Feeling a Little Salty? You’re Not Alone!
We’re Christine and Jaymi, two salty mamas with seven kids between us. We’re happy to be your virtual mom squad!
With lazy-mom approved kids activities, snarky playdate chatter, and little ways to make your life more fun, we’re here to make your momlife a little sweeter.
Even when you’re feeling salty.
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Got a family beach day in your future? Don’t head to the seaside unprepared! Check out these beach day hacks for moms (and find some of our favorite beach essentials for toddlers) in this one stop shop for family fun at the beach.
As you might have guessed by our moniker, these Salty Mamas LIVE for days at the beach. As two Southern California moms, we are no strangers to days spent at the beach, bay, and lagoon, and have logged HUNDREDS of hours of experience chasing kids around at the ocean’s edge.
Over the course of the last 7 years of beach days, we have nearly perfected our list of beach day hacks for moms. So pack up your bag with beach essentials for your toddlers, put on your swimsuit, and prepare to totally NAIL your own day at the beach with these handy tips and tricks from two beach bums (and their 6 kids!)
Easter Egg Activities for Kids- Art Projects and STEM Activities Your Kids Will Love!
Have a bunch of plastic eggs you don’t want to toss? From repurposed plastic Easter egg process art to Easter Egg STEM activities, we’ve got something for everyone. So check out these fun and easy plastic Easter egg activities for kids – and keep your kids busy and having fun!
With Easter just passed and dozens of brightly colored plastic eggs everywhere, this Mama is a little overwhelmed. The clutter. The PLASTIC. And yes, we’ll bag them up and use them again next year so as not to create unnecessary plastic waste. But we also wanted to repurpose those plastic eggs! So we began to search for Easter Egg activities for kids that would entertain them for hours.
We got to brainstorming and here’s what we’re loving!
Looking for transportation arts and crafts for preschoolers? We think these free do a dot transportation printables will do the trick! Easy for you, and FUN for them. Read on to get the instructions and get your free printable templates.
My son is suddenly OBSESSED with all things transportation theme. He makes tracks for his toy cars outside. He begs me to add vehicles to his sensory bins. He even brought his monster trucks into a full-on painting project.
So when I needed to find an art activity for him that would also work on his fine motor skills, I knew exactly what I needed to come up with. These transportation arts and crafts for preschoolers fit a lot of his needs (pencil grip practice, big arm movements, and that bang! bang! bang! do a dot markers provide) while still giving me what I wanted.
And that’s cute art for my fridge, gosh darn it!
We developed these do a dot transportation printables with your vehicle-loving toddlers and preschoolers in mind. And the best part? These templates are totally free to our subscriber list. Read on for instructions (and to find out how to get those adorable printables!)
Got extra grocery ads lying around? Turn them into a totally free cutting and pasting craft for toddlers. It’s a great way to get in some free scissor practice, AND to buy yourself a few minutes to make your grocery list, too!
When my daughter was younger, we had a Monday morning ritual. We’d pour ourselves a cup of coffee and a glass of milk (you can guess whose was whose), sit down at the kitchen table, and look over the grocery ads that came in the mail.
We’d look at the foods, talk about which ones we’d like and dislike, and sometimes choose a new food to try.
As we chatted, I had a bigger goal in mind- making my grocery list in preparation for our grocery shopping trip later in the morning.
Over time, she got less interested in having the same conversation over and over, and I started looking for a new way to keep her busy while meal planning.
Armed with just scissors, glue, and a paper plate, we stumbled on a fun, easy-to-repeat, totally free cutting and pasting activity for toddlers. It’s so simple and low prep, but has TONS of opportunity for genuine learning experiences for kids.
So let’s take a look at how to turn those free grocery ads into a HUGE learning opportunity for toddlers (and get you a little peace in the meantime!)
Having a baby soon? You’ve probably added everything your baby will need to your Amazon baby registry. But what about YOU? Here are some of the best postpartum products to add to your baby registry.
When I was pregnant with my first, I remember aimlessly wandering the aisles of Target, scanner gun in hand, trying to figure out what exactly I was supposed to put on my baby registry. Some stuff I knew- Onesies, bottles, blankets. A car seat, stroller, and crib.
But what about all that OTHER stuff? This baby was going to have to get out of my body somehow, and I was pretty sure I would need some items to get me through the aftermath.
After my baby was born, I remember sending my husband to the store on multiple occasions, looking for postpartum products I had read about in desperate late night Google searches. Some were good, some were great, and some were absolutely essential.
When it came time for baby #2 (and in Christine’s case, baby #3 and #4), we handled out baby registries very differently. We added a lot of the postpartum essentials to our baby registry, and to our surprise (and delight!) we found that people were eager to buy these items just for us, too.
We’ve also added in a few fun items that, though not strictly necessary, are really nice ways for baby shower guests to help celebrate YOU along with your little one.
So if you’re making a baby registry for the first time (or the second or third), might we suggest you add these postpartum products to your baby registry, too.
