Rainbow Scavenger Hunt to Teach Toddlers Their Colors

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February 14, 2021 by Kecia Hambrick Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Kids, Parenting, Pinterest, Printable, Social Media Leave a Comment

This rainbow scavenger hunt will help you toddlers learn to identify colors and keep them entertained! Download many free scavenger hunt ideas for kids, preschoolers, and more.

Recognizing colors is an important skill that kids can learn as early as 2 or 3 years old. It’s typically one of the first things parents teach their children, along with shapes and letters. Colors will be taught in preschool and kindergarten, but you can start exposing your child to the names of colors long before they head off to class.

One of the easiest ways to help your children identify colors and know color names is by pointing them out in their environment. When you go to the park, mention how green the grass is, or how white the puffy clouds are in the sky. Point out a blue or red car. If you take your child grocery shopping, they can find a number of different colors just within the produce aisle.

Learning opportunities are really all around us every single day!

Rainbow Scavenger Hunt – Teaching Toddlers Their Colors

A great indoor scavenger hunt that we have put together involves finding the colors of the rainbow inside your home. This is the perfect activity for a rainy day when it’s too miserable to play outside. You will still want to entertain your toddler, and with this free printable scavenger hunt, they learn while having fun!

Print the scavenger hunt when you are ready to play with your toddler. You can leave it as a full sheet or cut it up into cards to make them smaller for your little one’s hands. Read and follow the directions on each card to have your child roaming around the house looking for colors!

The following instructions are on this free rainbow scavenger hunt:

Find something in your bedroom that is red
Something in the toy box that is orange
Find something in the kitchen that is yellow
Something outside that is green
Find something in your closet that is blue
Something on a shelf that is purple
Find something in a drawer that is pink
Something on the floor that is brown
Find something in the living room that is black
Something in the bathroom that is white

Making this Scavenger Hunt Printable More Fun

Each time you play this game with your toddler, encourage them to find new things that are the color you are looking for. You can also mix it up, such as finding something in the toy box that is blue and something in the closet that’s orange. This keeps the game fresh so they are always learning new places to find their colors.

The more exposure you give them to color names, the faster they will catch on!

It won’t be long before your little one will be able to tell you the colors of things: balls, cars, food, etc. And if you ever want to give rewards, try giving them an M&M of the right color once they find it in the game!

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STEM Challenges for Kids

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February 6, 2021 by Kecia Hambrick Filed Under: DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Kids, Parenting, Pinterest, Printable, Social Media 1 Comment

These STEM Challenges for kids help promote one (or more) of the following subjects: science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. In other words, they are very educationally beneficial while also being a ton of fun!

Making learning fun is always a goal for parents. You want your kids to be entertained, but nothing’s wrong when there’s a little education going on at the same time. It helps make the most of playtime. There are many STEM toys out there that are great at helping foster skills and learning concepts while also being fun for kids.

Speaking of STEM, however, your kids can have fun without buying special toys. There are many building materials you can use that are found in your own home! Things like:

LEGOs (okay, this is a special toy, but most already have these painful blocks at home!)
Q-Tips
Aluminum foil
Toothpicks
Paper plates
Straws
String
Empty toilet paper rolls
Plastic wrap
Pencils

It’s amazing what you can build with when you get a little creative!

STEM Challenges for Kids

We have put together a fun printable STEM Challenges pack for kids. We hope your kids enjoy building these different items using household materials. There’s also a fun STEM scavenger hunt included!

Once you print these fun STEM worksheets, you will see a number of fun activities. Clip the cards for more handheld fun or leave the paper as is. We recommend you print on cardstock paper so the challenge cards or sheets stand up to long-term use.

You’ll see the supplies list within the STEM Challenge cards. Your kids can refer to this each time they go to make something new.

Examples of building STEM Challenges for Kids that are included:

Catapult
Robot
Tall Tower
Marble Maze
Straw Rocket
Hexagon

You can always add to the challenges by coming up with more things for your kids to build and create!

STEM Scavenger Hunt

Give your kids a break at building by taking them on a scavenger hunt! This printable offers a list of STEM-related items that your kids can find at home or when out. Print the hunt again and again each time you go somewhere new!

