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Make your life easier with drip-free ice pops, no-mess bacon, perfect-peel eggs and more.
Honolulu has a museum for everything from art and natural history to police, fire and fighter jets. Here we’ve listed when your family can visit each for free, so mark your calendars!
Quick fixes for sandy feet, broken slippers and a DIY campfire starter made from items you have at home.
Want to take your kids snorkeling? Here are our family's 11 tips for making the most of a day at this famous bay.
Choose your own Christmas tree from more than 3,000 growing at this Oʻahu farm.
Recording family history can be a fun and fascinating project for keiki and kūpuna. Here are tips for how to start, what to ask and how to turn storytime into history time.
Stuck in a Spam musubi, saimin, chicken nugget rut? Here’s some food for thought.
Photo: Courtesy of Aloun Farms Editor's Note: This story was updated October 2019. Aloun Farms hosts the biggest Pumpkin Festival on the island. When we say big, we mean BIG. After all, the Kapolei farm produces up to 36,000 pumpkins…
Photo: Hawai‘i Farm BureauEnter the "Keiki Farm Hands" tent and you'll find dozens of chicks in an incubator and get to milk a life-size cow replica. Editor's Note: This blog was updated on July 8, 2019. Would you like to…
Photo: Karen DB PhotographyTempura and udon at Gyotaku. If your keiki are eating a hole in your wallet, you'll appreciate these 15 restaurants that offer free kids meals with the purchase of an adult meal. For more free fun, check out our…
Photos: Karen DB Photography When summer rolls around, we often have great intentions of keeping our keiki’s brains active with elaborate enrichment projects. But just because they’re not in school doesn’t mean you’re not busy. Here is a cheat sheet…
We rented rods, caught our lunch and had it cooked it up for us at a Wahiawā farm.
Photo: Courtesy of Play-Well TEKnologiesPlay-Well TEKnologies Visit Mānoa Elementary School any weekday afternoon and you’ll find a couple of dozen students coding and driving robots on large tables in the library. “We’re making a 5-to-1 torque lift,” says 10-year-old Jackie…
This year’s fair takes place Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18. Here’s your guide to where to park, which gourmet foods and new flavors of malassadas to try, and everything else the event has to offer.
See what each of Hawai‘i's six biggest banks have to offer.
Photo: Jennifer Carlile DalgamouniFamilies sell their gently used kids' items at the Keiki Swap Meet with the Hawai‘i Children's Discovery Center in the background. Editor’s note: The swap meet has been canceled in 2020 because of new City and County…
Photo: Jennifer Carlile DalgamouniFamilies sell their gently used kids' items at the Keiki Swap Meet with the Hawai‘i Children's Discovery Center in the background. Editor’s note: The swap meet has been canceled in 2020 because of new City and County…
Photo: Ron Slauson, courtesy of Friends of Honolulu City Lights The holiday season wouldn’t be complete without a family trip to see the Honolulu City Lights, Shaka Santa, Mrs. Claus and the Christmas trees at Honolulu Hale. We asked the…
If your keiki enjoy interviewing their grandparents, they may want to learn more about their family history. Here are some useful resources.
Photos: Jennifer Carlile Dalgamouni Sept. 2018 Editor's Note: The animatronic dinosaur exhibit currently in Hawai‘i is called Jurassic Tour. However, the website reflects the same photos, descriptions and the contact information for the company is the same as T-Rex Planet.…
Photo: Jennifer Carlile DalgamouniTraveling with young children is never easy, but there are ways to make it a lot more bearable. Are you flying to the Mainland, Asia or beyond but worry about entertaining your keiki on the long plane ride?…
Photo: Jennifer Carlile Dalgamouni As parents, we’re always looking for tasty, nutritious snacks for our children. They also need to be easy to carry, mess free and resealable. Given these requirements, I’ve never heard a mom or dad suggest sticky…
How to keep your ‘ohana safe without giving up local fruits, veggies or outdoor play.