Posts Tagged ‘Toys’

How to Make a Marshmallow Gun

Monday, May 26th, 2008

MarshMallow FUN

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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Make a Pretend Dragon Egg

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Dragon EggDragon 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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Make a Clock from Your Favorite Storybook

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Clock from a Book

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:

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Backyard Tempest

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Kids playing in the Backyard TempestFree 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.

Kid riding bicycle through Backyard Tempest




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.




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How to make a paper fortune teller

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

How to make a fun paper fortune tellerThis is a fun game you can play with friends when you want something fun to do. Some people call this free paper game a “cootie catcher” and some people call this free paper game a “paper fortune teller. ”

We just call it fun. Don’t worry, we give you step by step instructions so you don’t have to be an expert at origami in order to fold up this paper game.

You may have seen these before. We have complete download instructions, printing and folding instructions and ideas for game play.

Free Paper Game in Action

This makes a fun way to spend time with your friends and can be fun in the car.

Now, as Christians we know that there is no such thing as a real fortune teller. This is just a fun game. Don’t take it too seriously ’cause that takes all the fun out of the game. Just play with your friends and enjoy. If you as silly questions you can get some really silly answers.

Here is the link to download the printable sheet

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