s blog and if ya’ll have a minute stop by Misty’s Facebook Page and show her a little bloggy love. 🙂

Educational Features for Children

It’s that time of year – if you’re homeschooling or know someone who is, you’ll want to share these great resources rounded up by Selena from Look We’re Learning. With great ideas for saving money or free resources to great tips for teaching science Selena’s covered some great features. If you have a minute, show stop by Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Thanks again for all your wonderful ideas! I hope these Family Friendly and Fun ideas inspire you.

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