NJ Free and Inexpensive Places Comments

Thank you everyone for all the wonderful comments.  Comment section is now closed.  I started getting doubles and triples of many recommendations.  If you have a place that’s not on the comments below, feel free to use the Contact Us form!  My apologies for any inconveniences. Coleen M. :    Cape May Zoo is a wonderful […]

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Free Or Inexpensive Places For Family Fun In And Around New Jersey

Every year I love having a bucket list: a list of places I want to visit with the kids before the year ends. Now, I am going to help you with your bucket list. Here is our list of free or inexpensive places for family fun in and around New Jersey. There are some truly […]

Watercolor Buildings Painting Tutorial

This painting might look daunting at first, but if you follow the step by step instructions it is truly easy to do.  The most important thing is not to get discouraged when you are half way done, but to carry it through to the end. You will be surprised as to how much you like the […]

Recycled T-shirt Dress Tutorial

***This page contains affiliate links.*** Well, technically it is not a dress.  It is a top and skirt.  This is a pretty easy sewing project using recycled t-shirts.  However you do need a sewing machine and some basic know how.  I made this outfit with a 9 year old girl, and she did most of […]

How To Paint A Forest In The Summertime

This instructions to how to paint a summer forest simple to do. The most important thing to remember is: THERE IS NO WRONG WAY TO DO IT! Don’t make it exactly as it is here, make it your art.  Put your own trees, and leaves and grass, and hills.  These are just general guidelines.  Have […]

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Our Visit To Watchung Reservation

Mountainside, NJ At least every month for the last 15 years! Trailside Nature Center and Watchung Reservation is a wonderful place to visit with your family! However it has seen some changes in the past few years. The old dam has been rebuild into a brand new dam. Lake Surprise does go up and down in water […]

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Our Visit To Ponderosa Spray Ground

Scotch Plains, NJ Summer 2015 UPDATE: While we have enjoyed this park in the past few years, my kids got to be too old to play there! We haven’t gone in quite some time.  However, it’s my home town, and I often hear people complaining that it’s too hot and too messy there throughout the […]

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Our Visit To Environmental Education Center

We love the Nature Center in the Watchung Reservation.  When a friend invited us to go for a hike by the Environmental Education Center in Lord Stirling NJ, I jumped right on.

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Our Visit To Longwood Gardens

Kenneth Square, PA Spring 2018 Longwood Gardens in PA has got to be one of the most beautiful places in the world. I wish I lived closer. I would be there all the time! Most recently we have stopped there on the way to Washington, D.C. It was as beautiful as always with some areas […]

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New Jersey Botanical Garden

Ringwood, NJ We go there a few times a year! New Jersey Botanical Garden is located in Ringwood, NJ. It is beautiful, quiet and never crowded place. We love it there. They have many plants, so no matter what season you choose to go there there is something to see. For me, my favorite time […]