When doing the scavenger hunt, your kids will have to find things like something…

With wheels
That needs a battery
That cools items
Reflective
Symmetrical
Asymmetrical
That can dissolve in water

All of the items in the scavenger hunt uses one of the fields of STEM, so they will be learning why they are searching.

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Disney World Bucket List

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December 19, 2020 by Kecia Hambrick Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Kids, Pinterest, Printable, Social Media, Travel Leave a Comment

Print this Disney World Bucket List out now, as you begin thinking about visiting The Most Magical Place on Earth! Trust me, you’ll want to make sure you do everything on this ultimate list of Disney experiences – so include it in your planning!

Disney World is probably at the top of most families’ “Must Visit” list, especially if they have small children. It’s one of the most visited vacation spots in the world each year, and it’s obvious why. Where else can you find so many characters from your childhood, so many delicious foods and treats, and so many fun rides and shows all in one place?!

There is so much to do in Disney World, you can spend an entire week there and still not see and do everything. That’s why we’ve created a list of the things you don’t want to miss on your visit. This “Bucket List” will make your vacation fun too, I’m sure, since it’s like a scavenger hunt to mark off everything on the list!

Disney World Bucket List Printable for Families

Isn’t it cute?! Just reading over the list makes me want to book a trip to Orlando right away!

I mention this bucket list is for families, but ANYONE can print it and check off the boxes.

Couples. Friends. Solo travelers. Basically, anyone planning a Disney World vacation can benefit from this list.

And it’s better to print this bucket list for Disney World as you begin planning your trip, rather than waiting until you leave. That way, you can be strategic about the 20 items on the list to ensure you get them done while on vacation.

What’s Included in this Bucket List?

Here’s the 20 items you’ll be doing as you complete this bucket list:

Meet Mickey Mouse – because who wouldn’t do this before they left his home?
Take a picture in front of Cinderella’s Castle
Take a silly “on the ride” photo – there are plenty of fun rides for this!
Buy pins for a lanyard
Find 20 Hidden Mickey shapes – No one knows the exact number there are, but it’s been reported there are 1,000 Hidden Mickeys in WDW!
Dine at Be Our Guest and try the “grey stuff”
Eat a Dole Whip from Aloha Isle – Trust me, you’ll want to try one!
Watch a Parade
Buy a Christmas ornament from Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe
Pick up the old fashioned phone in The Chapeau Hat Shop
Get embroidered Mickey ears
Get 10 autographs from characters – Don’t forget a souvenir autograph book!
Spin really fast on the Mad Hatter Tea Cups
Give Ariel a dinglehopper
Ride the carousel
Take a photo with Mickey-shaped balloons – And maybe buy a few??
Watch the Dapper Dans
Get Pixie Dusted at Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique
Watch the fireworks
See the kiss goodnight at Cinderella’s Castle

Disney Bucket Checklist Set

Disney Family Bucket List Printable

We are offering this bucket list in two different colors, one for girls and one for boys. Print one or both, your choice. The red and yellow option is a bit gender-neutral, but we wanted to make one fit for Disney princess too!

Download our Disney Bucket List printable set. This set includes two styles (a yellow and red pattern and a pink and purple pattern.)

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Winter Bucket List for Families

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December 12, 2020 by Kecia Hambrick Filed Under: Christmas, Facebook, Instagram, Kids, Parenting, Pinterest, Printable, Social Media Leave a Comment

Ready to make a gingerbread house, drink hot cocoa, and go look at Christmas lights? Save this Winter Bucket List for Families printable PDF. Use this bucket list template to check off a list of Winter Family Traditions to Start Now!

Winter Bucket List for Families

The winter season is a great time to make many memories together as a family. Celebrating Christmas is obviously a huge part of the season, but there are other things to do as well.

Many winter activities for families are done indoors, but you don’t have to sit at home bored all the time! If you live in a snowy area of the US, you’ll definitely find lots of ways to have fun for your winter family checklist. You can build your own Frosty, make snow angels or have a snowball fight!

Even if you don’t get a lot of snow where you live, you can still enjoy this winter family bucket list. You just may need some more creative ideas!

