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Printables and guides I made because I needed them first and didn't need 4 decks to get all the things my brain and nervous system need. Nothing here requires a free weekend, a color coded binder, or becoming a different person. You get an instant download after checkout.

Family Whimsy Deck cover with Mostly Keeping It Together branding and instructions for choosing by energy, time and mess

Printable PDF · 12 pages · instant download

Family Whimsy Deck

40 small adventures for busy moms and their people. Mom gets to join in — not just hold everyone's shoes.

What it is
A print-and-cut deck of shared family activities using what you already have. Choose by your actual energy, available time, mess tolerance and location. Every card includes a way for Mom to join in and a small connection prompt.
Best for
Families who want a little more connection without giving Mom another job, shopping list or daily assignment.
What's inside
  • 40 activity cards, four per page, ready to print and cut
  • 5-, 15- and 30-minute choices labeled by parent energy, mess and location
  • Household supplies, a shared activity and a connection prompt on every card
  • Instructions and inclusive participation ideas for gestures, pictures, AAC and seated movement
  • A favorites and new ideas page — no streaks or scores

$5

Print US Letter at 100% / Actual Size, single-sided. Activities are invitations: adapt for your family's interests, access needs and comfort.

A printed self care card deck spread on cream linen beside a stoneware coffee mug

Printable PDF · 9 pages · instant download

No Time Mom Self Care Deck

36 practices that take two to five minutes, because a spa weekend is not currently in the budget or the zip code.

What it is
A print-and-cut card deck of short, doable practices drawn from ACT, CBT, mindfulness, breathing, gentle movement, plain old resetting, and a little faith for the running-on-fumes days. Every card fits in the gaps you actually have.
Best for
The days when you are not falling apart, exactly, but you are definitely running on fumes.
What's inside
  • 36 cards, six per page, laid out to print and cut
  • Seven categories: ACT, CBT, Mindfulness, Breath, Move, Reset, Faith
  • Six faith cards pairing scripture with affirmations that do not take themselves too seriously
  • A one-minute-to-five-minute time on every card
  • A how-to page and a read-before-using page

$3

This deck is general education and shared experience, not therapy or medical advice.

Printed family routine charts and checklists on cream paper beside a coffee mug and a dry-erase marker

Printable PDF · 14 pages · instant download

Family Routines, Rules & Rewards Kit

The charts I made so I could stop repeating myself fourteen times before 8 a.m.

What it is
A print-at-home system for the parts of family life that fall apart on repeat: mornings, after school, bedtime, rude words, and the fourteenth reminder about chores. Routine charts kids can read themselves, a rules poster with verses, a calm four-step consequence ladder decided before anyone is yelling, a points system that rewards effort without turning your house into a vending machine, and weekly tracking sheets.
Best for
Parents of roughly six to twelve year olds who are tired of being the human reminder app.
What's inside
  • Morning, after school, and bedtime routine charts with a name line
  • Family rules poster with scripture and the motto: Kind. Responsible. Respectful. Ready.
  • A behavior playbook: what is really going on, what to do, what to teach
  • A four-step consequence ladder that always ends at a fresh start
  • Points system with ten ways to earn and six rewards that cost almost nothing
  • Two weekly tracking sheets, one per kid, reusable every week
  • Parent notes on the five things that actually make it stick

$7

A practical household tool and encouragement from one parent to another — not therapy, medical advice, or counseling.

Printed reading tracker, bookmarks, and prediction cards on a wooden table beside a book and coffee mug

Printable PDF · 13 pages · instant download

Read It Before We Watch It Kit

One story. A little adventure. No parent book report required.

What it is
A couch book club for families: a reading tracker, bookmarks, reusable question cards, optional tiny missions, and a book-versus-movie page. Made for The Magician's Nephew, but works with any fiction book.
Best for
Families reading together, or kids reading on their own while a parent catches up in two minutes.
What's inside
  • A four-step how-to: read a little, let your child guide, follow the clues, add a tiny adventure
  • Reading tracker and printable bookmarks
  • Reusable discussion and prediction questions
  • Optional mini missions for when life is not loud
  • A book-versus-movie comparison page

$3

US Letter, print at 100%. For personal household use.

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