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.
Keiki Craft: Santa Countdown Calendar
Do you have a color printer, some lined-paper and some tape? Then you and your child can make a simple Christmas Countdown Calendar. It's also a good way for little ones to practice their cutting skills! Directions 1. We Googled “Santa Face”…
4 Fun Ways to Countdown to Christmas
As keiki eagerly anticipate Christmas, make counting down the days a fun event for whole family. Photo: Michele AucelloThe elves often arrive to help with our Christmas traditions. Hang an Ornament Each Day We have a little wooden advent calendar…
What's Reopening in Honolulu for Families
Updated May 15, 2021. You’ve planted the garden, baked bread from scratch, opened every old birthday art and science kit stacked up in the corner and downloaded innumerous apps. Let’s face it. We all need something new, or at…
Where and How Santa Claus is Coming to Town in Honolulu
The pandemic can’t stop the magic of the holidays including keiki’s cherished chats and memorable photos of angelic smiles (or terrified screams) with Kris Kringle. But, of course, everything is a little bit different this year, so expect to encounter…
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.
Make It: Thankful Tree and Turkey
When it comes to the holidays, my family hits the ground running. As soon as Halloween is over, we start thinking about Thanksgiving. The Thankful Tree is a good way to channel creative energy and reminds us all of the…
33 Christmas Gifts Ideas for Toddlers From Hawai'i Makers and Shops
Photo: Christine Labrador It’s the holi-yay(!) season and we’re especially excited. It seems all of us (not only the kids) have gotten a little nutcracker-y. Even Santa has faced challenges (finding a mask to fit his jolly face and beard…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-November 19, 2020
Photo: Jennifer Carlile DalgamouniA Helemano Farms employee cuts down a cypress tree using a small handsaw in seconds. Helemano Farms Opens It's a true sign of the season in Hawai'i when this family farm in Wahiawā opens for Christmas tree sales.…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-November 12, 2020
Photo: Karen DBThe train at Dole Plantation is ready to run again. Dole Plantation The train is running again and people are once again invited to the giant maze. Dole Plantation has been closed since March but is now open.…
Keiki in the Kitchen: 1 Sauce, 4 Dinners
Photos: Karen DB Photography When the school year starts, you have a lot on your plate. So, who has time to cook up something new for dinner every night? Here’s an idea: Make one pot of marinara sauce that can…
Recipe: “Pumpkin” Thankful Rolls
Every year, between Halloween and Thanksgiving, we write down what we are thankful for. We usually post our notes on a Thankful tree. This year we will try something different—we will hide our notes and try to guess who wrote…
Your Weekend: The Best Family Fun-November 5, 2020
Photo: Courtesy of Arbor Day Hawaiʻi Arbor Day Giveaway Start regreening your yard this weekend with a free tree or shrub. Families can select from: fruit trees including fig, mountain apple and apple banana; flowering ones including plumeria and pua…
Give Back: Create A Shoebox of Love
Photo: Samaritanspurse.orgChildren receiving shoeboxes. Editorʻs Note: This blog was updated for 2020. Operation Christmas Child is run by a humanitarian organization called Samaritan’s Purse. Participants fill a shoebox with gifts for a girl or a boy in another country, wrap it…
Make It: Fall Paper Pumpkin Patch
An autumn craft you can make in just minutes out of materials you may already have at home.