Indoor Activities

If our 4 Homemade Mother's Day Gifts ideas have given your kids the crafting bug, or if you have your own ideas for making Mother's Day gifts with kids, read on for five great places to get the arts and crafts supplies you need to make something special.

For most moms, there just isn’t a store-bought gift that can hold a candle to a thoughtful gift handmade by their little ones. Read on for four craft project ideas to make at home that Mom or Grandma will be proud to display. 

Whether it’s extreme heat, freezing cold or rain that sends your family running for cover, there’s no need to sit around at home. There are some great places in the Metrowest area for you and the kids to avoid the elements, create something wonderful, and maybe even make some new friends.

Farmers’ Markets present great opportunities for supporting local farmers, buying fresh produce and other foods you can feel good about giving to your kids, cultivating a sense of community, finding unique gifts, enjoying live music, and learning something new. Just because it’s winter, that doesn’t mean your family should be deprived of the farmers’ market experience!

There are several winter farmers’ markets in the Boston area; read on for some of the highlights.

Adventure abounds in Boston museums and cultural institutions this fall. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite entertaining (and educational) exhibits that will have families reliving Shark Week, ditching the plastic bags, learning about life in the 1960s, wondering which of their peers will be the next Jackson Pollock, and even stumbling around in the dark.