Loving that vintage vibe and how it makes your house hum with a bit of charm is something that we as moms generally save for ourselves. The kids, the craft room, that’s no place for style. Or maybe it is… Valentine’s Day is the perfect season to give our toddlers and preschoolers their first lesson in Valentine crafts vintage-style. Maybe it’s the hearts or the doilies or the look of love.

Here are a few vintage preschooler-sized crafts for you and the kids [...]

Valentines Day crafting is not always the most imaginative. The traditionalist in all of us is forever in love with the classic heart. But we’re on a mission to find new and festive valentine crafts that make the kids love crafting, the adults sigh at the sweetness and make us look really good.

Bringing the magic into this Valentine’s season is super easy with this fun papier mache project. We’re making fairy bowls out of tissue paper!

We can use them as [...]

One of the best parts about Valentine’s Day, in the kid universe, is the awesome collection of Valentine love passed along by school friends during afternoon parties. We love seeing pink and purple cupcakes alongside Phineus and Ferb store-bought greetings.

Now there’s nothing wrong with busting out a box of pre-made Valentines. But, there’s something extra special about kids making their own personalized Valentine craft holders to tuck all of that goodness inside.

In the past,  a simple paper bag all dolled [...]

Valentine’s Day is approaching and even though I personally don’t celebrate this holiday, due to its commercialism, I can appreciate a romantic evening at home. When preparing a romantic dinner I would ideally like it to be enjoyable for myself and my husband. Which for me means something that the valentines day recipe can be prepared fast and cleaned up fast! After all it’s not very romantic if I slave over a meal all day that he will eat in [...]

Our lives as moms just got a tad easier. Lunches no longer have to be gourmet. We’re thrilled to be shaving a few minutes off of our morning lunch prep routine. All we have to do is take out the bread, spread it on and cut it up! And best of all, it’s nut free!

The peanut butter and jelly sandwich is a quintessential lunch item that leaves kids with sticky palettes and moms with a few more minutes to actually [...]

There is nothing quite like a recipe that is handed down through the generations and Janet, one of our Scoop Ambassadors, is keeping the tradition alive in her family with this very special pudding recipe.

When I would come home for the weekend from University, just me making the mere mention of this pudding would have my Mom disappear into the kitchen, only to return with a bowl of hot vanilla pudding. At the bottom of the bowl, I would always [...]

Jen, the Kid Scoop Editor, tells us about one of her kids’ favourites meals with this super easy and customizable crepe recipe.

Kids love crepes!

Do your kids like pancakes?  Have you ever tried really flattening out those fluffy friends and making crepes? Our house loves the idea of “Breakfast for Dinner”…however we have fun using our creativity and imagination and filling crepes with both sweet and savoury food. My kids think it’s like a French Burrito!

For dinner we fill the crepes with [...]

Karrie’s kids may now be all grown up but our national sales manager has fond memories of getting the kids into the kitchen on a cold winter’s day to whip up this lentil soup recipe. 

The kids love making this lentil soup recipe as there is so much for them to do: measuring and adding ingredients, peeling a carrot, crushing the garlic, stirring…

Lentil Soup Recipe Ingredients:

3 tbsp olive oil

1 large onion, diced

2 tsp crushed garlic

1 tbsp tomato paste

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp ground [...]

Lauren, our assistant editor, shares one of her family’s favourite meals, a homemade nacho recipe that feels guilty but is oh-so healthy!

There’s something about communal dining, sharing a meal off of the same plate. And when you see little hands reaching in to stuff their funny faces with food you can’t help but smile. While this usually may happen with a bowl of chips or a bucket of popcorn, I’ve created a healthy addition to the list of perfect-for-sharing family [...]

Cindy, The Kid Scoop’s very own President & Founder shares her family’s favourite muffin recipe.

A perfect Sunday on a cold day in the Fagen house: Make muffins, stay in your pyjamas and play Creationary.

1 cup rolled oats mixed with 1 cup buttermilk (or you can use milk or even juice!) and let stand for a few seconds while you figure out where the rest of the ingredients are in your kitchen…

Throw in half a cup of oil and half a cup of [...]