{"id":675,"date":"2009-08-14T14:42:03","date_gmt":"2009-08-14T22:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=675"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:35","slug":"fun-stuff-for-you-and-your-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/14\/fun-stuff-for-you-and-your-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Stuff for You and Your Kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/14\/fun-stuff-for-you-and-your-kid\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F08%2F14%2Ffun-stuff-for-you-and-your-kid%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>It can be difficult to find games for your kids that are both fun and educational&#8230; or figure out how to help them enjoy school more&#8230; or find crafts that you can make with a young child.<\/p>\n<p>And what about fundraising ideas that don&#8217;t involve standing out on a street corner trying to convince people to stop for a car wash &#8212; or making a bunch of baked goods that will be gone in a few days &#8212; but actually stand the test of time?<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;ve written a few articles recently for eHow that show you how to do all those things:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/way_5279418_arts-crafts-ideas-young-child.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arts &amp; Crafts Ideas for a Young Child<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/way_5266893_fun-stuff-school.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fun Stuff for School<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/way_5280208_fun-educational-games-kids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fun Educational Games for Kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/way_5280208_fun-educational-games-kids.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kids&#8217; Fundraising Ideas<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be difficult to find games for your kids that are both fun and educational&#8230; or figure out how to help them enjoy school more&#8230; or find crafts that you can make with a young child. 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