Winter Family Bucket List Checklist

Winter Bucket List Ideas

Some of the activities on this list include:

Make a gingerbread house
Have a snowball fight
Make a pot of chili – (like our easiest chili ever!)
Drink hot cocoa with marshmallows
Go ice skating or sledding
String popcorn
Build a snowman (or maybe these snowman cupcakes?)
Have a snowball fight
Make paper snowflakes
Decorate the porch
Make snow angels
Create a time capsule (see our back to school time capsule)
Make fondue
Make Christmas tree ornaments
Do Random Acts of Kindness
Go look at Christmas lights
Take a family photo
Make a DIY snow globe
Sit by a warm fire
Make s’mores
Collect pine cones
Go to a hockey game
Do a winter scavenger hunt (maybe a fun Elf on the Shelf one)
Play board games

There’s even a blank template for your winter bucket list. Use it to create your family’s own checklist for fun this season. Pull items you like from the list we created, adapt what you need to, and add new ideas to make it personal.

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Encouraging Loving Words for Kids

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Parenting doesn’t come with a manual but this loving words for kids printable will help as a parent aide. Learn about your child’s love language and instantly download these words of encouragement for kids to build self esteem and intrinsic self affirmation.

Loving Words for Kids

While parenting is not linear and sometimes a + b does not always equal c, it is nice to have a guide to remind us how to parent well and how to parent form the heart.

The Five Love Languages

What are the Five Love Languages? Whether learning about the heart of a spouse or your kids, author Gary Chapman teaches us there are multiple ways to fill the loved tank of our family members. The “5 Love Languages include Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical Touch. You can learn more about your love language, your spouses love language and your child’s love language by taking a Love Language Quiz.

Inside every child (and adult) there is an emotional love tank. Focusing on filling your child’s love tank allows them to find fulfillment in the home instead of looking for it elsewhere and in the wrong places. It is important that parents learn how to love children and that can easily be done with a prompt providing loving words of affirmation for kids.

Loving Words of Affirmation for Kids

Wouldn’t it be great if parenting came with a manual? After five kids I still am trying to figure things out. Of course, each new age comes with challenges too, so just when you have things somewhat in a good flow, a hiccup occurs.

While, there is no parenting manual, we hope this loving words printable will be a visual reminder for encouraging your kids. I personally hung my words of encouragement printable in the medicine cabinet of my bathroom. This gives me a daily reminder of my tongue and how I can encourage children with words.

These loving words of encouragement include the following phrases…

Words of Encouragement for Kids

I love you!
I’m glad I’m your mom (or dad!)
My day isn’t complete without a hug from you.
I admire your hard work!

Children often want the simplest of things. They want to be loved, appreciated, and cared for. Through words of affirmation, you can show your children you love them, not only through actions, but by saying what they are longing to hear. Taking the time to voice your love builds strong, self-confident kids who know how to express their love to others.

Notice that these phrases above have I/my statements. In addition to making personal statements, try changing some of these phrases by replacing with alternative pronouns. Teach your children to have pride in themselves so sometimes their reward is intrinsic instead of external (form you.)

For example, try these replacement phrases to increase intrinsic motivation words of encouragement for kids…

Intrinsic Self Affirmation

Instead of “I’m proud of you” try “You should be proud!“
Instead of “I admire your hard work” try “You worked very hard to _____“
Instead of “You did great” try “You came up with a thoughtful solution and really nailed that math problem.“

Play with these sentences and try to change them a little by adding specific and descriptive comments to signal you have paid attention and you really care. See how your child’s self esteem grows and if your words are effective in promoting desired behaviors.

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Discipline Through Words of Affirmation

While the word discipline and the phrase words of affirmation don’t seem to go hand and hand, it is possible to discipline your child through their love language. Our words of affirmation printable does not include discipline. However, I do want to share with you a resource we use in our home. Don’t Make Me Count to Three by Ginger Hubbard.

Ginger Hubbard Don’t Make Me Count to Three

If you loved Gary Chapman’s The 5 Love Languages of Children, look at this book companion. In the book Don’t Make Me Count to Three, Ginger Hubbard encourages and equips moms to reach past the outward behavior of their children and dive deeply into the issues of the heart. Instead of feeling discouraged or angry, look at poor behavior as an opportunity to grow the word of God on your child’s heart.

