St. Patrick’s Day Recipes for Keiki
Try these kid-friendly recipes—Irish soda bread and a healthier Shamrock Shake—just in time for St. Patrick’s Day!
Author: Michele Aucello
Make It: Turkey Place Cards
Make your guests feel special at Thanksgiving with cute, keiki-created place cards. Materials Small pumpkins and gourds Googly eyes Yellow and red felt Hot glue gun Toothpicks Index cards Instructions Write each guest's name on an index card. Attach…
Keiki Treat: Mini Pumpkin Cheesecake Bites
Learn how to make these mini cheesecake treats with your kids.
HONOLULU Family Recipe Corner: Make Minion Valentine’s Day Cookies
Who doesn't love the cute little Minions from Despicable Me? Here's a Valentine idea suitable for girls and boys of all ages.
Make It With the Family: New Year Wish Box Craft
Upcycle holiday cards, wrapping and illustrations into a box to hold all your wishes for a new year.
Make It With the Family: Snowman Handprint Holiday Ornaments
Make fun memories with this simple craft that turns your child’s handprint into a festive keepsake.
Make It With the Family: Signature Ornament
Capture your child’s signature in an ornament you’ll keep on your tree for years to come.
28 Fun Elf on the Shelf Ideas
Need more ideas for your mischievous elf? From disco parties and “elfies” to zip lining, we round up more than 20 of our favorite elf scenes.
Halloween Crafts for Families: Skeleton Hands
Hide these simple-to-make hands around the house for a scary surprise.
Halloween Crafts for Honolulu Families: Cheesecloth Ghosts
Drape, spray and dry your way to these standout spooky ghosts.
Make It: Three Halloween Decorations Using Toilet Paper Tubes
Bats, Mummies, Frankensteins? Oh my!
HONOLULU Family Easter Craft: Make Shaving or Whipped Cream Eggs
Make marble eggs with just two ingredients and seven messy but fun steps.
Make It With the Family: Ring In the New Year with New Year’s Eve Bread
Pair home-baked bread with tasty butters for a fun way to dig into the new year.
Make It With the Family: A Star Headband Tiara
A big dose of sparkle and shine will keep the keiki up till midnight.
Keiki Snack: Try This Holiday Recipe for Crispy Christmas Trees
Even the youngest children can help make these holiday desserts.
Make It With the Family: Christmas Crackers
These festive favors open with a bang to reveal fun surprises.
Make It With the Family: Holiday Window Clings
Personalize your entryway with colorful, handmade window clings.
HONOLULU Family Holiday Gift Idea: Christmas Eve Boxes
Get keiki ready for the big night with a box filled with all the treats, entertainment and cute clothes they need to wait for Santa.
Make It: Pineapple Syrup and Wrapping
Dress up a simple-to-make pineapple syrup in elegant, edible style with a covering of chocolate treats.
5 Easy and Fun Handmade Holiday Gifts
From peppermint-chocolate popcorn to fizzing sidewalk chalk, five budget-friendly and fun gift ideas for everyone on your list.
Make It: Pistachio and Cranberry Holiday Biscotti
Photo: David Croxford Pistachios and cranberries lend some Christmas cheer to tasty biscotti. We kept ours simple but you could drizzle frosting on one side and even add red and green sprinkles for a festive touch. Ingredients: 2 large eggs…
Keiki Craft: Santa Countdown Calendar
Do you have a color printer, some lined-paper and some tape? Then you and your child can make a simple Christmas Countdown Calendar. It's also a good way for little ones to practice their cutting skills! Directions 1. We Googled “Santa Face”…
4 Fun Ways to Countdown to Christmas
As keiki eagerly anticipate Christmas, make counting down the days a fun event for whole family. Photo: Michele AucelloThe elves often arrive to help with our Christmas traditions. Hang an Ornament Each Day We have a little wooden advent calendar…
Make It: Thankful Tree and Turkey
When it comes to the holidays, my family hits the ground running. As soon as Halloween is over, we start thinking about Thanksgiving. The Thankful Tree is a good way to channel creative energy and reminds us all of the…
Recipe: “Pumpkin” Thankful Rolls
Every year, between Halloween and Thanksgiving, we write down what we are thankful for. We usually post our notes on a Thankful tree. This year we will try something different—we will hide our notes and try to guess who wrote…
Give Back: Create A Shoebox of Love
Photo: Samaritanspurse.orgChildren receiving shoeboxes. Editorʻs Note: This blog was updated for 2020. Operation Christmas Child is run by a humanitarian organization called Samaritan’s Purse. Participants fill a shoebox with gifts for a girl or a boy in another country, wrap it…
Make It: Fall Paper Pumpkin Patch
An autumn craft you can make in just minutes out of materials you may already have at home.
