This weekend is officially the Halfway to Halloween mark, so I am going to give you one of my rare hot takes as a scary movie watcher on a “controversial” subject: Practical effects are always better than CGI. I’m not slamming the advancement and beautiful results of computer effects in today’s films and television shows, […]
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Most commercial egg decorating sets have those little rub-on decals to add an image to the egg. These are cute, but sometimes you want to personalize your egg without resorting to drawing a picture in that white, waxy crayon. You might want to add a favorite fandom or family photo that may be a little […]
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It seems like everything from cookies to Christmas decorations comes in a clear plastic box, and although they are convenient, they leave a lot of bulky waste behind. Fortunately, these are great materials for upcycling. With December and giftgiving time now upon us, I’ll share an easy kid-friendly DIY for holiday gift giving or decorating […]
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Like many others, Thanksgiving is a pretty big deal in our house. It has always been my husband’s favorite holiday, and has a soft spot in my heart. The first time I met his entire family was when I flew over from England to Salem, Massachusetts in 2001. For many years all things Christmas were […]
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It’s beginning to look a lot like… Yeah, I know, it’s still a bit early for most of us (myself included). However, while there might still be over six weeks until The Big Day itself, the beginning of Advent is just three weeks away so I hope you’ll forgive me popping in with a few […]
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Even as Halloween is closing in fast, there is still time to make a quick display for the work space, table or bar top, entry way or any other small area you want to “spooky up” a bit. With one small plastic skeleton, some silk flowers, a few upcycled items, and a little effort, you […]
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After several Halloweens of indecision, we finally broke down and purchased a couple of full-size skeletons. Well, by “full size”, I mean five-foot-tall rather than those 12 or 20-foot giants. Still, we had been wanting a couple of good-sized skelly friends. Now we faced with the fun task of thinking of something clever to do […]
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Welcome to this year’s Father’s Day Gift Guide where we celebrate all things fathers and father figures. Our writers have put together a list of what they think the dad in your life would love to unwrap from exercise equipment to books to games to toys and more. We’ve got a little bit of everything […]
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Welcome to this year’s Mother’s Day Gift Guide where we celebrate all things mothers. This year, our writers have put together a list of their suggestions for the mother or mother figure in your life, ranging from pain relief to clothes and books. We’ve got a little bit of everything for all the geeky moms […]
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Who doesn’t love a good mashup in the creative world of geekiness? You can mashup characters, shows, movies, and songs to create something completely new. This has also been the case with holidays for sometime, allowing everyone from independent artists and small business, to larger commercial ventures to celebrate “Christmas in July” or summer luau […]
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My apologies for not knowing where I heard this following comment, but it sums up what I would think are many people’s opinions of New Year’s Eve: “I don’t understand the big deal for New Year’s Eve… it’s a one-second holiday.” I think it was from a sitcom. Wherever it was from, I can relate […]
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Starting a countdown calendar after Christmas Day? Well, that sounds a bit anti-climatic. The word “advent” stems from the Latin adventus, which means “coming.” Whether religious or secular, an advent calendar counts down the coming of a special event, like Christmas. Why would someone start an advent after the big day they have been expecting? […]
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Starting a countdown calendar after Christmas Day? Well, that sounds a bit anti-climatic. The word “advent” stems from the Latin adventus, which means “coming.” Whether religious or secular, an advent calendar counts down the coming of a special event, like Christmas. Why would someone start an advent after the big day they have been expecting? […]
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As I have been doing fun advent and countdown calendar ideas this month, I wanted to share a very simple one, that can even be made ahead of time and stored until it is needed. It takes a 24-piece puzzle and a surface big enough to work it. These puzzles are usually around 19″ X […]
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As I have been doing fun advent and countdown calendar ideas this month, I wanted to share a very simple one, that can even be made ahead of time and stored until it is needed. It takes a 24-piece puzzle and a surface big enough to work it. These puzzles are usually around 19″ X […]
