Just heard this yesterday and intend to try it out: you can prolong the life of your Jack O'Lantern if you sprinkle ground cinnamon inside the cut pumpkin (including the cut top). Apparently, the...

To cry it out or not? It's every new parent's big question: How do we get the kid to sleep? There are many answers, including what's often known as "ferberizing" or letting the kid cry it out....

Kirsten's ingenuity is fantastic: I live in a place without a bathtub, so I've had to hack one for my toddler. I used a plastic storage bin until it became too small. Then, I picked up an...

The perfect girlie-girl hack -- from Tracy: We've used the following recipe to make homemade lip gloss. This is a great birthday party idea. Vegetable shortening honey unsweetened drink mix...

With swine flu news swirling all around us, it seems a good time to remind you about the many keep-them-healthy hacks in the Health archives. These tips should help smooth the bumpy (snotty!...

Janell's got the right idea when it comes to keeping bibs close at hand: We have so many bibs and no storage space for them. We noticed there was a bar on the back of our high chair that could hold all our bibs! They are out of site and exactly where...

For the dress-uppers in your life, from Tracy: We had a bunch of neighbor kids over and ran out of dress-up dresses and skirts... so we took one of our play sweater ponchos and just used it as a skirt. This particular poncho has a tie around the...

Tracy's face-and-table cleaning hack is as fun as it is practical: Back when my kids were babies, we'd keep a box of baby wipes on the kitchen table to use for post-mealtime cleanup. Once the kids got older, the wipes dried up because they just...

Christmas Books from Kids Craft Weekly Amber will never let you down with her simple, elegant crafts. $10 for two downloadable, printable mini-books (one on cards, the other on crafts): weeks of fun. ...

If you're like me, your gold coffee filter is sitting, forgotten, at the back of the kitchen cupboard. Brooke put hers to use simplifying oatmeal baths: I've found that the very best thing for my toddler's occasional diaper rash is a warm water soak...