This is a great toy that families can make for just a few dollars in parts. It will take grown-ups and kids because there is cutting involved.
It shoots tiny marshmallows. It is a fun and safe toy and we have complete instructions for you.
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God gave sharks a keen sense of smell. Some kinds of sharks can smell as little as one drop of blood if it was in 1,000,000 drops of seawater (that’s over 13.2 gallons about 50 liters).
A big kitchen trash can holds about 13 gallons or a little less than 50 liters. Imagine one drop in a whole kitchen trash can filled with seawater.
Sharks are also attracted to the chemicals found in the intestines of many species of fish. Some species, such as nurse sharks, have external barbels (a slender, whisker like feeling organ) near the mouth that greatly increase their ability to sense prey.
Sharks generally rely on their superior sense of smell to find prey, but at closer range they also sense movement in the water, and even use their senses to detect electrical fields created by prey.
God really made sharks cool. Here is a cool way to get just a small idea of just how sensitive a shark’s sense of smell is. Of course, our nose can not even get close to the sensitivity of a shark’s but this fun experiment will give you an idea.
Dragon Eggs?
Out of the misty, dark, murky recesses of the past come dragon eggs.
Okay, these are not real dragon eggs. In fact, dragons are not even real. But these are a fun project that you can make at home.
It’s really fairly easy to make but it will definitely be a project for adults and kids to work on together. This is not one just for kids.
This idea comes from someone named “Kaptin Scarlet.” I tried to go to his website but the site was down so I’m not going to put a link here.
You will start with egg blowing and then instead of just painting the blown egg, make it in to a fantastic looking dragon’s egg in a few minutes with a bit of hot melt glue gun glue and some paint.
That’s it, it couldn’t really be simpler than that! Here are the complete instructions.
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Would you like to make a clock out of a favorite book? You can make it out a storybook or a cookbook for the kitchen or any kind of book.
This is a project for a grown-up or a grown-up and kid.
I found this on a website call Intructables posted by a member there called “madhaworth”
And here are the complete instructions:
When God created the world He made everything just right.
Think about these things:
If Earth were just a little closer to the sun we would burn up and water would vaporize
If the earth did not tilt on its axis there would not be seasons and things could not grow.
If there were just a little more of certain gases or a little less of others in our atmosphere we could not breath.
If our soil had just a little more or a little less of some chemicals plants could not grow.
This project (adapted from TryScience.org) will show what would happen if there was just a little more salt in soil. (more…)
Free plans for your very own waterpark attraction that you can build right in your own backyard.
You don’t have to travel to Waterworld, Schlitterbahn, Splish Splash or any other waterpark to have fun in the water. Here are complete instructions to make your own sprinkler toy.
Here are free plans with low cost items you can get at any home improvement store to build your very on waterpark ride and attraction right in your own back yard.
The fun is ready anytime you are. So any hot day you can have a waterpark attraction right in your neighborhood.
Here are the free plans to build this fun toy.
Preparation time: 10 minutes (but banana must be frozen for at least 8 hours)
Ingredients:
* 1 medium banana
* 2 tablespoons of milk or apple juice
* Chocolate syrup to drizzle or a tablespoon of peanut butter
Preparation:
Cut one medium banana into half-inch pieces. Place in a zip locked baggie and put in the freezer overnight, or for 8 hours. Place frozen banana pieces and 2 tablespoons of milk or apple juice in a blender. Pulse until chopped and then blend until mashed. Put into bowl and drizzle with chocolate syrup or dollop with a tablespoon of peanut butter.
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Bubbles
You may have blown bubbles from a little bottle from a store. But have you ever blown giant, beautiful bubbles like a pro? It is not hard if you know a few secrets.
The U.S. Fire Administration for Kids
Each year in the United States an estimated 2,800 children age 14 or younger are injured and 850 killed in residential fires. Of these children, over 40 percent are under the age of five, 70 percent are under the age of 10. Because the majority of fire casualties occur in children under the age of 10, the U.S. Fire Administration for Kids is targeted towards that age group. And we want to help them in their goal of preventing injuries and death to children due to fire.
ChurchFun.com wants to help by presenting their great information here for our readers.
The goals of U.S. Fire Administration Kids are to:
This post will give you short lessons about fire escape planning, smoke alarms and general home fire safety. It is recommended that an adult guide children through the lessons.
Each lesson is followed by a brief five-question quiz to test children’s knowledge of the subject after they have worked through the lesson.
Finally, through a 10-question quiz, children will have the opportunity to earn a Jr. Fire Marshal certificate signed by the Assistant Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration.
