Planning to celebrate New Years Eve from your couch this year? Join the club! With the high cost of babysitters, and high probability of falling asleep before the ball drops anyway – it only makes sense to stay home and get cozy. But that doesn’t mean you have skip all the fun. These three New…
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3 Fun Ways to Use Up Leftover Candy Canes
The holiday season is full of candy canes. They hang on trees, get handed out at celebrations, and decorate windows, tables, and mantles. The only thing they don’t typically do is get eaten. *Eyeroll* If eating a candy cane straight out of the wrapper just isn’t your thing (and you know your toddler is going…
Read More5 Fun Thanksgiving Activities for Kids
If you’re the adult that always wishes they would get seated at the kids table – this is the blog for you! Five fun kid’s activities that will not only keep the little ones occupied – but will also make their table sparkle (and not in the “OMG there’s glitter everywhere!” way). Do you have…
Read More3 Spooky Snacks for a Homemade Halloween
It’s officially October which means it’s time hang the cobwebs (instead of clean them) and start shopping for the 16 different costumes your kid inevitably “has to have” (a new idea every other day). Unfortunately, we can’t help you with the costume indecision – but we do have 4 easy-to-make, spooky snacks that kids will…
Read More3 Fun Things to Do with Apples This Fall (besides eat them)
Apple picking season is in full swing – and while we love apple everything (pies, sauce, jam, cobbler, crisp…the list goes on), sometimes you just have more apples than you can eat. Save yourself the belly ache and try one or all of these fun apple projects with the kids 1. Candle Holders Apples are…
Read MoreOakhurst Celebrates 20th Year as Beach to Beacon Sponsor
Since 1997 Oakhurst has partnered with Beach to Beacon, an event we believe aligns perfectly with our commitment to environmental sustainability, healthy active kids, and community impact through giving. This year, in addition to handing out half-pints of free chocolate milk, we also enhanced our commitment to the organization, becoming the presenting sponsor of the…
Read More5 Tips To Get Back In The Swing Of School Lunches
With fall approaching fast, it’s time to start reviving the school-year rituals that – let’s face it – can get a little rusty over the summer. Whether your kids are athletes, musicians, dancers, brainiacs, or all of the above, one sure-fire way to power them through the day is ensure that they have plenty of…
Read MoreFive Things To Check Off Your Summer Bucket List Before Fall
With the chilly New England fall approaching, now is the time to relish the warm weather- and what better way to do that than to take your kids on an outdoor adventure that they’ll remember forever? Here are five family-friendly day trips sure to please the whole family. 1. Bradbury Mountain State Park Located just…
Read More5 DIY Father’s Day Gifts Dad Will Actually Want
Macaroni necklaces are cute and everything – but we all know what Dad really wants for Father’s Day is a new iPhone, or lawn tractor, or a shirt without spit-up stains. Problem is, all those things require a trip to the store and more than a few dollars – ain’t nobody with little kids got…
4 Ways to Sneak Protein to Picky Toddlers
Toddlers are crazy, to put it nicely. They cry when their socks fall off, the scream when you put them back on. They like peanuts but not peanut butter, bananas – but only in the peel. They are notoriously picky eaters and for parents it can feel like a full-time job just trying to make…