Rebecca

About Rebecca

Rebecca Darling, momma of 3 sassy Texas kiddos, writes a blog dedicated to family travel at R We There Yet Mom?. Although she swears she is not crafty, this momma never lacks in creativity and enthusiasm - her ultimate goal is making exceptional memories for her family. Follow her memory making at R We There Yet Mom?, on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest.

Create Your Summer Time Bucket List!

summer bucket list

Summer Time WOO-HOO!!  Three whole months of summer ahead of you!  Whose excited to try some new & cool stuff this season?? Well, if you are anything like me, I have TONS of fun ideas pinned to my Pinterest boards, a huge lists of local things we want to check out, and only a few [...]

Stop Action: {Easy} Movie Making with LEGOs

Stop Action: {Easy} Movie Making with LEGOs

Stop action movies are easy enough for even kids to make.  If you have a LEGO lover in your home then they will surely appreciate this creative movie making idea. Kids Activities Blog knows that most kids love anything having to do with LEGOs so we think this idea will be a hit as well. Stop [...]

7 LEGO Activities for the Young Child {Color Activities and More}

LEGO Activities: Shape activities, counting activities and color activities {for a young child}

LEGO activities typically involve building amazing creations with some colorful little bricks.  But think outside the box with these LEGO learning activities for the young child. Kids Activities Blog hopes your young child feels like a big kid as they play with LEGOs with these great kids activities. LEGO Activities My big guy is 10 [...]

Funny Games: Silly Songs Family Game {For All Ages}

Funny Games: Silly Songs Family Game

Funny games can bring laughter to your home.  These crazy Silly Songs games will do just that.  We hope you enjoy this fun family game and we’d love for you to come back to Kids Activities Blog and share some silly songs with us.   Silly Songs My family loves to sing.  We aren’t the best [...]

Dinner Games at the Table {Family Games}

Fun dinner games for the family

Does your family play dinner games at meal time?  Here is a great idea for fun family games that can liven up meal time in your home.  Kids Activities Blog knows you’ll appreciate that these games can also encourage vegetables to disappear.  Yes, that’s right.  Read on! Dinner Games Dinner time is such an important time [...]

10 April Fools Day Pranks for Kids

april fools pranks

Pranks for kids can be great fun with April Fool’s Day approaching.  “April Fools!” ,  we shout to one another after pulling a super fun prank on them.  For years, our family has enjoyed this silly holiday, trying to trick one another with harmless fun. There are a TON of great ideas floating around out [...]

{Thankfulness and Gratitude} Send a Thank You Note

Kids can show thankfulness and gratitude in these fun and creative ways

Showing thankfulness and gratitude is an important life skill for children to learn.  Here are some fun and creative ways that they can send a thank you note to show their appreciation.   Let your kids try a few of these then come back to Kids Activities Blog and let us know which ones they [...]

{Valentines Day Dessert} Smores Recipe

Easy Valentine's day recipe for kids - Valentine's Smores Bark

Can’t go wrong with a chocolate Valentines Day dessert.  Here’s an easy smores recipe to bake with kids….Valentine’s Smore’s Bark.  Did you know that Kids Activities Blog loves any recipe that has chocolate as an ingredient? Valentines Day Dessert Two things this momma loves.  Cooking with my kiddos and Any combination of graham crackers, marshmallows, and chocolate. [...]

Teaching Kids to Pay it Forward {Acts of Kindness}

Great ideas for teaching kids to pay it forward

There is a movement sweeping the nation and we can start teaching kids about it now.  It’s an effort to show kindness to a stranger, in an effort to Pay it Forward.  We at Kids Activities Blog hope that you have a chance to bring a little sunshine to someone else’s day. Teaching Kids This [...]

Printable Christmas Games: Go on a Holiday Scavenger Hunt

Printable Christmas Game - Go on a holiday lights scavenger hunt

This printable Christmas games can turn your neighborhood into a holiday adventure for your kids.  Finding Christmas activities for kids that can be adapted to your family’s traditions makes it all more fun. Kids Activities Blog loves to play along with families spending time together! Printable Christmas Games About mid-December, when Christmas shopping has hit [...]

December Activities: {Family} Hand Print Art

December Activities Hand Print Art

December activities are often family-related and seem to make great keepsakes for years to come.  The same is true for this fun hand print art project in which the entire family can participate.  We at Kids Activities Blog love bringing families together in such wonderfully fun ways! December Activities I love hand print art!  We [...]

Homemade Christmas Gift: Slide Show

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I love giving a homemade Christmas gift to my friends and relatives, but being that I am not the crafti-est of mommas, I always struggle with making something adorable and “Pinterest-worthy”. I finally learned to take something you are interested in or good at and figure out a way to use that gift, for others.  [...]

December Activities: Christmas Card Seek and Find Activity

Seek and Find

December activities often focus on family and looking back over the events of the year.  Use this great activity to reflect on the year for your family through a seek and find activity.  We at Kids Activities Blog hope you enjoy this super creative Christmas card idea. December Activities Christmas Cards are so much fun [...]

Photo Scavenger Hunt {Car Coloring Page}

traveling with children feature

Kids on the road need ways to help the time pass and this car coloring page for a photo scavenger hunt just might help.  This fun game helps parents who are traveling with children avoid the constant whining from bored kids in the back seat.  Kids Activities Blog wishes you and your loved ones safe [...]

