This is one of our Thanksgiving traditions – we have card stock and colored pencils out for people to make hand turkeys. Yep, just like you remember from grade school, you trace around your hand and fill in the features. Kids and adults both really enjoy themselves, and it’s fun to see people get creative […]
Hostess with the Mostess has a roundup of fun Thanksgiving craft ideas for kids that she found on Parents.com.
Recently, I had yet another conversation that included a bit of head scratching as we discussed the idea that kids in middle and high school increasingly have to be told exactly what to do, how to do it and what they should do if they have any problem. Basically, the adults have to figure the […]
Lately it seems like every kid’s party has a spin art machine. These things can cost over $100 to rent. Crazy! This is a great how-to about making one for almost nothing, and you get to use it whenever you want! More about making a spin art machine
Who said making a Trebuchet has to be an all day project? This version took less than 2 hours to build and the results are great. The tennis ball flew 30′, which is fairly impressive. You should be able to get even better results some slight modifications. The purpose of this project was to design […]
Street Anatomy has launched a cool new sister site, Think Anatomy. I found that reading an anatomy textbook, sitting in lecture, and dissecting in lab weren’t enough to really master anatomy. So I turned to the Internet to find resources like dissection videos, interactives, games, quizzes, etc., to supplement my study material. It took a […]
Macula offers a free download of this boxy little Thanksgiving turkey papercraft – a fun holiday project for kids!
