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5 Engineering Challenges with Clothespins, Binder Clips, and Craft Sticks
May 8, 2016
Five engineering challenges for kids - with wooden clothespins, binder clips, and craft sticks! It's a simple STEM activity that kids of all ages will love. Move over, expensive building…
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What We Don't Have: The Joy and Expense of Having Kids
May 7, 2016
There is a lot of information floating around the internet and society in general about the cost of having children. For many, the financial drain of having kids plus the…
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Star Wars The Force Awakens Perler Bead Patterns
May 3, 2016
Here are some Perler bead patterns to make featuring characters from Star Wars The Force Awakens. If you're not familiar with Perler beads, they are little plastic beads that you…
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How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies
April 30, 2016
Last summer, we had the worst trouble with fruit flies in our kitchen! It was a wet summer, and the boys tend to leave the back door open a LOT.…
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Simple Machines Science Lesson: Lift Water with An Archimedes' Screw
April 28, 2016
This Archimedes' screw is such a neat science lesson about simple machines! We use screws all the time to hold things together, but screws are also used to raise and…
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How to Make a PVC Pipe Sand and Water Table
April 20, 2016
Use PVC pipe to make a sand and water table for kids! My 2, 4, and 6 year olds have been loving this sensory play table. I am loving the…
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LEGO STEM Challenge: Wind Powered LEGO Contraptions!
April 17, 2016
Here's another fun LEGO® building challenge - engineering wind powered LEGO® contraptions! We wondered what (if anything!) we could build out of LEGO® bricks that could be powered with the…
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Multiplication Football Game: Make Math Fact Practice Fun!
April 14, 2016
Here's a multiplication game that will make practicing those math facts a lot more FUN! I don't know about your kids, but mine have not especially loved learning their multiplication…
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17 Beginner LEGO Project Ideas with Classic Tubs
April 11, 2016
Young LEGO® builders will be inspired to create with these 17 beginner LEGO® ideas! All of the projects in this post were built with one $29.99 set - the LEGO®…
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LEGO Minifigure Memory Game
April 6, 2016
Got leftover plastic Easter eggs? Here's a super simple memory game to play with LEGO® minifigures and plastic eggs! Jonathan is way into memory games of all kinds right now!…
