Make a family love tree craft, play family games, spruce up your marriage, raise children of character, games and fun in the snow, ideas to get organized, and Superbowl appetizers like churros toppers, pizza dip, and cream cheese roll ups! All of these things and more are featured at Family Fun Friday.

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!

We had a NEW Record of well over 200 link-ups last week so our Prize Winner is Elena from Cropped Stories. Everyone, she entered a design competition and is asking for votes in her post The Minted Birth Announcement Design Challenge. She is so talented. If you have a few minutes, click over and vote for some of her baby announcement designs. 🙂

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Your links get four times the exposure as they will show up on four 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’. Monica will feature Family Fun Posts.

Stephanie Kay is a busy homeschooling mom of 5. She blogs at Everyday Family Living where she shares practical ideas for home organization, family activities, books and education, and health & fitness. Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Stephanie will feature Parenting and Learning Posts.

Sarah loves to help busy moms save money on a healthy lifestyle at EarlyBirdMom. Sarah offers FREE money-saving strategies and parenting tips. Follow: Google Plus / Pinterest. Sarah will feature Money Saving and Organizing Posts.

Diane enjoys blogging about cooking and shares simple, original recipes as well as has a heart for adoption and sharing the little lessons she learns as a mom in everyday life. She blogs at MyLifeAsRobinsWife.com Follow: Blog / Facebook / Pinterest / Twitter /Google + / Bloglovin’. Diane will feature Delicious Recipes.

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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. My blog is growing but I need your help, please like my facebook page or PIN a button and help spread the word about HappyandBlessedHome.com. Thanks so much.

This week I posted a bunch. I started out with an encouraging post for moms based upon the word “Hope”. I also shared some super cute FREE Valentine’s Day cards kids can make, and a FREE Preschool Printable Pack of 60+ pages and 30+ Activities to teach children how to read the letter “I”. And not to be missed, I posted about an $850 Cash Giveaway – make sure you enter to win – I want it to be a HappyandBlessedHome.com reader who WINS! If you do win, please let me know so I can feature you!

I’ve made it super-easy to PIN my posts. Just click the “pin it” button below each image and you don’t even have to visit the post, just pin it for later. 🙂 Thank you so much!

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:

Family Fun

I just love the hearts of the bloggers who gather here at Family Fun Friday! Moms and wives and grandmothers who love their children, husbands, and other family members! I am so encouraged by your posts. There are some wonderful ideas here for sprucing up your marriage, raising up children of character, and lots of fun games and activities you can do together as a family. If you’re a follower of HappyandBlessedHome.com I think these posts will truly be a blessing for you this week!

I adored this post by Heidi Fowler from One Creative Mommy. She dusted off an old craft but its the perfect activity for a family night and it focuses on what we love about our families. Check out her post 12 Family Valentine’s Craft {Love Tree}.
Gaye from CalmHealthySexy shared 5 Ways to add joy to your marriage this year. She writes, “Your children, job, house, church, school and social activities all clamor for your time and attention. As a matter of fact, they are willing and able to devour all of your time and attention, and then some. Don’t let them! ” She has some great tips for a better marriage in her post.
Phyllis at Grandparents Plus posted 32+ Valentine Games for Families and Classrooms. Phyllis – where do you get all these wonderful ideas? Ya’ll, Phyllis is filled with wisdom and a panache for fun! Check our her post.
And I was touched by the beauty and simplicity of the Family Scripture Box shared by Lindze at Interior Fun. She writes, “The concept is really simple — scripture written on notecards to be read at the dinner table. Every day. Hopefully this will help all of us with memorizing scripture and “writing it on our hearts”.” Lindze – you inspire me, I think I’ll be making a scripture box very soon.
Have you ever wished a woman mentor would speak some encouragement into your day? Well I think you’ll enjoy this guest post by Ellen Lockhart on MaryEllen’s blog Imperfect Homemaker, Thoughts on Child Training from a Grandma of 17.
The post Geometry Love Poems is written by a former math teacher turned stay-at-home-mom on her blog Crafty Moms Share. It’s so creative and a great way to teach young children about math. Thank you for sharing such a fun activity with us.

Mouthwatering Delicious Recipes

Hosting a Superbowl party {or any party ever in the future}? We’ve got the goods for you this week. Diane has selected some fabulous Superbowl appetizers that you don’t want to miss! Click the image to go straight to her post.

Parenting and Learning

Stephanie has five kids and no shortage of a love of fun family activity. She’s rounded up some great ideas for fun in the snow! Click the image to learn about some great ways to enjoy snow fun.

Money Saving Tips and Organizing

Sarah specializes in organization, and her post on planning and purging will give you some great ideas. We have some of the most talented bloggers on the web gathering here and I think you’re gonna love their tips.

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

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