This week Family Fun Friday features frugal ideas for date night and indoor kid activities, early literacy games, tips to encouarage reading and writing in kids, Halloween fun like mummy hot dogs, chocolate covered Halloween pretzel snacks, glitter ghost Halloween art, and delicious pork recipes like slow cooker pork tenderloin, spice rubbed pulled pork, and bacon, bacon, and more bacon recipes. If you’re looking to set a fall table don’t miss my post with money saving tips and ideas for a frugal fall table setting. And you don’t want to miss a $2,000 Cash Giveaway and a huge round-up of fun fall crafts for kids. As a subscriber to HappyandBlessedHome.com you can also still get over 1,300 pages of alphabet letter printables, games and activities. 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

It’s a season for all things beautiful and we’re sharing the best from the blogging world this 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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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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Highlights and FUN FREEBIES!

I’m co-hosting a HUGE $2,000 CASH Giveaway and you can still enter to win with four $500 CASH prizes! I’ve rounded up 25 Fabulous Fun Fall Crafts for Kids and I’ve rounded up 30+ Fun Fall Activities for Kids as a part of this HUGE Giveaway. Check out some fun fall activities and gorgeous crafts you can make with kids and enter to WIN!

Subscribers have access to all my FREE alphabet printables – over 1,300 pages of games, activities, and reading fun for every letter of the alphabet, access to preschool books I’ve written and even preschool morning board printables. Being a subscriber has its benefits!

In addition, this week I shared Money Saving Tips and Ideas to Set the Table for Fall. Plus, you can visit my friend Heather’s blog for a Free Doc McStuffins game. And if you enjoy Doc McStuffins, stop by my Doc McStuffins Slumber Party for FREE printables to create your own Mobile Clinic – great fun for kids!

Over 30 Fun Fall Activities for Kids HappyandBlessedHome.com

400w 25 Fun Fall Crafts for Kids HappyandBlessedHome.com

Fall Table Setting Fall Dining Fall Decorating HappyandBlessedHome.com

Doc McStuffins Big Book of Boo Boos Game FREE Printable HappyandBlessedHome.com

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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:

Perfect Pork Recipes

Looking for something delicious served up in a who;e new way? Try these delicious pork recipes rounded up by Danita over at O Taste and See. When you have a minute, let her know your favorite pork recipe, and please show her a little bloggy love on Facebook.

More Halloween Fun for the Family

This week we have some adorable crafts, costumes and slime for the family. Special thanks to Herchel for rounding up this list of More Halloween Fun Idaes for The Family. If you have a minute, please stop by and give her a little bloggy Facebook love! 🙂

Fun Ways to Learn at Home

You’ll love these great resources for Language Arts for Homeschoolers rounded up by Selena from Look We’re Learning. If you have a minute, show stop by Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Encouragement and Tips for Busy Moms

This week is all about Family Fun on Misty’s blog Beautiful Ashes. This week she’s featuring Frugal, Fun Parenting Tips and Inspiration. 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. 🙂

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

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I pray you are blessed by this effort to share ideas on having Family Fun.

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