It’s been a long winter and I feel spring in the air! Thank you to the amazing bloggers that linked up with us for Family Fun Friday. This week we are swinging into spring, enjoying some delicious recipres, encouraging healthy eating, and intentionally parenting. At Family Fun Friday we’re featuring fun printables and activities for kids too including: Farm Animal Bento Boxes, FREE Chinese New Year Printables, and FREE Superhero Play Doh Mats.

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!

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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 atHappyandBlessedHome.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.

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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, and FREE printables & Delicious Recipes to Celebrate the Chinese New Year!

FREE Crafts and Recipes the whole family will enjoy!

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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:

Gluten Free Goodness

Britta has rounded up some mouthwatering gluten free goodies! From Simple Chocolate Mousse to Healthy Valentine’s Treats, you are sure to find something healthy and tasty! 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.

1. Girl Scout Cookie Recipes It’s girl scout cookie season and here are a few ways to turn these cookies into even tastier treats!

2. Sweet Chili Quesadilla This sweet chili quesadilla is savory and sweet!

3. Moist Banana Muffin Are you tired of dry muffins? Treat and Trick shares their method for moist and delicious muffins.

4. Langostino with vanilla cream sauce Simple eating and living has a langostino recipe that looks easy and elegant.

5. Creamy Cashew Vegetable kale soup Want a creamy healthy soup to ward off winter’s last hurrah? Try this one.

6. Pull apart bread pizza Spring sports are starting up soon and moms around the country are busy! This easy and kid friendly pizza is a life saver on those busy evenings.

Encouraging healthy eating habits

Healthy eating habits are best when started early! Here are some simple ways to start introduce healthier food to the whole family from Herchel is featuring six posts with tips on keeping kids safe and encouraging them to be independent adults.

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

Intentional Parenting

Christen has picked a few posts about intentional parenting. She is featuring posts on connecting with your child, thoughts from a toddler mom, flexible devotion plans and more. If you have a minute, please stop by and give her a little bloggy Facebook love!

Swing into Spring

This week Selena has collected some fun spring themed educational activities on Look We’re Learning. She has rounded up some rainbow puzzles, spring books, homeschool science, and sheep crafts! Don’t forget to stop at Look We’re Learning and show Selena a little bloggy love on Facebook.

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For Family Fun Friday we’re going to start networking using Google+ – we hope you will join us! Button Code:

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

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