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Everyone from LEGO to Funko is making advent calendars and holiday countdowns, which can be pretty cool but also pretty expensive. Really, the fun thing about these calendars is they are interactive, giving kids something physical to hold onto, or some sort of activity to look forward to each day. For the month of December, […]
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There is no shortage of kids’ coloring crafts opportunities around the holidays, whether they bring them home from school or a party. They do them at their place of worship or neighborhood events. They have them set up a bookstores and in malls. These, more often than not, consist of some kind of easy coloring […]
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I wouldn’t be surprised if—just like our writers—most of our readers have a house (or Kindle) full of books, and a slew of physical or digital music and TV shows at their disposal. It’s my favorite category of gift guide, and this year we’re sharing some of our favorites from the past year. The list […]
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I wouldn’t be surprised if—just like our writers—most of our readers have a house (or Kindle) full of books, and a slew of physical or digital music and TV shows at their disposal. It’s my favorite category of gift guide, and this year we’re sharing some of our favorites from the past year. The list […]
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Every year more than 50 million people, 3.5 million in the New York area alone, watch in person or on television one of the most popular parades in the world, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, best known for its gigantic shaped balloons celebrating pop culture icons from different generations. With Grogu (aka Baby Yoda) taking […]
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Thanksgiving is a big deal in our house. Being British, it isn’t something we celebrated in my youth and childhood, but my husband is all over it. Very early on in our relationship I would hear stories about Thanksgiving. The annual drive from Maine down to Salem, Massachusettts. Visiting with one set of Grandparents for […]
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We are housebound for Thanksgiving again this year due to all manner of COVID-19-adjacent reasons, but thanks to Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck we can go on a Thanksgiving Road Trip right from our couch in the first original podcast series starring the iconic Looney Tunes duo. You know we are in for a Thanksgiving […]
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Thanksgiving is a big deal in our house. Being British, it isn’t something we celebrated in my youth and childhood, but my husband is all over it. Very early on in our relationship I would hear stories about Thanksgiving. The annual drive from Maine down to Salem, Massachusettts. Visiting with one set of Grandparents for […]
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I have done a couple of Thanksgiving posts in the past, one about what I hate about the holiday and another about what I love, but I don’t want to talk about Thanksgiving so much. I want to talk about November, and what it means to my end-of-the-year sanity. When we used to visit my grandparents […]
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Note: Before gathering any family, please make sure those who are able to be vaccinated are fully vaccinated, and use other recommended precautions in general. Today is apparently National Jigsaw Day in the UK, and we’re celebrating by talking about some really neat puzzles. Jigsaw puzzles are a fun activity for family gatherings, especially those […]
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We are a things family. We buy things, lots of things. We each collect something. We each have a favorite kind of souvenir we get when we travel. We’ve never adopted the approach that many of our friends did when we all started having kids, with all wooden toys, no synthetic fibers and the like. […]
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With some Halloween events returning this year, there are more opportunities to create a fun table centerpiece or mantle decoration to celebrate the season: a fancy and formal, “dapper” skull. This idea is based on many decorations I have seen in catalogs, artist sites and markets, and with some retail Halloween décor. Many of these […]
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Since French inventor Georges Claude first dazzled guests at the Paris Motor Show in 1910 with his neon lighting invention, the neon sign has been a beautiful mix of commercial art and pop culture. It can be bright and celebratory like a nightclub or carnival, nostalgic like old diners or service stations, or a little […]
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New to Fun.com this year are exclusive licensed Disney costumes and they are well worth checking out. With Halloween around the corner, I decided to check out the Dopey costume ($54.99) and it did not disappoint. Dopey is easily the most popular of the seven dwarfs in Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. His […]
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“Where words fail, music speaks” – Hans Christian Andersen One of the greatest storytellers of all time, Hans Christian Andersen understood the universal language of music. It resonates with your soul, across culture and society. It draws your feelings to the foreground, be they light or dark. It is the one thing to truly bring […]
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