Anne Feenstra
Anne Feenstra has been married for 20-plus years and has home-schooled all four of her children. She has led several Bible study programs in her church and enjoys Creative Memories scrapbooking, cooking, entertaining and using their home for hospitality. She enjoys writing articles on creative grandparenting.
12 Fun Things to Do in the Snow
Let it snow! Bundle up and head outside to play with the children in your life. Ice cube scavenger hunt Using food coloring, freeze ice cubes of one color or of several different colors. Hide cubes in the snow in a designated area and let the children try to find them. Footprint tag Play tag, [...] Read More >
Castle Fun with a Cardboard Box
Large cardboard boxes can be a great source of inspiration and a real chance for children to express their God-given imagination. Turning a plain cardboard box into a castle like those in medieval times seems to appeal to both boys and girls. With some appropriate dress-up clothes relevant to the era, this creative and inexpensive [...] Read More >
Celebrating Easter with Your Family
Easter is a wonderful opportunity to teach children and grandchildren about the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. As you plan for your celebration, here are some practical ways that you can emphazise what the true meaning of this special season: 1. Read Bible stories - Read the Easter story with your children/grandchildren in a story [...] Read More >
Cousins’ Camp – A Time of Bonding
If your grandchildren live some distance from you and, or, perhaps don’t know each other very well as cousins, try organizing a Cousins’ Camp. Plan and prepare ahead Determine camp length – one week or less? Send invitations to the grandchildren. Look into area attractions and ticket prices. Collect and prepare craft items, if necessary. Stock the freezer [...] Read More >
Creating Autumn Memories with Your Grandchild
Here are a few creative ideas you can use to create autumn memories with your grandchild: Drama Be falling leaves. “Oops! We’re falling, floating, down, down, down. Here comes the wind to blow us farther and faster. Now let’s be leaves blown along the ground….” Places to go hazelnut farm apple farm (pick apples) salmon spawning ground pumpkin [...] Read More >
Creating Special Days With Your Grandchild
Color day When our children were kindergarten-age, we would have some “Color Days” they loved it. choose a color, like red wear red clothes make red party hats out of construction paper make and eat red foods look through magazines for red birds, red flowers, red vegetables make a craft using red felts or paints [...] Read More >
Easter Story Cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup whole pecans 1 teaspoon vinegar 3 egg whites (room temp.) Pinch of salt 1 cup white sugar Utensils: Bible Mixing bowl Wooden spoon Zipper baggie Electric-beater/mixer Masking tape Directions: PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 300° F. (This is important – do not wait until you are half-done with the recipe to turn on [...] Read More >
Easter Story Cookies
Ingredients: 1 cup whole pecans 1 teaspoon vinegar 3 egg whites (room temp.) Pinch of salt 1 cup white sugar Utensils: Bible Mixing bowl Wooden spoon Zipper baggie Electric-beater/mixer Masking tape Directions: PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 300° F. (This is important – do not wait until you are half-done with the recipe to turn on [...] Read More >
Halloween Alternatives
Many people these days choose to opt out of the traditional Halloween trick-or-treating for various reasons. Whatever the concerns one may have regarding this event, there are alternatives in creatively making this day special. As Christians, it is certainly a time when one can “overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:21). Consider some of the following [...] Read More >
Long Distance Grandparenting
Years ago, correspondence by mail was the primary way grandparents kept in touch with grandchildren who lived far away. This was followed by a time where the telephone became more commonly used. Today, however, children (and some grandparents) are much more comfortable communicating by e-mail, fax and even videophone (an invention we only dreamed about!). The result [...] Read More >