Heads up, spankings are used in this book, so adapt what you want to your own parenting style. While I am a former teacher and have studied Conscious Discipline (no spanking) this book taught me a lot about tying my discipline to the heart and the word of God. In fact, I was missing the book a lot time and asked my husband where it was. It was in his backpack as he was reading it during his free time. I didn’t even prompt him to look at the book I had picked up on Amazon a few weeks prior.

Wise Words for Mom

Not into chapter books? I encourage you to pick up Wise Words for Moms. We have this hanging by our calendar in our Family Command Center. You can use this companion without the book, it really is a must for using words of affirmation and scripture during discipline.

Wise Words for Moms is a calendar-sized chart, designed to aid you in using the Scriptures to drive out the foolishness that is bound up in the heart of [your] child (Proverbs 22:15). It is a tool for your personal research of the Bible for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training your children in righteousness.

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Common Sense Media Books & Movies for Kids

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Common Sense Media Books & Movies for Kids. Have you wanted to review a book or movie before your child has the opportunity to read/watch it? The best parental resource for movies, games, apps, and TV shows is Common Sense Media. See ratings from other parents, reviews from experts, as well key topics for discussions with your child.

Common Sense Media Books & Movies

As a former fifth grade teacher, I did not need much help when it came to book recommendations. Ten years ago, I was on my game and knew various chapter books, what appropriate/in-appropriate language mgiht be inside, and topic areas the book addressed. That was ten years ago.

My child is officially reading above a fifth grade level. In fact, since fourth grade, she has easily been reading middle and high school level books. For a child who is advanced in reading and a mother who didn’t study books beyond fifth grade, we hit a bend in the road – the road the library shelves.

What is Common Sense Media?

I was introduced to Common Sense Media via Google search. Thanks, Google! I needed to review a book my daughter picked up and see if her above grade level book didn’t have inappropriate content for a ten year old. Common Sense Media provides reviews of children’s media to families promote safe technology and resources for children. It is a great resource to offer aged-based media reviews for families on both books, movies, TV shows and games.

On Common Sense Media, the book had two age levels. One age voted on by parents, one age voted on by kids. They never match up but give you a clear level of the appropriate age range. Each book (movie, game, show) has a 1 to 5 stars for likes so you can see if others liked the novel. There also is a list of need-to-know topics inside the books including messages of violence, romance, language, etc.

How to Review Books with Common Sense Media

Want to review a book before your child? Following these steps, read age-appropriate book reviews for kids written by experts and fellow parents.

Visit CommonSenseMedia.org/
Type in your book name and/or author (for books that have been adapted to TV or film, I recommend you type in the author’s name too to appropriately narrow down your search.)
Find your book in the search (search returns are listed by media – DVD, novel, etc.)
Select your book by clicking on the book image.
See details about the age recommendation and novel description.

Book Recommendations for Kids

Looking for a book recommendation for your child? Easily navigate Common Sense Media by age, entertainment type (books), genre, topics and more.

Visit CommonSenseMedia.org/Book-Reviews
Use the left column to narrow your search results by age, type, genre, etc.
Research a children’s novel by clicking the novel image.
See details about the age recommendation and novel description.

How to Review Movies with Common Sense Media

It is easy to review kids movies and read details about the movie parental rating guide without having to watch them before your child. To review kids movies on Common Sense Media, follow these steps.

Visit CommonSenseMedia.org/
Type in your movie name
Find your movie in the search (search returns are listed by media – DVD, streaming, novel, etc.)
Select your movie by clicking on the movie image.
See details about the age recommendation and description. You can even watch the movie trailer!

Movie Recommendations for Kids

Looking for a movie recommendation for your child? Easily navigate Common Sense Media by age, entertainment type (movie), genre, topics and more.

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Use the left column to narrow your search results by age, type, genre, etc.
Research a children’s movie by clicking the movie image.
See details about the age recommendation and movie details.

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Date Night Ideas – How We Do It With Five Kids!

