Hawai‘i Parent Hacks: 22 Cooking Tips and Tricks to Try at Home
Make your life easier with drip-free ice pops, no-mess bacon, perfect-peel eggs and more.
Author: Jennifer Carlile Dalgamouni
Free Fun in Honolulu: Visit These 12 Museums For Free with Your Family
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!
Hawai‘i Parent Hacks: 10 Tips and Tricks for the Beach and Outdoor Adventures
Quick fixes for sandy feet, broken slippers and a DIY campfire starter made from items you have at home.
We Tried It: Hanauma Bay State Park
Want to take your kids snorkeling? Here are our family's 11 tips for making the most of a day at this famous bay.
We Tried It: Pick Your Own Christmas Tree at Helemano Farms
Choose your own Christmas tree from more than 3,000 growing at this Oʻahu farm.
Remember When: How to Record Your Family’s History in Hawai‘i
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.
9 Tasty Experiences to Turn Your Picky Eater into an Adventurous One
Photos: Karen DB Photography (Note: This story was first published in HONOLULU Family magazine in 2017.) A sunny morning in the garden and my boys are planting kale, trimming basil and feeding pigs. They scrub up and roll balls of mashed…
Our Guide: Aloun Farms Pumpkin Festival 2019
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…
Inside Look: Hawai‘i State Farm Fair
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…
Free Fun: 15 Restaurants Where Kids Eat Free
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…
On-the-Go Education: 24 Fun Lessons That Fit into Your Hawai‘i Summer Plans
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 Tried It: Fishing Farms Hawai‘i in Wahiawā
Photos: Karen DB Photography Hawai‘i may be surrounded by the ocean and sea life. But, if you don’t have a fisherman in the family, it can be challenging to get the gear and find a good place to cast a…
Decoding Robotics: Everything You Need to Know About Hawai‘i STEM Programs
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…
Your Ultimate Guide to the 2020 ʻIolani Fair
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.
Money Matters: Boost Your Keiki’s Financial Abilities With a Bank Account
Photo: ThinkStock Where do your keiki keep their money? Our house has accumulated two traditional piggy banks and several others in shapes including a London bus, dinosaur, space station and two kid-painted airstream caravans. I’m realizing it’s about time to…
We Tried It: Keiki Swap Meet
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…
We Tried It: Keiki Swap Meet
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…
Inside Look: Honolulu City Lights 2018
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…
6 Ways to Research Your Family History in Hawai‘i
The Nānākuli Public Library was built with an audio booth for families to record stories. This list of resources was part of our feature, "Remember When: How to Record Your Family’s History in Hawai‘i," which includes tips for how to…
We Tried It: T-Rex Planet/Jurassic Tour
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.…
30 Tips for Flying with Children
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?…
We Tried It: Poi Packs
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…
15 Ways to Protect Your Family from Rat Lungworm Disease in Hawai‘i
Photo: Thinkstock On May 18, the state Department of Health confirmed a toddler on O‘ahu contracted the first case of rat lungworm this year. The child from Central O‘ahu was hospitalized earlier this month. It is the fourth confirmed case in Hawai‘i…
These New Poi Packs Make It Easier to Fuel Up on Poi
A local athlete and mom creates a poi package for on-the-go eating.
