Parent Hacks

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Pre-portion ice cream into paper muffin cups

in: Food & Mealtime, Organizing Time & Space

Atlanta Jill made quick work of the ice cream service at a recent birthday party: We had a birthday party, and I remembered my neighbor's ice cream hack.  She scoops it out into muffin cups the day before the party.  I even added some colored sprinkles since I wasn't in any hurry.  When the party […]

Vote for your favorite Parent Hacks of 2006!

in: Etc.

Parent Hacks is officially a year old. And along with the goopy cake and the uncomfortable hats, every good first birthday party includes a little reminiscing. “Remember her first smile?” “Remember when he started crawling?” “Remember when he peed on Grandma’s silk blouse while she was changing him?” Well, we’ve got plenty to look back […]

Used library books as party favors

in: Etc.

My family and I recently attended the birthday party of a good six year-old buddy. Great end-of-summer shindig: there was swimming, a picnic in the park, and super-delicious chocolate cake. At least 30 kids and their siblings ran around having a good time while the parents chatted and drank strawberry lemonade. As the party came […]

Helpful tips in Real Simple Family

in: Food & Mealtime, Health & Safety, Organizing Time & Space

Uber-hacker Sara passed this along: Real Simple Family (magazine) had a number of hacks that I thought my fellow parent hackers would like: 1) Box4blox.com — Lego storage that "sifts" legos by size (smaller legos fall through to subsequently lower layers). 2) For birthday parties, save yourself some time by scooping ice cream into muffin […]

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Asha Dornfest is the author of Parent Hacks and other books, and former co-host of the Edit Your Life podcast. More about Asha »

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