Kids family tree placemat games ideas

My kids have been  dieing to be able to use their family tree mats, poor babies, their mamma has been so much busy doing so many things, she hasn't had time to put her ideas into action for a long time.

I finally got around to doing it, and I must say, I am pretty proud of the final result!
Here it is:
A world map where they can point where their ancestors were born, lived or got married.
Since my husband's family was established in USA for at least 4 generations,  and mine was all from the same area in Italy, I created 2 games.
This is for the American side:

 Here is the version for the Italian side.

Family names word puzzle.

These are the ones I already created for my kids, and I am going to publish in the next few days.
Once I receive these prints, I will match them with each of my kids family tree placemats and then laminate them, so that they can use washable dry erase markers to play the games
A couple more ideas:

Match the couple game, where the child needs to trace a line to connect each husband to his wife.

A family traits matching game, where the kid connects his eyes, nose, mouth, hair etc to his parents and grandparents, to see who looks more like him.

What ideas have you come up with to keep your kids entertained at dinner/lunch time and at the same time nourish their love for their family history?

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25 thoughtful gifts under $25

Uh oh...We are exactly 2 months from the most wonderful time of the year!
When it comes to Christmas, I always say that gift giving shouldn't be stressing, and more than anything, should be meaningful.
It doesn't really matter if your gift was expensive or not, what really matters is the thought  you put in it.
If the gift is also within your budget, well, that's a bonus.
Here is a list of gifts that you can create for less than $25.
Some of them are also under $10, so have fun discovering them!^_^
Some I already blogged about, some I am going to blog about, so bookmark this blog post as I am going to add more links as I think of them! I am probably going to have even more than 25 gifts under $25!

Here is the (ever growing)  list!

14x11 posters:

 24x18 posters

Keepsake Christmas tags

Mini family tree
Subway art:

Calendars (if you are a club HM member)

3+ generations in a cube:

Family folds

CD/DVD covers

Playing cards

Mini calendars

Cookbook


Set of bookmarks

Family history desktop calendar

Frame-able inspiration 

Place mats

(double sided kids family tree mat with games doming soon!)
Versatile greeting cards

Family tree advent calendar:

Scrap pages (including the frame!)

Soft bound books (with CLUB HM membership)

Swatch books 

Photo tumbler

 Magnetic family tree game

(more possibilities on the magnetic family tree here!)
Heritage blocks 

Kids blocks

Photo Clock

Family-faith-friends blocks

Count Down Blocks

Photo holder

 

Notebooks covers

Home decor tiles

 

Whatever your choice is, remember that your loved ones will appreciate this gifts because not only they are so beautiful, but especially because every time they will look at them, they will know that you have given them the best gift... The gift of time! 

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Very Colorful Family Tree

A few of my CavaGenealogy fans have asked for more artsy family trees, so I thought I would go ahead and make something really colorful.
Here is the result:

Noticed how cute is the pictures of my babies inside the watering can?^_^
I liked it so much that I decided to make it even a little more artistic by adding a little scenery in the background.

I had to make the tree a little smaller, but it is so cute, it is worth it, especially if this gets printed on a 20x20 canvas, it would enlighten any room!
This is how it could look if used as a magnetic family tree background:

This would look cute also on a 5x5 card, or also modge podged on a 2x4... mmh, another idea is coming to my mind, so stay tuned if you want to know what it is!;)

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