Have you always wanted to start a free garden from seeds but didn’t know how to do it? I can help! Building on my post from last year – a garden will make your backyard an even wicked-er cool oasis! Spring is one of the most fun seasons. Every year I look forward to plantingContinue reading “The Easy Way to Start a Free Garden From Seeds!”
Category Archives: Rainy Day Activities
Fun 90’s Movies To Watch With Your Family Today!
As a sister post to my “Fun 80’s Movies to Watch with Your Family Today” post, I present the continuation, cleverly called – Fun 90’s Movies to Watch with Your Family Today! The 90’s was a decade that brought us Clueless, and a time when I started going to the movies alone with my friends.Continue reading “Fun 90’s Movies To Watch With Your Family Today!”
The Mint Chip Mama’s 2018 Holiday Gift Guide!
2018 Holiday Gift Guide! It’s that time of year again! Time for the 2018 Holiday Gift Guide! Let the fun begin to scramble and get it together for the holidays, before all the cool toys sell out. I’m sorry – I mean – it’s the most magical time of the year! Right? Here at TheContinue reading “The Mint Chip Mama’s 2018 Holiday Gift Guide!”
Exploring the Liberty Science Center!
Liberty Science Center The Best Science Playground In New Jersey I loved science centers as a kid and still do. I’m lucky now that my children comply and join me so I don’t have to go alone (ha!). I challenge anyone to get the same thrill from modern technology as you do from blowing aContinue reading “Exploring the Liberty Science Center!”
Floatopia Float Spa & Salt Cave – An Amazing Sensory Deprivation Experience!
@floatopianewyork #floatopianewyork I’ve jumped out of a plane and done yoga with a goat. Naturally my next “trending” experience should be at a Float Spa & Salt Cave – floating in a salt tank. Enter Floatopia – a newly opened Float Spa & Salt Cave located in Dix Hills, NY. I didn’t understand – itContinue reading “Floatopia Float Spa & Salt Cave – An Amazing Sensory Deprivation Experience!”
Create A Super Easy DIY Kid’s Superhero Name Sign
Make a Superhero Name Sign Today! When we decided to bunk our two older kids together in one room I was excited to create a brother/sister superhero lair. We’re very lucky our daughter is into superheroes so the theme was an easy sell. I looked for cool name signs for my son but couldn’t quiteContinue reading “Create A Super Easy DIY Kid’s Superhero Name Sign”
ChipBits for the New Year Welcome to 2018
I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions. No one needs more pressure. However, I do believe a new year brings renewal, revival and the opportunity to change and improve. ChipBits – if you will for a new year. With that said, at the end of January, I present: The Mint Chip Mama’s 2018 ChipBits (sorry) forContinue reading “ChipBits for the New Year Welcome to 2018”
The Harsco Science Center at The Whitaker Center – a Top Family Destination in PA!
@whitakercenter #whitakercenter Facebook I was a kid completely obsessed with science centers. They were my favorite place to go. On a class trip, with my parents, any way I could get to a hands-on science center simply made my day. The familiar excitement and butterflies recently entered my stomach when I found out The Harsco ScienceContinue reading “The Harsco Science Center at The Whitaker Center – a Top Family Destination in PA!”
The Crayola Experience In Easton, PA. What A Great Family Day!
@VisitCrayola #VisitCrayola #magicofcolor Who doesn’t love arts & crafts? In my family – from the age of eight months to thirty eight years, we all love creating. Upon booking our first family ski trip to the Poconos, we knew immediately the best place to stop enroute would be the Crayola Experience, in Easton, PA! WeContinue reading “The Crayola Experience In Easton, PA. What A Great Family Day!”
Earth Day – The Mint Chip Mama Way! Hey, Hey!
Happy Earth Day! #EarthDay #GlobalCitizen “The Blue Marble” photograph of Earth, taken during the Apollo 17 lunar mission in 1972. For as long as I can remember I have been a water conserving, “you’re going to take that home, right?”, put it in the recycle bin kind of girl. I credit most of this to my hippie mother. SinceContinue reading “Earth Day – The Mint Chip Mama Way! Hey, Hey!”