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    Come Write Your #PinkShirtPromise at Southgate Centre

    Lori Around Edmonton

    Starting February 17, guests will be invited to write a promise to help end bullying and post their positive message on the Post-it Pink wall in Southgate Centre, west atrium. For every promise posted on the wall from February 17 to 26, Southgate will donate $0.25 to Kids Help Phone up to $5000 to help

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    Build Community: Host a #WeBakeforChange Sale

    Lori Around Edmonton

    On a weekly basis, we’re in the kitchen baking with the kids. We’re teaching them the basics of things like bread and cinnamon buns, we’re making cookies and we’re letting them attempt recipes on their own. We’re baking for fun, we’re baking to teach – and we’ve recently learned how we can bake to make

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    The Best Family Gift You’re Going to Give This Year

    Lori Around Edmonton

    Over the past couple of years, we’ve slowly transitioned into giving family gifts for family and friends, exchanging gifts with one another including a gift that everyone in the entire family can enjoy. The gifts have ranged from gift cards for local experiences, movie tickets and events, even concert tickets or something the family can

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    Learning at Home - Storytime Boxes from the Library

    Lori Around Edmonton

    One of the hardest part of coming up with things to teach preschool activities at home is finding everything that you need to create a comprehensive (and fun) lesson. Strathcona County Library takes the work out of that with the Story boxes. What’s in the Storytime Box? Story boxes for preschoolers come in various themes

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  • Hay Rides and Santa Clause at Callingwood Market

    Santa Claus and Hay Rides at Callingwood Market

    Lori Around Edmonton

    December is one of the busiest months of the year. Fitting everything in, like that last minute shopping, the Christmas activities, the cookie making - can feel impossible. To avoid the rush, we pick and choose activities throughout the season that are going to create the best experience for the kids, create holiday fun and

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  • Wondermere Art Classes in Edmonton

    Wondermere Art Classes in Edmonton

    Lori Around Edmonton

    A lot of the art opportunities that we encounter for the girls are created with craft based classes in mind. With the idea of craft based projects that are to be completed and brought home at the end of the class. These classes are fun, absolutely - but when it comes to art classes, maybe

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    10 Free Indoor Winter Activities for Kids in Edmonton

    Lori Around Edmonton

    Occupying the kids during the summer is cheap. You grab some snacks and head to your favorite spray deck or park to spend the afternoon. During the winter months, that becomes a bit more expensive as you head inside to places that are usually riddled with admission charges, snacks and drinks when you get there

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  • Superstore Click and Collect Order Groceries Online Edmonton

    Superstore: Order Your Groceries Online and Pick-Up at the Store

    Lori Around Edmonton

    Edmonton is one of the first markets in Canada to have the Click and Collect service from Superstore, available to consumers. How much does it cost? The affordable click and collect service starts at $3 and goes up to $5 during peak hours, and is in my opinion, well worth the cost. When we go

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    The ‘Great Big Show’ is Coming to Edmonton #yeg

    Lori Around Edmonton

    You know how you bring the kids along to a show and spend most of the time wondering if they’re going to be able to sit down and enjoy it? Koba entertains the kids with shows that capture their attention, using the characters they already know and love. Coming in 2016, the Great Big Show

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  • McDonald's Create Your Taste Experience

    McDonald’s Launches Create Your Taste in Edmonton

    Lori Around Edmonton

    We grab food to go, or go out to eat with the kids, a few times a week. We know where kids eat free, can tell you the best place to grab date night specials any day of the week and I’ve got a handful of local take-out places on speed dial. On road trips

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  • Launchpad Coupon Discount Edmonton

    Get 50% off Daytime Jumping at the Launchpad Trampoline Park in October

    Lori Around Edmonton

    Did you feel that? The days are getting colder. With the cooler weather comes the beginning of the transition of activities from outdoors to indoors - and leaves you wondering how you’re going to occupy the kids as the weather gets cooler. The Launchpad Trampoline Park is one of those places where you bring the kids

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    Fun in Edmonton with Kids This Weekend

    Lori Around Edmonton

    There are so many things you can do in Edmonton with the kids (for free!). We’re lucky to live in an area that has so many things to do with children (and for adults). I joke that there must be something wrong with the Moms that I know that claim to be bored (would you

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