Editor's Note: This was first published in 2014. When our team decided to come up with a list of great books for the summer, we decided why should the adults have all the fun? So we asked the editors of…
By Helen McNeil, Christi Young and Stacey MakiyaPhotography by Karen DB Photography We're not talking second best and we definitely won't settle for just okay. With this in mind, we tapped into our trusted sources (YOU, our readers) for suggestions…
Best Kids Boutique EDITORS' PICK » Petit at the Royal Photo: Karen DB Photography Nestled off to the side at the Royal Hawaiian is a swank storefront showing off contemporary, hard-to-find fashion labels. It's not for women, it's for…
Best Food Truck (or cart, in this case) the Whole Family Will Love EDITORS' PICK» Happy DayOrdering alone is entertaining at dim-sum restaurants. Wide-eyed kids watch as cart workers lift the lids off steaming baskets to reveal delicious dumplings, char…
Best Little-Known Attraction READERS' PICK » Art Explorium For $5, you can let your kids' imaginations go wild and create freely during “open-studio” hours. Sign up for keiki art workshops or host a cute and creative birthday party.…
Best Summer Activity You Can Sign the Kids Up for One Week at a Time EDITORS' PICK » Hawaii Kai Boat Club: Youth Sailing Program Set sail on a thrilling, unique water-sport experience. If you're looking to fill a…
Best Group for Stay-at-Home Parents to Check Out EDITORS' PICK » Field Trip Friends Are you a stay-at-home parent who would like to jazz up your routine? Explore the outdoors with other stay-at-home parents. This clever parent-child education…
Best Party Entertainment Sure to Make a Fun Mess EDITORS' PICK » Hawaii Nature Center Photo: Kristin Lipman Go play outside and celebrate your child's birthday fishing, hiking and building terrariums, looking for bugs or customizing nature notebooks (the…
Three yummy, portable foods that you and your kids will have fun packing including salad and dessert in a jar and a kid-friendly sushi.
A dad’s eye-opening comparison of his own carefree summers and his son’s busy summers today.
AGES 8 to 12 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything), by National Geographic Kids Reviewed by Honolulu Family reader Jill Hamasaki and her 8-year-old son Noah, of Salt Lake. If you have an 8-year-old son like I do, you know how…
Photo: Karen DB Photography Change is good. It seems like yesterday that PacificBasin Communications acquired one of the Islands’ most popular parenting titles and launched the new Island Family Magazine, but that was more than five years ago. In 2012, we…
Book Recommendations for Your Keiki—from Preschool Through Eighth Grade, Plus a Little Something for Mom and Dad. These books and many others for all ages are available at your public library or you can place a request for titles. You…
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Create festive, individual piñatas that can be used as decorations, or colorful treat holders for partygoers big and small. Materials: Colorful tissue paper Curling ribbon Toilet paper tubes White glue Glue gun Tape Scissors Trinkets to…
