Building an emergency kit for kids can be daunting, but here are some great emergency preparedness gift ideas for kids to spark an interest in emergency preparedness … without breaking the bank! Do you ever wonder what you can give children to help engage them into the world of emergency preparedness? We’ve got ideas for […]
Halloween Safety Tips for Your Family
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Don’t get tricked this Halloween. Follow these tips and tricks from Mom with a PREP for a safe and fun candy night. I was a child of the seventies when it came to trick or treating. The stories spread fast and wide about people putting razor blades and needles into candy, and the only recourse […]
A Summer Bucket List for Kids – Preparedness Style
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Take your summer bucket list for kids up a notch – preparedness style! Learn to use everyday summer activities and develop a preparedness mindset for kids! There’s 104 days of summer vacation …. and what are you going to do to fill your kids’ buckets full of memories this summer? There is always so much […]
DIY Period Emergency Kit for Girls You Need to Pack
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Emergencies aren’t just about localized weather events or job losses but can be much more personal. And what’s more personal to a girl than her period? Consider a DIY Period Emergency Kit for your preteens to have stored in her locker or backpack for just such times. I bet many of us can say that […]
10 Tool Safety Tips for Kids
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Teach Tool Safety Early. Not only does it teach them valuable skills, it makes awesome bondable moments for you! @ Mom with a PREP…And continue on to see the project we made this day – DIY Pumpkin Patch! Do you remember working on house or car projects with your father growing up? Were you an […]
7 Reasons to Take Your Kids Fishing
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7 Reasons to Take Your Kids Fishing Gets them back to nature Admit it. Your kids probably spend way too much time in front of electronics when they get home from school until they go to bed. Or at least you wish they spent even less time than they actually do. And just because you […]
Creating Self-Reliant Kids: Get Your Kids in the Kitchen
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Get your kids in the kitchen early, get them cooking often, and by 10 you’ll not have to fix lunches ever again. That is really my ulterior motive for teaching the boys how to cook (just like Dad introducing them to taking out the trash). My evil, maniacal plan of having little minion slaves is […]
How to Get Emergency Lighting With Crayons
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I’m sure you’ve all seen the emergency crayons light idea floating over Pinterest and Facebook at some point. We decided to test it out during one of our Preparedness Friday classes, and give you an idea of how it worked for us – and if it’s something you’d even want to do for you! Instead, […]
20 + Awesome Survival Books for Kids
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Image Source: www.freepik.com Survival books in the fiction genre bring a sense of great adventure to reading for boys and girls alike. They are written with a child’s sense of adventure and allows them to picture themselves in a certain situation and imagine what they’d do, and feel they have some power over the world […]
10 Pretend Games to Develop Preparedness Skills in Kids
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Develop preparedness & survival skills in your children all the while having fun playing games! Get started with this list and let your imagination take you further… Children learn through all sorts of ways, but one of the best reinforcers of knowledge is to put your new found skills to work in a real situation. […]