Hip Homeschool Moms. A Vibrant Community for Homeschooling Families.
Spring is here! In honor of this season when new life is in full force, we want to bring you a special series: “Barnyard Treats and Reads.” Each week, we’ll share a creative way that you can transform Nutter Butter cookies (the treats) into one of our favorite barnyard animals! We will also give you suggestions…
If you’re looking for a fun way to surprise your husband, kids, or friends this Valentine’s Day, these Strawberry Buttercream Surprise Cupcakes are easy and so cute! Or if you want to get the kids involved and let them help you make them, you can do that too! And really, you could easily adapt this…
We’ve collected some of Santa’s favorite cookie recipes to share with you! If you want to make some beautiful fancy cookies for Santa (or for a get-together, or even for your own family), you’ll find them here! If you don’t have much time, and you need some simple cookies that are easy and quick to…
If you’ve got a little time to make a sweet treat, but you need something that’s fairly quick and that will please your kids, this is a great recipe! Because these are bars, they’re faster to make than cookies. You just put one pan in the oven, bake it, and cut them into bars. And…
These Festive Pretzel Turtles are delicious and easy to make! They’re a little different than a regular cookie recipe, and they’re easy enough that even your little ones can help make them. Festive Pretzel Turtles If you want your own printable recipe, scroll to the bottom of this article for your printable recipe with ingredients…
If you’re looking for a really easy cookie recipe that doesn’t require flour, this is it! You probably already have these ingredients on hand too! And for those who are gluten free (like me), this recipe is perfect because it doesn’t require any special gluten free flour or other special ingredients. Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies…
These shortbread wreath cookies are super quick and easy to make! And you can make them two ways–or choose the one you like the best and make only one kind. It’s up to you! But no matter which version you choose, they’re both made with store-bought shortbread cookies and store-bought icing, so you just “dress…
These Quick and Easy White Chocolate Covered Oreos really are quick and easy! But it’s also easy to make them look pretty if you want your cookies to look impressive without taking a lot of time to prepare. And you just need a few ingredients that you can pick up at your local grocery store…
If you want to make some special Christmas cookies for your family or a Christmas party, these are beautiful! They take a little more time and effort than the other cookie recipes we’ve shared, but the results are worth it! And if you have older children, they might like to help you–or even try making…
Whether or not you homeschool in December, the learning can continue! In fact, December is a great time to incorporate some real-life learning into your homeschool, so your kiddos won’t even realize they’re still learning. This year, my 16-year-old daughter and I decided (for the first time) to make from-scratch gingerbread cookies and decorate them…
When you think of art, you usually don’t think edible, right? Well, I’m going to challenge that thought with this fun and yummy sugar cookie painting activity. And with Thanksgiving coming up, this might be the perfect activity for the children in the household! Who would have ever imagined that sugar cookie dough would be…
So you’re making important plans for National Get Organized Week, right? At this moment you are eagerly anticipating the arrival of October 4-10 so you can spend every waking moment of that joyous week reorganizing jumbled closets and straightening those messy homeschooling materials. Oh, what a blissful week it is sure to be! Okay,…
