Happy Fourth of July Weekend from the Family Fun Friday Team!

If you are looking for some last minute July 4th crafts and recipes, check out last week’s Family Fun Friday features and be sure to download the Free Fourth of July book for Children.

This week we picked some great crafts and learning activities! You can’t go wrong with sensory bottles, play doughs, and paints. If you are worried about summer brain drain and want to keep your kids sharp check out the number puzzles, shark activities, easy science activities, and math ideas that we highlighted this week!

Life Over C’s linked up two fun and unique crafts last week! The Panda Bear play dough looks so cute! The paint in a bag activity is a fun mess free way to explore paints and colors.

This Glow in the Dark Ocean Bottle from Sunny Days Family would be great for evenings on vacation at the beach!

Who doesn’t like activities that need only something most people already have on hand!? Try these fun kid activities using lines of colored tape from Hands on As we Grow!

Mini Monets and Mommies shared this Blue Raspberry Scented Playdough recipe. Kids love things that smell sweet and yummy!

Are your kids fascinated by fireworks? Check out these crayon resist and paint fireworks art from Little Fingers Big Art.

Thanks to all the crafty bloggers that linked up last week! I hope you’ll join us again this week!

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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 200 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 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 Herchel and Selena. Your links get three times the exposure as this party is promoted on three 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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Monica created Family Fun Friday and blogs at HappyandBlessedHome.comwhere 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 round-up all the Family Fun Friday posts.

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.

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.

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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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.

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Easy Science and Math Ideas

This week Selena pulled together six easy science and math ideas for summer. Learning can be fun too! Don’t forget to stop at Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

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