Healthy and Fun Lunchbox Ideas

How to make your child's lunchbox healthy and fun

Making Back-to-School Lunches and Snacks Fun – and Healthy

As another school year begins, for many parents that presents the challenge of trying to figure out what to pack in their children’s lunch boxes. Even boxes filled with loving care can contain cookies or chips or other easy, unhealthy options.

A fun, healthy lunch or after-school snack – including a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and proteins – doesn’t have to be time-consuming, stressful or more costly to put together.

Southwest Inspired Turkey Croquettes

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Leftover Turkey Recipes: Turkey Croquettes

These turkey croquettes are a delicious way to reboot leftover Thanksgiving turkey. I served them with an Avocado dipping sauce (homemade guacamole) and sauteed Asparagus. They make a great meal or snack and will keep well in the refrigerator for a few days– if they last long enough that is!

Guide to 75+ Local Spray Grounds and Splash Parks

More than 40 Splash Parks, Splash Pads & Spray Grounds in DFW

Spray park, Splash park, Spray ground…

Whatever term you use it is a place for children to have fun and beat the Texas heat! A spray ground is a zero-depth play area where water sprays from mounted structures or from the ground. What better way to beat the heat than to enjoy some time at a splash park near you? Check out this list of more than 75 Splash grounds, Splash Pads, Spray Grounds and family aquatic centers in the Dallas – Ft. Worth area. And, remember, though we try to keep this list as current as possible, it’s best to check the website or call ahead to make sure the location is open and working as usual!

*updated for 2022*

Car Bingo: Perfect for Road Trips

For a long car trip out of the city – make multiple sheets of the car bingo for everyone in the car (even the driver can play, just have someone else mark off their items for them!) Make sure you make enough copies so you can play a new game on the way home! The object is to see/find as many items on the sheet before you get to your destination. When you see an item, call it out and mark it off on your sheet. The first person to spot the item and yell it out gets to mark it off their sheet (good to have a witness for this part!)