Thanksgiving Traditions: We Are Thankful

thanksgiving traditions

Thanksgiving traditions add a special meaning to the holidays.  This cute We Are Thankful activity gets kids as well as adults thinking about all that they have to be grateful for.  Kids Activities Blog hopes you find some time to make a special Thanksgiving tradition like this in your family. Thanksgiving Traditions Thanksgiving is such [...]

5 Veterans Day Activities

Veterans Day Kids QM 1

Veterans Day activities are the perfect way to get kids talking and learning about the importance of this November holiday. Kids Activities Blog has a special place in our heart for the heroes that have kept our country free. Each year in America, Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11.  It is a day we [...]

{Kids Thanksgiving Craft} Handprint Art

Kids Thanksgiving Craft

As my little one gets older, I am looking for ways to “measure his growth”.  One of the best ways I have found has been by using his hands & feet to make art!  There are so many amazing ideas using littles ones fingers, handprints, and footprints to commemorate the seasons throughout the year.  We [...]

Make a Parachute: Kids Parachute {Creates} Resistance Experiments

Resistance Experiments

Have your kids ever asked to make a parachute? A simple, kids parachute can lead to discussions and trials of many air resistance experiments. Here on the Kids Activities blog, we have created, tested and provided easy to explain information for you to play parachute with your kids! Make a Parachute We kinda do things backwards [...]

Trail Mix Recipe: Fall Menu Item {Kids Can Cook}

trail mix

Trail mix is one of those snack foods that can be made for any occasion. Does your family have a favorite trail mix recipe? Kids Activities Blog loves projects like this to let kids get creative and to build their independence. We hope you get some new ideas with this home made trail mix and [...]

4 {Not So Scary} Halloween food and snack ideas

halloween food ideas

Make lunch time fun this season with these Halloween food ideas. Do you need a Halloween snack for a Fall party? Here at the Kids Activities Blog we know that kids want a “spook-tacular”  Halloween lunch and you can make it happen with these fun Halloween food ideas and easy-to-prepare Halloween Snack ideas. Halloween Food [...]

You’ve Been Booed! A Halloween Surprise

you've been booed

Tell your neighbors – You’ve Been BOOed!  This fun Halloween surprise is sure to create smiles around your neighborhood.  If you do this Halloween activity with your kids, please come back to Kids Activities Blog and leave a comment to let us know how much fun your kids had.  We’d love to hear your stories! [...]

How to Make a Paper Boat {Columbus Day Activities}

How to Make a paper boat

I love this How to make a paper boat as part of your Columbus Day activities for kids fun.  Telling the story of Columbus is much more fun with a paper boat to sail.  Kids Activities Blog loves finding easy activities for kids like this one that use things you already have at home to [...]

Fun Ideas for School Lunch

Fun School Lunches QM

School’s in for the year!  Woo-Hoo!! And while we are just starting to get into a good routine, there is one place we may find ourselves in a rut……What can I pack for my kid’s school lunch? If your kids are anything like mine, they are pretty happy with the same thing every day.  Seriously, [...]

Game Night {Neighborhood Games}

game night

Game Night One of our favorite things to do as a family is to play games or have a family game night.  We can escape the everyday busy-ness that our lives have fallen into and laugh together as a family.  Kids (and parents) are not allowed to have electronics with them during games, so 100% [...]

Who Are My Neighbors {How To Make Friends}

who are my neighbors

One of the best parts of living in our neighborhood is fostering relationships with our neighbors.  I always dreamed of having neighbors that I could borrow a cup of sugar from on a whim or stop by for a cup of coffee.  But what I have found is that is not so common-place in today’s [...]

Build a Track with Masking Tape

masking tape speedway

Kids can get really creative if you let them build a track for their toy cars around the house.  Just take a look at this fun idea for a speedway made from masking tape! The Dog Days of Summer are upon us here in Texas!  Indoor activities like this one where kids can build a [...]

Outdoor Fun: Bicycle Games

fun bicycle games

From an early age, my kids have loved riding bikes.  Always looking for something new & fun to do outdoors, we decided to try to come up with some fun games that involved riding our bikes.  Here are a few fun ones we liked: How Slow Can You Go? Using sidewalk chalk, draw a 4-inch [...]

Back to School Activities

back to school activities

It is hard to believe that we are talking about Back to School already!  The summer always seems to fly by, filled with fun activities, play dates, and staying up late. So to commemorate one last week of summer fun, we try to make the most of it with a “Back to School Week of [...]

Summer Travel: Preserve the Memories

summer travel memories

Summer Travel Traveling over the summer creates such fun & amazing memories for not only us as parents, but our children as well. One of the best ways to “hold” onto those travel memories is by finding unique ways to preserve them.  Keeping track of your trip is not only fun while you are doing [...]

Create Your Own Summer Day Camp

summer day camp

“MOM! What can I do??  I’m so bored!!!!!!” hits about midsummer around here.  Despite the numerous water parks, movies and excursions (not to mention vacation) we have been on, about 6 weeks into summer, kids want to shake it up a bit. This year, a few moms & I planned ahead to trump this “bored” [...]