Family Fun Friday this week features tips on making your own amazing freezer meals, 14 Quick and Easy Chili Recipes, 12 Tasty Crockpot Recipes, 20 Whole 30 Breakfast Ideas, and 40 Allergy Friendly Halloween Treats. We’ve got loads of features to help moms through the holidays including Money Saving apps and websites, simple workouts, six tips for managing busyness, and 12 verses to help you feel less stressed. We have wonderful Free Printables including Fall Harvest PreK Learning Pack, 15 Easy Reader Printable Books for Kids, Free Letter B Printable for emergent readers, Turkey Feathers Matching Game, free printable Sight Word game, and Numbers 1-10 Matching Game. And Misty has rounded up some great tips on marriage and life encouragement. You’ll never run out of ideas for family fun at Family Fun Friday!

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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

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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Highlights and FUN FREEBIES!

This week I’m featuring a few of my FUN FREEBIES! Download fun fall coloring sheets in my post of Celebrating Fall with Preschool Fun. Teach children all about shapes, colors and numbers in my Shapes, Colors, and Numbers Matching Game. For some puppet fun, download some adorable Farm Animal Puppets. And, don’t miss out on a fun giveaway I’m hosting with a few of my blogging friends call Our Favorite Things Giveaway.

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:

Free Printables for Family Fun and Homeschooling

This week Selena is featuring some fantastic free printables for Homeschoolers on her blog Look We’re Learning. Our blogging community is sharing everything from a pre-K early learning pack about the Fall Harvest to Sight Word Games. The following list includes Selena’s picks with my commentary. These are great printables for homeschooling but they can be for any family who wants to spend a little extra time teaching their kids and creating family fun! If you have a minute, stop by Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Looking to teach young children about the Fall Harvest? You’ll love this Fall Harvest PreK Learning Pack from So You Call Yourself a Homeschooler.
Growing Book by Book shared 15 Free Easy Reader Printable Books for kids.
Great fun for kids! You’ll enjoy the B is for Bear Free Printables for Emergent Readers by Stella123 with ideas to help teach kids about hibernation, migration and going on a bear hunt.
Just in time for Thanksgiving, you’ll enjoy this Turkey Feathers Matching Game free printable for kids by Totschooling.
Perfect for emergent readers, Brain Power Boy has created the Free Printable Sight Word Game.
And congratulations to Nicolette at Powerful Mothering who gave birth to a beautiful baby girl! She shares her Match and Count Cards for Numbers 1-10 in her free printable matching game.

Food Glorious Food – a Collection of Recipe Roundups

This week Danita reported to us that she ate everything in sight over her vacation! She says it’s no wonder her features are of fabulous collections of food glorious food! She’s featuring tips on making your own amazing freezer meals, 14 Quick and Easy Chili Recipes, 12 Tasty Crockpot Recipes, 20 Whole 30 Breakfast Ideas, and 40 Allergy Friendly Halloween Treats. Check out this fabulous round-up at O Taste and See. When you have a minute, let her know your favorite recipe, and please show her a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Productivity and Organizing Tips

Herchel has rounded up some great features with Money Saving apps and websites, simple workouts, six tips for managing busyness, and 12 verses to help you feel less stressed. Special thanks to Herchel for rounding up this list of tips to help moms through the holidays. If you have a minute, please stop by and give her a little bloggy Facebook love!

Encouraging and Inspiring Words for Moms

This week is all about enjoying Marriage Truths and Life Encouragement on Misty’s blog Beautiful Ashes. She’s rounded up posts that are all about living out a marriage intentionally. 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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