March 2012

Coming Soon: Egg Carton Creative Challenge

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If you’re not already stockpiling your egg cartons for rainy day upcycling, start saving those cartons for the next creative challenge.  A little background Every two months I host a Creative Challenge, with the introduction of a readily available material and the invitation for children to create something from it. The objective of these challenges is to help [...]

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Art Project: Overhead Projector

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My husband works at a university and the collector in me was overjoyed to discover that there’s a little-known department on campus that sells surplus property from departments that no longer need old projectors, desks, and reams of paper. I wandered into the dusty space about a year ago and walked out with something everyone [...]

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60 Egg Activities for Kids

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With Spring holidays right round the corner and Egg Week just behind us, this seemed like a good time to share the ginormous list of kid-friendly egg activities for Easter and Easter Egg Hunts. Because the list is so large, I’ve broken it down into these categories: Egg Decorating, Plastic Eggs, Games, Painting and Sculpture, Crafts, [...]

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Eggs Dyed with Vegetables

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I thought I’d wrap Egg Week up with a favorite egg project from last year: Decorating Eggs with Natural Dyes. In case you’re just popping in, my friend Melissa over at The Chocolate Muffin Tree and I are posting unique egg-related activities or experiments each day this week, and here’s what we’ve covered so far: Bleeding Tissue Easter [...]

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Egg Geodes Science Experiment

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Today I’m excited to talk with you about a cool science experiment: egg geodes. Because children will engage in steps of the scientific method, this could easily be a great science fair project. I was inspired by these egg geodes that I spotted on Martha Stewart and then followed this recipe by Melissa Howard who blogs at Those [...]

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Three Easy Tricks for Blown-Out Eggs

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Could you use some tips on how to clean eggs, how to blow eggs, or Easter activities for kids? Hopefully, this will help you get started! Today I’m excited to share three little tricks for simplifying blown-out eggs. Messy fun, right? If you’re a traditionalist, you might want to stop reading here. Otherwise, read on… Trick [...]

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Make Your Own Egg Tempera Paint

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It’s Day #2 of Egg Week.  In case you’re just popping in, my talented friend Melissa over at The Chocolate Muffin Tree and I are posting unique egg-related activities or experiments each day this week. I’ve been interested in whipping up a batch of homemade egg tempera paint for a while, and being that it’s egg week and [...]

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Walking on Raw Eggs. Really.

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It’s EGG WEEK on Tinkerlab and The Chocolate Muffin Tree. Melissa and I have come together to bring you a full week of egg activities and experiments that are easy enough to do today or good for bookmarking for a rainy spring day. When I saw this post about Walking on Eggs on Steve Spangler Science, I [...]

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St. Paddy’s Day Photo Booth

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I’ve  always loved St. Paddy’s day, and then I lucked out and married a cute Irishman. We spent part of our honeymoon in Ireland, and the green island holds a special place in my heart. A few weeks ago I asked the Tinkerlab Facebook community for some ideas on what I could do with a [...]

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