This week our theme is putting family first with tips for showing love, spending time together and some fabulous recipes for easy date night dinners. At Family Fun Friday we’re featuring, FREE Valentine’s Day Cards Kids can Make, FREE Chinese New Year Printables, FREE Superhero Play Doh Mats, Chocolate Divine Dessert, Slow Cooker Coq Au Vin, Chicken and Bacon Pasta Bake, Ritz Cracker Meatballs, Apple and Pecan Fruit and Nut Salad, Homeschooling Preschool Ideas, 10 Tips to Teach Kids to Play by Themselves, How to Speed Clean your House in 1 Hour, How to De-clutter Stress Free and more!

Also, don’t miss these FREE Printable Potty Training Charts and a $200 Potty Training Prize Pack or $100 Kroger Gift Card Giveaway.

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! 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!

We have a $300 Winner!

Wahoo! We’ve been hosting a giveaway all month long in celebration of the 100th Family Fun Friday. Marta G. won the $300 Giveaway for Family Fun Friday! I’ve sent her an e-mail and as long as she replies within the time allotted she’s our winner! Congratulations!

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I love my co-hosts Herchel, Selena, Britta and Christen. Your links get five times the exposure as this party is promoted 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!

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Meet our Family Fun Friday hostesses:


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.

Britta was a military kid and is a military wife, now living in the high desert of Arizona and far, far from her New Orleans family. She happily homeschools and writes about the intersection of God’s Word and her world at Britta Lafont ~ Everyday Holiness. This year Britta wants to find that sweet spot between getting more done and enjoying the process. Britta will feature Delicious Recipes. Follow:Facebook / Twitter / Pinterest / Instagram

Christen blogs at illuminate. As wife to her high school sweetheart and mother to three premature children, she’s learned that God is the Perfect Party Planner and sometimes the unexpected is the greatest gift of all. Blog/ Facebook/ Pinterest/Instagram/ Twitter. Christen will feature Inspirational Posts.

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.

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.

If you enjoy the features on Family Fun Friday please leave me a comment, I would love to hear from you! If you see things that you like here – please PIN them on Pinterest! If you PIN these lists it will help this blogging party grow.

Highlights and FUN FREEBIES!

Welcome February and the month of Love! This month I’m featuring my FREE Superhero Playdoh Mats, Ritz Cracker Meatballs, unbelievably delicious Yogurt and Granola Parfait, Pot Pie and my favorite Fruit and Nut Salad, FREE Valentine’s Day Cards for Kids, and FREE printables & Delicious Recipes to Celebrate the Chinese New Year!

FREE SUPERHERO Play Doh Placemats, Delicious Pot Pie, Yogurt & Granola Parfait, FREE Valentine’s Day Cards for Kids, & FREE Crafts and Printables for the Chinese New Year!

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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.

Featured Bloggers:

De-clutter and Get Organized

Christen has picked a few posts about removing the clutter to make way for what’s important. If you have a minute, please stop by and give her a little bloggy Facebook love!

The first post that Christen chose to be featured from Front Porch Inspired deals with the underlying reasons for donating items and How to Really be a Blessing
Clutter, Clutters Your Mind is the thought behind this piece detailing how to clean your house in 1 hour from Love Home And Health
Army Wife to Suburban Life shared this gorgeous workspace makeover.
Skinnyfitalicious give 3 ways to stop the mean girl cycle and build each other up in this post about the tendency of women to see each other as rivals.
Laura Sue Shaw gives some tips on how to declutter stress-free!
One mother of six reviews The Life changing Magic of Tidying up and tells how it has made her and her family more productive.

Reading and Play Ideas for Toddlers

This week Selena has collected some tips to help you plan your homeschool on her blog Look We’re Learning. Don’t forget to stop at Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

Easy Date Night Dinners

Britta has rounded up some delicious Fab and Fruity Foods! Prepare to drool over the tasty treats she is showcasing this week! When you are adding these ideas to your menu, be sure to give Britta some facebook love.

Raising Well Rounded Kids

The extra time and effort spent on making Valentine’s Cards and gifts can mean a lot to the receiver. This week, Herchel is featuring six homemade gifts for showing love and gratitude.

Make sure you give Herchel some bloggy love on facebook and check our her site for some great kids activities and cheer her on in her fitness journey!

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

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