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There's nothing like quality time with your family. We’ve got fun ideas for indoor games, camping and travel tips, holiday crafts, and everything in between.

Easy Earth Day activity for kids: plant a tree

Easy Earth Day activity for kids: plant a tree

Planting a tree is an easy Earth Day activity for kids, and they'll love giving back to Mother Nature.

Amy Baskin

How to clean up a park for Earth Day

How to clean up a park for Earth Day

This easy guide on how to clean up a park will give little ones a love for the environment.

Amy Baskin

How to make homemade non-toxic cleaner for windows

How to make homemade non-toxic cleaner for windows

Get a jump start on spring cleaning with this homemade non-toxic cleaner that'll give you squeaky clean windows.

Amy Baskin

13 fun indoor birthday party themes for kids

Birthday parties

13 fun indoor birthday party themes for kids

When it's cold outside, keep the kids entertained with one of these awesome indoor birthday party themes.

Today's Parent staff

Hedwig heads to the west coast: Hogwarts opens at Universal Studios Hollywood

Hedwig heads to the west coast: Hogwarts opens at Universal Studios Hollywood

All your wizarding wishes and dreams are about to come true at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

Chidera Ukairo

Family-friendly tips for visiting Tofino

Family-friendly tips for visiting Tofino

The misty mountains of Tofino, British Columbia, cast a spell over a band of city dwellers.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

6 fun indoor activities for toddlers

6 fun indoor activities for toddlers

Being stuck in the house with your active tot can be rough. Cure a case of cabin fever with these indoor activities for toddlers.

Today's Parent staff

7 ways to make boxed cake mix better

7 ways to make boxed cake mix better

Store-bought cake mix, we love you. You’re fast and easy, and with an extra pinch of this or smidgen of that, we consider you homemade.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

8 Edmonton playgrounds you need to check out

8 Edmonton playgrounds you need to check out

Get ready for some serious fun at one of these amazing Edmonton playgrounds.

Amy Valm

19 totally awesome sleepover activities

19 totally awesome sleepover activities

Congratulations, you're going to host a herd of children overnight! Here are our favourite sleepover activities to help keeps things fun and fresh.

Amy Valm

9 great Toronto playgrounds

9 great Toronto playgrounds

Get outside and enjoy the sunshine at one of these awesome Toronto playgrounds.

Amy Valm

How to get rid of hiccups

How to get rid of hiccups

A spoonful of sugar (or peanut butter) might just be the trick to make those hiccups go away!

Today's Parent

Signing up for Parks and Rec programs without wanting to die

Signing up for Parks and Rec programs without wanting to die

It’s D-day, people. If you live in the City of Toronto, tomorrow morning is when your child’s future happiness is determined forever.

Leah Rumack

5 easy DIY beauty products to make at home

5 easy DIY beauty products to make at home

These DIY beauty products feed dry, dull, winter-weary skin with homemade formulas that are almost good enough to eat.

Erin Finlayson

6 Ottawa playgrounds you need to visit

6 Ottawa playgrounds you need to visit

Check out the best that our capital has to offer by swinging, climbing and sliding at one of these Ottawa playgrounds.

Amy Valm

Minecraft 101

Are you confused by Minecraft? Now parents can learn the way of the pixel with this comprehensive guide.

Emily Rivas

Celebrate Family Day and share your family photos with us!

Celebrate Family Day and share your family photos with us!

Share your favourite family photos with us on social media using the hashtag #TPFamilyDay!

Suzanne Gardner

9 best play cafés in Canada

9 best play cafés in Canada

Looking for a kid-friendly café where you can do some work or enjoy a cup of coffee while the kids play? We've rounded up the best play cafés in Canada.

Alex Mlynek

(Family) life after hockey: Q&A with Hayley Wickenheiser

(Family) life after hockey: Q&A with Hayley Wickenheiser

Hayley Wickenheiser, hockey legend and mom, opens up to Today's Parent Editor-in-Chief Sasha Emmons about the Olympics, being a role model and life after hockey.

Sasha Emmons

Family fun at Quebec City Carnival

Family fun at Quebec City Carnival

Shake off that cabin fever and have a très Canadien, kid-friendly winter getaway at the Quebec City Carnival. You might even meet the legendary Bonhomme!

Leah Rumack