I was fortunate growing up to have some really great math teachers.  They always kept the learning aspect fun.  That, and I come from a math family.  We have engineers, chemists, etc.  So, math was one of the subjects I loved and […]

I’ve never had a lava lamp, but did think they were cool.  So, when flipping through the books and looking for ideas for a family craft or science experiment, I got really excited when I found one that turned oil and water […]

I got so excited when looking through options for science experiments to do with my daughter and found this one.  It was an older book without pictures (this becomes important later).  Apparently, you are supposed to be able to (in layman’s terms) […]

I first heard about this from a Mark Rober / Nick DiGiovanni video As the video explains:  The science behind this is that the vinegar dissolves the calcium carbonate that makes up the egg shell.  He, also, says something about the vinegar […]

It may not be fancy, but it is the simplest idea that provided our daughter (and everyone) with hours of silly playtime.  I present to you: THE CUSHY STAIR SLIDE The idea came after finding plastic, link together stair slides available for […]

Video calls and video conferences are the next best thing to talking to someone in person and they come in handy when (totally hypothetically and not something that I just got done doing) you have multiple meetings with multiple people in multiple […]

  Here is a fun twist on the old classic:  The Easter Egg Hunt. For Christmas, I had a lot of fun making realistic/weathered looking treasure maps to give my daughter some extra fun with finding one of her Christmas presents.  You […]

These were so much fun and surprisingly easy to make. Last year was a bit crazy for my family.  When Christmas came around, I wanted to do something special.  So, I decided to turn one of my daughter’s presents into a treasure […]

Adding droplets of dye to water and setting white flowers in to absorb the colorful liquid is the most awesomely fun thing to do with kids or adults.  It makes for a great science experiment, art project, biology lesson, and is just […]

  I love chocolate and I love having smooth lips.  Chapped lips stink and are annoying, especially when your husband has them and thinks that’s perfectly fine and tries to kiss you.  News flash:  Kissing chapped lips is not fun!  Unfortunately, my […]