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Hope for Craft-Challenged Moms

Over the years I've written books and countless articles about keeping kids creatively occupied in the summer. This being the case, people naturally assume that I'm an arts-and-crafts diva -- you know, the kind of mom who saves Styrofoam meat ...

Sunprint Kits - teaching kids the photographic process

Photography is one of my husband's favorite hobbies. He's always snapping shots of our toddler during his free time on the weekends and Wito (our son's nickname) has grown very accustomed to these "photo shoots", even busting out Zoolander's ...

Project! Nintendo pixel tees

Check out this awesome geek chic, retro-gaming, Nintendo pixel t-shirt. Cool, right? The best part is that you don't have to pay through the nose at your local hipster boutique to get one. You can actually make it yourself for the cost of a plain ...

Man slows traffic with children's cardboard cutouts

Right before Mike Wood's house in on Main Street in West Salem, Ohio, the speed limit changes from 55 to 35 -- which makes sense, as he lives in a residential neighborhood full of children. However, most drivers don't bother slowing down, making ...

Real desk made completely out of LEGOs

I loved playing with LEGO toys as a kid. Now that I'm a parent, I'm trying to steer my daughter in the same direction -- mostly because I think making things with those little colored squares is great for her imagination. (Plus, she loves knocking ...

Digital drawing tool means no more crayon on the walls

Shockingly, we've never had a drawing on the wall incident in our house (at least, not yet). However, Edan's only 3, I fear for the times ahead -- when, even though she knows that marking crayon all over the house isn't allowed, that she'll get mad ...

Even more fun with The Simpsons

As you're almost undoubtedly aware, the high-anticipated Simpsons Movie finally premiered late last week, and is making hoards of money at movie theaters around the US. If you and your kids are caught up in the craze, here's a couple ways you can ...

Proof that UK college students have too much time on their hands

I went to college in the UK, where legal age to purchase alcohol is only 18 -- meaning, if you can believe it, that the drinking culture on UK campuses is even more rampent than at American universities. Take Jack Kirby, a 23-year-old design ...

Fun idea for summer afternoons

Now that my daughter and I spend our afternoons together, I consistently face the same dilemma: what are we going to do? It's not as if every afternoon needs to be some action-packed adventure, but -- even if she doesn't mind aimlessly bumming ...

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