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Most kids love slime. It’s just a fact, like kids love ice cream and snow days. So here’s a perfect opportunity to take their love for goo, and give them an opportunity to ‘science’ it themselves with a few basics you’ll probably already have at home. Recipe for Homemade Slime 2 oz white glue [...]
Scratch. Scratch. Oh. Hi. I was just cleaning Sharpie off of a book cover. That reminds me…That’s the topic of this blog. I’m going to tell you how to get Sharpie marker off of things because I got Sharpie on things I shouldn’t, and I learned about two cool ways to remove it. The first [...]
My brother Jack was coloring in my room, and I got distracted…. He started coloring my room. My walls were covered in crayon marks. I don’t like it. So we’re going to get rid of it. First I used mayonnaise. I picked a spot on my wall and got started. I used a multi-tool to [...]
Hello! In today’s blog you will be reading about a log cabin I attempted to make, but it didn’t work. The entire idea of making a log cabin came from a book I’m reading in school called ‘Sign of the Beaver‘. It takes place in the time of the colonies. A boy and his family [...]
Here’s a simple and sweet Mother’s Day project that Jack, Lexi and I made together for Theresa. It was fun too. Each of us could participate, it got us out of the house and I could disguise our activities in various shopping trips and errands I was doing anyway. Step 1. Find a fun bottle. [...]
Hello! Today you will be reading about something very cool I did just today. I was sketching flowers. Now if you’re in Hawaii or Florida this might not be very exciting, but we are in Pennsylvania. And this is the story behind it. Dad, my brother Jack, and I were at a place Jack calls [...]
Mark and Theresa write about the Real Wood Playground they built for the 200th episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Joplin, MO.
Sometimes it’s hard to see stuff that’s obvious. If it’s right in front of you, you may not be really looking at it, and taking the time to really know it. And you’d be missing out on what makes that thing you like so much pretty cool. In my experience, I’ve learned that sometimes you [...]
Turning kids’ finger painting into jewelry sounds like it could be challenging. How can you create something you could proudly wear beyond school pick-up or a family get-together… to dinner with your husband or a night out with the girls, right? Well, that’s why I love this idea I saw from VisibleBlue. Let your kids [...]
3-year-old Jack share his secrets found inside his spice drawer that he recommends for creating the perfect meal for everyone in your home, even the cats. There are a lot of decisions you need to make in the kitchen, and he knows that budget and flavor are top considerations. Oh, and secret ingredients are key, [...]
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