Keiki Snack: Witch’s Brooms and 5 Other Halloween Snack Ideas
Looking for more healthy Halloween treats? Try cheese witches brooms and 5 other neat ideas to dress up everything from your pizza to fruit cups.
Halloween Family Classroom Treats: 5 Trick-or-Treats You Can Whip Up in Minutes
Easy Halloween treat hacks for playful snacks and lunches for the whole boo crew.
Halloween Recipe for Families: Frankenstein Pudding Cups
Crushed Oreos and a hidden healthy side make this treat not-so-scary for your child’s class or party.
Halloween Recipe for Families: Hot Dog Mummies
Get wrapped up in these spooky snacks with just two ingredients.
Halloween Recipe for Families: Strawberry Ghosts
Need a berry good idea for a classroom snack? These little ghosts are quick, easy, and cute!
Keiki Treat: Candy Corn Gelatin
Three wiggly, jiggly (and one grown-up) versions of this traditional Halloween candy.
Halloween Crafts for Honolulu Families: Make a Muslin Mummy
Strike a spooky pose with a mummy you can wrap up in just four steps.
Make It: Ghost Necklace
Photo: Michele Aucello Here's an easy craft you can do with your child. Make an extra one for a for a spooky bestie necklace. Materials White glue Wax paper Permanent marker String Scissors Small beads (optional) Photo: Michele Aucello Directions…
Unearthing Dinosaur Eggs in Hawai‘i
My kids are still filling and hiding plastic eggs for each other, even though Easter is clearly over. I've seen a few make-your-own egg ideas on Pinterest that look fun, so I enlisted the kids to help make our own…
HONOLULU Family Easter Craft: Washi Tape Eggs
Try something new this spring. Use colorful Washi tape to cover your Easter eggs.
HONOLULU Family Easter Craft: Sock Bunnies
Turn orphaned socks into cute, snuggly Easter decorations.
HONOLULU Family Easter Recipe: Treat-Filled Easter Eggs
Kids will wonder how the Easter Bunny got these sweet treats inside these colorful eggs?
HONOLULU Family Easter Treat: Minion Easter Eggs
We saw some Minion Easter eggs on Pinterest and had to give them a try.
Make It With the Family: Let It Snow Photo Backdrop
Sew your own “snow scene” for a fun and playful Christmas photo op.
Recipe: Spider Chocolate Chip Cookies
Images of “spider” cookies have been floating around Pinterest so we decided to give them a try. They were tricker than we thought and might be frustrating for kids to finish, but they sure will enjoy gobbling them up! They…
Make It: Backyard Bat Mobile
Photo: Odeelo Dayondon Looking for a different kind of Halloween decoration? We spied this idea on marthastewart.com and found it was very easy and had many steps the kids could do themselves. Materials Long branch Black spray paint (optional) Needle…
Make It: Shrunken Heads
Photo: Michele Aucello With Halloween just around the corner, the kids might be clamoring to carve pumpkins. Dig out your pumpkin carving tools and let them have a go with an apple. The bonus? Some shrunken heads that can be…
Make It: Countdown to Halloween Tree
Photo: Michele Aucello Materials A branch from a tree Black paint Rocks A shallow basket Ornament hooks or paper clips Pumpkin foam shapes. Sharpie marker Glue gun Clay Directions Paint the tree branch black using poster paints. Once it is…
HONOLULU Family Classroom Treat: Easter Bunny Pops
Even youngest kids can help put together these sweet classroom or party treats.
HONOLULU Family Recipe Corner: Snowball Cookies Perfect for the Holidays
These melt-in-your-mouth treats could spark a snowball fight! Scoop cookies into pails for a classroom snack or a fun party favor.
Keiki Snack: Veggies and Dip in Turkey Cups
Photo: David Croxford Place these healthy treats out on the table an hour or so before dinner. Little kids can help themselves to crunchy vegetables and tasty dip. Directions Cut a turkey head out of construction paper. Then let kids…
Make It: Foaming Soap Dispenser
Photo: Karen DB Photography We love foaming soap. The suds stay on little ones hands instead of slipping into the sink and our kids like playing with bubbles every time they wash up. Hereʻs a simple way to have some…
Make It: Christmas Photo Wreath
Photo: Karen DB Photography Make this wreath for the grandparents, who will hang it up with pride. This homemade gift is a beautiful way to capture the memories of the past year and is sure to be treasured for years…
