This episode may contain explicit language.

This is Karen Feeding. We're three friends with kids who get together every week to talk

about life, swap advice, keep each other sane while we muddle through this weird and wonderful

thing called parenting. I'm Zach Rosen. I make another podcast. It's called Weirdly Helpful. And I am dad to Noah, who's eight, and Ami, who's five. We live in Detroit. Hey, I'm Lucy Lopez. I host another podcast, the Mamasita Riga. I'm mother to Amelia, who's 15, Avery, who's 13, and we live in Miami.

I'm Elizabeth Newkamp. I write the homeschool and family travel blog, Dutch Dutch, Goose. I'm the mom to Henry who's 13, Oliver who's 11, and Teddy who's 9, and we live in Honolulu, Hawaii. We're here to talk about the ups, the downs, and everything in between when it comes to parenting. Every week, we commiserate, offer advice, and try to make this feel like the kind of conversation you have with your friends. And today we've got something really special plan for everyone. We're crafting. We're crafting, guys. Bust out the glue guns. We're going to craft. Let's do this. Yes, because there's never not a good time to craft, I find.

Valentine's Day is around the corner, and we wanted to share some easy valentines and activities you can do with your kids.

Minimal mus and fuss.

I'll be leading the first one.

And for that, you will need an empty toilet paper or paper towel roll, some paint, ideally acrylic paint.

The more colors, the better. You can get away with one, but three would be perfect.

And then a canvas of your choice. I'm going to use a t-shirt. Elizabeth is going to use

paper. You can use your wall, whatever you want. It's really, really basic.

And I'll be leading the second one. You're going to need paper. Any kind, any color will work.

Obviously, red and pink for Valentine's Day, but rainbow, whatever you're feeling.

Sizzlers, a stapler, although we're going to try it with a paper clip with Zach, and a ruler

would be helpful, but is not necessary. And just to like prove to you how real this show is,

I was not assigned to craft because that is incredibly overwhelming to me. I just want to go

with the flow. I'm that kind of parent. Do I love to craft? Absolutely. Do I craft

here at home? Yes, but leading the way on crafting, not my thing. And even if you don't want to

craft, you'll want to stick around because you guys, my friends saw the new Muppet show. They're

going to tell us all about it, and I totally can't wait. And they can't wait to talk to you all about it

while Zach and Elizabeth help us get our Martha Stewart on. And heads up, these will be on

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