Create a cool-looking mermaid—scales and everything—with just a few household items.

Face painting for kids: Mermaid

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Halloween

Let us help navigate daily life with your growing family, with everything from kids’ craft and activity ideas to advice on discipline and birthday party inspiration.

Family

Get ready to eat the most delicious and spookiest grilled cheese ever!

How to make Mummy Grilled Cheese Pizza

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Recipes

Halloween just got more fun! Build your own haunted house using chocolate and graham crackers and then decorate it with all the candy.

How to make a Haunted Graham Cracker House

Get your grain on with this delicious quinoa banana bread recipe that is perfect for an after-school snack, breakfast treat or bake sale contribution. Our secret ingredient for this kids’ recipe? The mom-approved balance of protein-packed quinoa and decadent chocolate chips. Your little ones will love learning how to bake with this easy recipe (and fun video that you can watch together in under two minutes).Get the <a href="https://www.todaysparent.com/recipe/snacks/quinoa-banana-bread-recipe/">Quinoa Banana Bread recipe.</a>

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Toddler

A little bit salty and a little bit sweet—this Maple-Olive Oil Granola is the perfect mix!

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Today in the craft studio, Martha Stewart and the Duchess of Cambridge are showing you how to make spooky bath bombs—a fun Halloween craft.

How to make spooky Halloween bath bombs

Crafts are a fantastic way to help your kids develop creativity and fine motor skills. Get the whole family together around these kid-friendly craft activities.

Crafts

This cheesy garlic bread is about to become your favourite summer recipe. Cook it on the barbecue or over the campfire.

Camping recipe: How to make Pull-Apart Cheesy Garlic Bread

Camping

Your kid’s favourite combo is everything they want and nothing they don’t (we’re looking at you crusts). Here's how to make PB + J bars.

How to make Peanut Butter and Jelly Bar

easy desserts

Watch Today's Parent Approved's video review of the Nuna Pipa Lite to see why editors and parents were impressed with this infant car seat.

Baby gear

Videos

Watch Today's Parent Approved's video review of the Nuna Pipa to see why editors and parents were impressed with this infant car seat.

What’s better than a butter tart? A whole pan of buttery crust, crackled top and gooey centres is exactly the dessert you need in your life.

How to make Maple Syrup Butter Tart Squares

Thanksgiving

Shine bright like a diamond—well, a pipe cleaner diamond. On a day when you and your kid are stuck indoors, get crafty and make a few pipe cleaner crowns.

How to make a diamond pipe cleaner crown

Everything you need to know about kids and toddlers, including behaviour and development, sleep, potty training, preschool, and how to handle picky eaters.

Kids

These cupcakes are a regal treat for your kid's princess party. You just need icing, sprinkles, taffy and a steady hand. Happy decorating.

How to decorate princess cupcakes

Cupcakes

Yep, we just combined two of your favourite dinners into one extra-special supper. Behold the Chicken Caesar Pizza—your kid's new favourite meal.

How to make Chicken Caesar Pizza

chicken recipes

Packaged snacks

If you're looking for a handmade gift for birthdays, Christmas or Mother's Day, look no further than this fun tassel necklace..

Handmade gift: How to make tassel necklaces

Crafting for kids

Thinking about adding a dog to your family? These dogs breeds are great with kids, easy to train and very loving. Oh, and super cute!

10 best dogs for kids

Family pets

Want to teach your child about mindfulness? Looking for a great vacation getaway for families? Trying to understand the latest YouTube craze for kids? We’ve got you covered. 

Family life

Are you ready to get dinner on the table in 10 minutes? This veggie soup is so easy to make and will warm you up on chilly nights.

How to make an Easy Vegetable Soup

Vegetable recipes

Bringing a child into this world is the most incredible feeling. I wanted to help another couple build their family by being a gestational carrier.

An incredible sacrifice: Why I became a surrogate mom

surrogacy

Studies have shown that wearing your baby for up to three hours a day can reduce infant crying up to 43 percent, as it can help your baby feel safe and secure. Watch this short how-to video featuring birth doula and childbirth educator Bianca Sprague's simple tips for the best way to wear a baby carrier.Baby clothes supplied by <a href="http://www.cartersoshkosh.ca/" target="_blank">Carter’s|OshKosh</a>; supplies &amp; props supplied by <a href="http://www.momstobeandmore.com/" target="_blank">Moms to be...and More</a>; special thanks to baby expert Bianca Sprague of <a href="http://bebomia.com/" target="_blank">Bebo Mia</a>.

Watch this short how-to video featuring birth doula and childbirth educator Bianca Sprague's simple tips for the best way to wear a baby carrier.

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New mom

Everything you need to know about your baby, including information on breastfeeding, teething, colic, baby development, food, sleep, and more..

Videos

Face painting for kids: Mermaid

How to make Mummy Pizza Grilled Cheese

How to make a Haunted Graham Cracker House

Cooking with kids: Quinoa Banana Bread

How to make Maple-Olive Oil Granola

How to make spooky Halloween bath bombs

How to make Pull-Apart Cheesy Garlic Bread

How to make Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars

Video review: Nuna Pipa Lite infant car seat

Video review: Nuna Pipa infant car seat