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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It is a fact of life that, as kids get older, they often grow out of certain traditions geared towards the youngest in the family. This means things like egg hunts for spring or Easter may lose their interest, even tweens and teens who still want to enjoy fun and games. This year, as my […]
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Easter is right around the corner and, with the help of Fun.com, I was able to put together five of the geekiest baskets I could manage. Each basket includes a POP! figure, mug, and a bag as well as other goodies. My themes this year are Pokemon, Disney, The Child, DC Comics, and Nightmare Before […]
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Are you ready for the most elaborate and extravagant party of the year? It’s Carnivale!! And this year, YOU are invited to join the most famous Carnivale of all: Carnivale di Venezia! Okay, so there are many things about 2020 (and subsequently 2021 so far) we may not like but there have also been some […]
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The first two weeks of January a usually the time when our home is in post-Christmas and holiday season transition, when the decorations are coming out and some pre-Spring cleaning occurs. Busy as it can be, this is also a good time to think ahead to next year with a little creative upcycling. This week […]
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I have a hard time coming up with long-term goals to follow through with because it feels like they are the same year after year. Lose weight. Spend less time on my phone. Read X number of books. Spend more time on my religious studies. This year, I’m coming up with a list of “one-hit […]
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Dear Fellow Parents, I know there are some people that are touched with the holiday spirit in such a way that as December arrives, their yards are transformed into displays of joy, fun, and enough lights to land a small airplane. We have a number of these families in our neighborhood and GeekDad Ken is […]
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Teacher says, “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.” — Zuzu Bailey It’s the holiday season, and no matter what you celebrate (or don’t celebrate), it is hard not to see the images of vast, winged angels from treetop decorations to porch lights. Also, when you think about angels, it is nearly […]
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As we begin the final countdown to Christmas Day, and the elf looks for ever more unusual places to hide, we are finding ourselves with some fidgety kids on our hands. My kids are five, eight, and eleven, and still fully sold into the jolly old elf himself. They are currently wired to the max. […]
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In our home, DIY projects and crafts help us fight the winter blahs and get into the holiday spirit, and often this involves easy printable paper designs like geeky snowflakes. This year, everything is just a little bit different, so instead of sharing new snowflake finds, I’ll share some other fun printable ideas that my […]
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I have been thinking of crafts and ideas to do with plastic toy rings for at least five years. Somehow, even as my kids get older and grow up, these plastic cupcake toppers, goodie bag fillers, and trick or treat trinkets keep multiplying, and I have used them to make custom “bat bling” jewelry and […]
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This holiday season, stuff their stockings with all the goodies and we have some great suggestions for you. From fog blockers to mini bags we have something for all your stockings this year. Images: Chronicle Books After Dinner Amusements Suggested By: Jenny Bristol Mfg: Chronicle Books Price: $8.95 Purchase: After Dinner Amusements These tiny, pocket-sized […]
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Give the gift of a subscription this year that will last them all 2021 long. Here are my top five favorite picks. Funimation Image: Funimation Funimation Type: Anime TV Price: $5.99 per month of $99.99 per year. What you get: Ad-Free watching of the entire Funimation library as soon as it becomes available including subs […]
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