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We've created the ultimate roadmap to a good time for you and your family. Use our vacation guides for travel tips, planning advice (like the best kid-friendly hotels and resorts), and domestic and international destinations. Throwing a birthday party? We'll help you plan the perfect event with ideas for creative themes,essential supplies, planning tips and delicious cakes and treats. You'll also find loads of outdoor games and adventures and indoor family activities (total sanity-savers for rainy days). We'll show you the latest mom and kid approved books, movies, gadgets, toys and apps. Plus, unique crafts you'll love to make with the kids.

5 Fall Nature Crafts for Kids

30+ Easy Paper Crafts for Kids

Jump-start your child's creativity with these simple crafts made from all varieties of colorful paper.

Family Vacations Have Long-Lasting Impact on Kids' Happiness

According to experts, trips with the fam are the gift that keeps on giving.

4 Cute Crafts That Use Recycled Cardboard Tubes

Help your kids make these cute and clever crafts using the cardboard tubes from paper towels and toilet paper rolls. It's the perfect project to celebrate Earth Day on April 22.

Google Just Introduced Family Link to Help Manage Your Kids' Digital Lives

I don't know about you, but my digital life is a mess. Google is attempting to fix that.

Traveling With Toddlers: 10 Expert Tips From a Globetrotting Mom

Traveling with a toddler? Bookmark these tips from The Worldwide Webers blogger Erica Weber, who has visited 38 countries with her young daughter.

FamilyFun's Top 12 Family Vacation Destinations

Real families rate their all-time favorite destinations around the country

How to Throw a Kid-Friendly Kentucky Derby Party

You don't have to be in Churchill Downs to share the fun of the Kentucky Derby with your kids.

How to Make Sock Puppets

Stuff stray socks with cotton batting to turn them into a family of playful puppets.

We Need More Physical Education in Schools

Dr. Thom McKenzie explains why it's so important for children to have quality Physical Education in school. Support this issue in your community by sharing this video with your child's teachers, school board members and administrators.

How to Make Soap Bars

Learn how to make these impressive (and easy!) DIY soap bars using just juice boxes, cooking spray, glycerin soap, popsicle sticks, a measuring cup, & food dye.

Quiz: Which TV Mom Are You?

Are you more of a Claire Dunphy or a Peggy Bundy? A Marge Simpson or a Rainbow Johnson? Take our quiz to find out!

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Quiz: Are You Ready to Take Your First Kid-Free Vacation?

Fantasizing about a few days away without the kids, but aren't sure you can go through with it yet? Find out if you're ready for your first child-free vacation!

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Going to the Beach Actually Changes Your Brain for the Better, Says Science

If you needed another reason to plan a family trip to the beach, here you go. You're welcome!

8 Creative Egg Carton Crafts

Don't throw out your leftover egg cartons--transform them into creative decorations, games, and more.

Luau-Theme Birthday Party

Celebrate your child's next birthday by hosting a backyard luau party, complete with Hawaiian-inspired decor, food, games and more.

The 50 Best Movies for Kids

Check out some of the best kid-friendly films of all time.

4 Things You Should Know About Gender Stereotypes in Kids' Toys

The importance of gender-neutral toys for boys and girls goes beyond just being politically correct.

15 Fun STEM & STEAM Crafts for Kids

Forget those problem sets! Get your kids psyched about STEM and STEAM with interactive toys and crafts they can make at home. They'll be amazed to see science, technology, engineering, and math in action in a setting that feels nothing like school. Get templates and instructions at familyfunmag.com/printables.