Make Your Own Globe

Make Your Own Globe

Supplies: *White Glue *Balloon (12″-or larger diameter when blown up) Strips of newspaper, packaging paper, or art paper cut into strips *Maps of the 7 continents *Markers or paint *String Procedure: 1. Blow up the balloon to desired diameter. Tie a string...
Chronos Bomb Game

Chronos Bomb Game

For the holidays my little one wanted a game advertised on TV, Chronos Bomb. I haven’t seen it advertised since, but the commercial made it look like fun.  The game includes a timer built in, with gyros….  The gyro is attached to wires on clamped that are...

Eclipse Coming Up

August 21st there will be an eclipse!  This one is pretty rare.  The moon will pass between the Earth and the Sun.  (The sun is a lot larger than the moon, but the moon is a lot closer).  The eclipse is only visible from a certain path and in the US that happens to...
Lumi Drone

Lumi Drone

One of the items we decided our youngest would love to try was the Lumi drone!  It’s by Wowee, a great kid friendly, easy to use company. We gave it a try and right after charging it was simple to fly.  We actually have only flown it in the house even.  The only...

Disconnect?

With Christmas Sunday and New Years coming up, now’s a great time to disconnect for some family time.   The funny thing about this is that most of us are getting ‘online’ gifts for the holidays.  How many have on your list an iPad, a tablet, a mobile...