The Boy's Store Blog — Fun & Games

We have a birthday coming up, and every year we try to take a little birthday interview asking our kids some things about themselves. It changes every year. As they grow and change so do their favorites, their fears, and their goals. We ask the same set of questions every year to see how they change. It has become a very sweet tradition, and we love to review their past answers each year. We do ours on a chalkboard that we photograph them holding for every birthday.  We ask several questions: What is your favorite color? What is your favorite...

Elf season is here. If your household is as elf crazy as mine is then you may already be preparing for the return of your scout elf. Our scout elves always return on Thanksgiving night. Friday early morning we hear the sounds of very excited, and not the slightest bit quiet, children scouring the house for their little friends. We have two elves, one girl, and one boy. They are the best of friends and tend to get into a lot of mischiefs all season long. Every day is magical watching our kids try to find them and then listening...

Recently I planned a day of beauty and rest for myself. I was headed to get my hair done and get a facial. No kids, no husband, an all-day just for my outing. The world seemed to be against me though. My husband also got a last-minute side-job that required him to be gone and unable to watch the kids for part of the time I would be gone. Since my husband drives a company vehicle, and he could not use it on a side-job, he was in need of my vehicle. I was going to have to take the...

Every year the weekend of Thanksgiving my family watches a show called Punkin Chunkin. On this show people from all over the country gather in Delaware to launch pumpkins from catapult machines and canons. The pumpkin that travels the farthest wins. It is a silly and fun show that allows for creativity and incredible engineering. This year I found a fun little activity for the kids to do while they watch. Thank you Frugal Fun 4 Boys for always coming up with incredible ways to entertain my brood! This Pumpkin Catapult is made from Legos, a family favorite in this house,...

Will you be traveling this holiday season? We got lucky and everyone will be coming here, but over the years we have had our fair share of boring car rides that end in disaster -- meltdowns! So over the years, we came up with some foolproof travel games to keep everyone in the car busy. Here are just a few of our tried-and-true car ride (or plane, train, or boat rides!) busy activities. Would you rather questions: This is a simple and fun travel game. You have a list of questions that everyone in the car must answer. Would you...