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February 29, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Baby, Facebook, Instagram, Kids, Parenting, Pinterest, Social Media, Valentine's Day 1 Comment

We do it! We have weekly date nights even with five kids. Take a look at these Date Night Ideas for the home, for free, or even for special occasions out of the house. Where to find a babysitter, why date nights are important and more!

Date Night Ideas

This post isn’t late. I know Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but having a date night is more important than just on February 14th. When my husband and I first got married, date nights were not very important to me. I know that sounds silly. Honestly, coming from being a single mom, I was just grateful to have a partner to sit at home with me at the family table. I had had my fair share of dates during that time I was a single mom.

My husband, however, he wanted to court his wife. That reads incredibly sweet but it was a bit of a stressor to me. So I didn’t initially view it as sweet. I viewed it as adding something additional to my plate, I viewed it was having to get dressed and put on makeup, I view it as work to prepare the kids and try to get out the door… you get it moms, right? The perfect date for me was more like April 25th – not too hot and not too cold! Haha!

However, he was right. It wasn’t a date on the calendar, it was what we invested in each other. The more infrequent our dates become, the more I can feel the stress on our marriage. We needed to invest at least a few hours of alone time in our marriage without the distraction of kids, tv, chores, etc in the home.

Thus, began, our weekly date nights.

Date Night 101

When you need a date night, but don’t know how to go about it, you may need Date Night 101. Dating your spouse is important, especially if you have kids. It’s easy for your relationship to fall to the wayside. Focusing on each other for a certain amount of time each week can really help your relationship grow. I’ve tried to cover every aspect of a date night to help make it successful for you and your spouse.

Date Night Bucket List

What if you have a sitter but you don’t know where to start with WHAT to do? I want you to check out my Date Night Bucket List. This is a list of items will help you narrow down exactly what you want to do! It’s fun to get ideas from a bucket list and then execute those ideas.

Free Date Night Ideas

What if you have a sitter but need to stay on budget? There are lots of free date night ideas out there. Some ideas that I have for a free date night is making dinner at home, taking a walk at the park, taking a hike in your favorite park, head to a local book store and look at the books, go to a free museum, head to the beach, play a sport together, or just sit and talk!

You can see more free date nights in our Date Night Bucket List.

Elaborate Date Night Ideas

Sometimes you need a fancy night out. Maybe you and your spouse haven’t been out in a while and you just want to do something fun together without worrying about money. We do a date like this at least once every few months.

Do a weekend away
Wine tasting
A night out on the town
Go to a fancy restaurant
Ballroom dancing

Date Night at Home Ideas

A few truths. It’s possible that you won’t be able to find a babysitter, but you still need that quality time with your spouse. Go ahead and look into date night ideas right at home. Dating your mate is important, and it doesn’t need to be difficult.

Here are a few date night ideas at home to help you out:

Have a BBQ after the kids go to bed
Cook a dinner together, right at home
Have a dessert night where you eat your favorite desserts
Have a game night at home
Order takeout
Have a movie night
Have a game night together
Sit on the patio and have cocktails
Tell Alexa to play romantic music.

If you are feeling the love, try a Date Night Box Subscription or Date Night Cards.

Some of these Date Night at Home Ideas are creative and fun, also make an effort to go out. I really fought my spouse hard to have more date nights at home, but he was right in his rebuttal. I exclusively focus on him if I am away from my home. I am tried at home, I have a long list of things to do, and the kids will all fight for my attention. While, on the occasion or even season, it is okay, hire a sitter to help you get out of the house.

Where to Find a Babysitter

Finding a babysitter can be well… interesting. We have had a few that clearly were not a fit. You have seen that Luvs Second Kid Babysitter commercial, right? On some nights, this was me!

If you don’t have family close and can’t rely on someone you know to watch your kids, this can be hard! There are some solutions to finding a babysitter.

Split Your Kids Among Friends: It may be hard for one friend to take on all of your kids, so split them up! All the kids don’t need to be together in order for the parents to getaway.

Trade Babysitting Nights: Trade babysitting with another mom. While this can be harder, it is possible to make it work.

Word of Mouth: You can ask friends for a referral to one of their favorite babysitters. Word of mouth is always the best way to hire someone. I have also asked around and found babysitters in church nursery and have even found some on local Facebook groups.

