Back to School 2011
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- 25 Tips for a Better School Year
- Here's our family-tested list of 25 totally doable ideas for getting the new school year off to a smart start.
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- Backpack Shirt
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- Take the shirt off your back, and turn it into a bag you can wear — on your back!
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- Banana-Chocolate Chip Muffins
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- These scrumptious make-ahead muffins are a terrific idea for a quick breakfast.
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- Egg Heads
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- These edible collages make for a quick, nutritious snack-tivity to fill an afternoon -- and an empty stomach.
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- Just for Kicks
- Celebrate your little soccer player — or the entire team — with this simple and sporty tailgate gathering.
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- Not Your Ordinary Boxed Lunch
- Add some hip-yet-practical fun to school lunches with bento boxes and rice molds.
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- Spaghetti (Squash) and Meatballs
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- This quick and easy dinner is a cinch to prepare and packed with flavor, especially when you use make-ahead meatballs.
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- Sugar Cookie Puzzles
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- Assemble this edible jigsaw puzzle for a fun after-school snack or whenever you want to sweeten the occasion.
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- The Apple of Our Eye
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- Celebrate the start of a new school year with these faux-apple cupcakes.
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- The Best Homemade Meatballs
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- Mmeatballs are a great base for quick and easy dinners on busy evenings, and a three-meat combo gives these morsels great flavor and texture. ... Read More
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- The Book Sling
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- No sewing needed to create this clever holder for favorite bedtime reads.
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- The Homework Game
- Here's one mom's clever idea for turning studying for tests into child's play.
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- Toppling Towers
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- This build-em-up, knock-em-down game will get kids moving fast as they throw soft balls to knock down their opponents' towers. ... Read More
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- Very Veggie Dip
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- Switch your child's usual sandwich for this delicious lunch dip.