Stalk the Park: Don’t think I am kidding. My kids were playing at the park one day and I observed a babysitter with another child. She was doing great and I thought, she would be a perfect fit for my kids. She was with a a year before going to college!

Care.com

Sometimes the best way to find a babysitter is to head to Care.com to find one. If you don’t have family in the area, it’s best to choose a platform like this that can help you find someone that fits your style. Not all babysitters are easy to find. Care.com will help cut out the middleman and help you find a babysitter that can make those date nights a reality.

Care.com is how we found our Nanny. We had a nanny for two years before our three boys were old enough to attend preschool. For us it was more affordable than full time preschool. She also was so incredibly helpful by making dinner, running errands, doing small chores, etc.

Have you heard someone say, we or I don’t have time for that? The truth is as moms, there are some things we really don’t have time for, but we do have time for what we put first. My advice to you is to make date night a priority. If you don’t, they will never happen. When they have time to happen (like the kids are all finally out of the house), you might look at your spouse and think – who is this man? Don’t let that happen. Don’t grow part, make your marriage first.

Whether you do date nights at home or hire a sitter, use these tips to help you date night happen with your spouse.

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How to Hide Amazon Orders from Kids

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November 28, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Amazon, Birthday, Facebook, Instagram, Kids, Pinterest, Social Media 1 Comment

How to hide Amazon orders from kids (and husbands!) Easy, one step, tutorial on how to keep nosey kids from discovering Christmas purchases, birthday gifts, and adult orders.

How to Hide Amazon Orders from Kids

So it’s difficult to write this post because I realized I also have to hide my Amazon purchases from you all too! Haha. Honestly, they are not bad, I just am asking myself do I really want to show my audience all the junk I am buying!?… Well here it is, in all it’s glory!

How many years where you when you….

So this year (with my assistance) my pre-teen girls have started shopping on Amazon. They got gift cards for their birthday and when something comes to mind that they want, they slowly have been using their Amazon gift card money. I have taught them each to create wish lists of their likes, but often times things end up in the cart and I have to be careful not to buy their “toys” the half a dozen times a day I shop on Amazon myself.

Realizing they were all up in my junk on Amazon, I had to do something. I actually though of contacting corporate. As if I had any pull to reaching the top ranking officials at Amazon… but it occurred to me. Then a friend totally saved the day! If that fact that you can hide your orders makes you mind blown, don’t worry, I have been shopping on Amazon since 2008 and I learned this yesterday (that is ten years later!)

I was yesterdays year old!

I have five kids. Going out into the public is not an option. I tried to enter the public the other day at my child’s chorus performance and I had my two year old pegging cars at my daughter’s elementary peers. In addition to throwing the cars, he was screaming during the entire performance so that half the audience had their head turned to him, not the chorus singers. Why would a shopping trip to Target or Walmart be any better? Hence my daily visits to Amazon.

I digress.

Full disclosure before starting. I am not for hiding things from your spouse. These are for hiding gifts and presents, not for living a secret life! If that’s your goal, please move on to another resource for your Amazon orders.

How to Hide Amazon Orders from Kids*:

In order to hide Amazon Orders from kids, you first need to sign into your Amazon account on your desktop or laptop. (I have not been able to get this to work on my phone.)

Second, on the right hand side of your Amazon bar (at the top of the screen) choose orders.

View your orders.

There are buttons beside each order. You are looking for the button that says Archive Order. Select that.

You will get a pop up message that says, “The archive limit is 100 orders.” This is true as of the time this post was written. Continue with choosing the Archive Order button in yellow.

There you have it. Your order is archived!

How to View Archived Orders:

You are limited to 100 archived orders. I definitely order more than 100 gifts. There is an option to view archived orders or to unarchive your orders. This is a little more hidden from kids, which makes it kind of nice.

First go into your account.

Look for the section Ordering and shopping preferences. Find Archived Orders.

Here you can see the items you archived. You can also unarchive your items if you are reaching your 100 count limit.

It is a good idea to unarchive items that you have already gifted making room for future gifts and items you never want the kids to see.

*Note: This post was written December 2018. Things change on Amazon. This is the directions for hiding orders as of the time this post was posted.

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