If you have seen Clutch Powers and love it, your gonna love this 25 minute Lego Atlantis Movie. Im not sure where this originally aired or was shown, but its up on youtube now and its great for the kids. My 4 year old loves it.
Asthma educator Maryanne Morris discusses how kids with asthma can still play youth sports.
Graphic designer Neil Caldwell has developed a process for dying bacon highly saturated, psychedelic rainbow colors (don't worry - it's still edible).
I linked this for the article. Just kidding. Will you look at them?!
Star Wars: The Old Republic CGI Trailer. Bioware/EA's upcoming MMO. If this doesn't beat WoW, nothing will. Ah who are we kidding, WoW has already been beaten.. by Farmville!
Via WonderHowTo World, Luv and Music: When I was kid it was Ringo... but now that I've grown up... hm, I'd DEFINITELY have to go with John (if he was living, of course).
14 different salads? Are you kidding me?
This kid is incredible. At age 9, he's already written a 312 page book on Windows 7!
Jeez, Microsoft is really pulling out all the stops lately. First, a whole lotta bling, and now they celebrate their millionth console sold with this limited edition Halo Xbox 360, designed by Richard Taylor and the Weta Workshop. The one-of-a-kind console is being auctioned off on Ebay, and the winning amount will be matched by up to $10,000 by Microsoft New Zealand for a donation to Cure Kids.
Tim Higgins brings Halo's warthog vehicles to reality with a live action game created with laser tag weaponry, game controllers, and kid-sized jeeps.
This video Arabic lesson goes through a few basics of the Arabic languages. Kids will especially appreciate learning from an instructor their own language. Follow along with the instructor and learn how to say some of the essentials of Arabic, like "hello," "good bye," "thank you," etc. Learn basic greetings and salutations in Arabic.
How to make great paper fairy wings for your kids in minutes. Fantastic for school plays and wet afternoons! Make paper fairy wings.
Folding simple paper airplane, but flies faraway. This video is easy to follow. Kids will love to have Dad or Grandpa make them one. Make a simple airplane.
Martha demonstrates how to make a Good Thing: candles in seashells. Here's a creative way to turn seashells the kids have collected into objects both beautiful and practical: Make them into candles. Make candle seashells.
A messy Thai dish that can only be eaten using your fingers - perfect for barbecues and perfect for the kids! Try this Barbecued Caramel Chilli Glazed Chicken Wings recipe. Make BBQ caramel chilli chicken wings.
Comparing the average amount of school days per year by country, the United States contains the least amount of days, besides Belgium.
Adventure Time is one of the best TV shows for kids that's currently on the air. It's so good that it has real appeal for adults, too. Just do a Google image search for "Adventure Time costume" and you'll see what I mean.
Can you handle it? I'm not entirely sure I can, but my taste buds are definitely curious. Soft, doughy chocolate chip cookies stuffed with Nabisco's sugary sweet Oreos. This joins the ranks with: deep-fried trick-or-treat candy, deep-fried butter, deep-fried cheesecake... you get the idea.
Extreme Holiday Ideas has posted several fun Thanksgiving projects this season. Check out some of my favorites:
Words fail me. This kid is astounding.
Who is hula hoop boy? I'm dying to find out more information about this kid. According to YouTube, he is thirteen years old and managed to keep 30 hula hoops going. Whoever he is, he's incredible.
This is a tutorial on coding an iPhone App in XCode.
The 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards take place this Sunday, January 16th, 2011 between the hours of 5 and 8 PM PST — that's 8 & 11 PM for those of you on the East Coast (and Somewhere in the Middle for those of you Somewhere in the Middle).
Cartoon characters are invading Facebook this weekend, with members quickly switching out their normal profile pictures with that of their favorite animated childhood memory, but why?
Here's a fun little hack you can try at home with your kids. The purpose of this tutorial is to teach you how to make this fun toy gun. It's a very simple and economical project. Tools and Materials:
Don't let all your hard work on your gingerbread house go to waste because it collapses due to too soggy, weak icing. Make sure your gingerbread house lasts as long as the holiday season - or whenever you give in to your sweet tooth - by making sturdy royal icing.
Dirt pudding is one of the tastiest and easiest dessert concoctions, and for Halloween this year, spook-ify the avenger dirt pudding with layers of yummy worms, sticks and ghosts. This fun-to-assemble chocolate pudding layered with crushed sandwich cookies, pretzels and lots of creepy crawlies is easy and great for the kids. The finishing touches of white chocolate ghosts and gravestones plus a hefty helping of candy corn and pumpkins are things that make you go "Boo!"
Choosing a nanny or au pair for your children is a process that should be organized and performed carefully, to ensure you find someone who can be trusted, will contribute significantly to the development of your child and integrate well into your family.
So, you guys have had great fun on a slip and slide before, and since you have gone large with the Poo Cocktail Supreme, how about SUPER MEGA SLIP N' SLIDE!!
Scrabble has invaded just about every medium out there. It started as a mere board game, but has since spawned numerous board game spinoffs and variations, an electronic version, mobile apps for just about anything (Android, iPhone, iPhone, iPad and Kindle), games for both PC and Facebook, and video games for handheld consoles like the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. Heck, it's even on the PlayStation and Xbox 360 gaming consoles. And it hasn't forgotten about film. You can see Scrabble featured in...
Four years ago Mind Candy was a pretty small game company. They were best known for their revolutionary but short lived ARG Perplex City, and had no other successful franchises to fall back on when that ended. Their plan to save it? Start a free online social game for children ages 7-12 called Moshi Monsters, where kids can create monster pets, raise them, and socialize with one another in a controlled, safe environment.
We've all seen FOX News commentators get worked up about silly non-issues. It occurs more than we'd like, but what happened last week on popular morning show FOX and Friends was not only a misleading and pointless attack on video games, it was an unintelligible attack on a mediocre and forgotten game from 2007, along with a handful of recent indies that no FOX and Friends viewers, or any of their close family members, had ever heard of before this broadcast.
Children under the age of 13 possess insight that can blow the minds of their elders, but not the wherewithal to make important life choices for themselves. This is exactly why there are strict rules against marketing cigarettes to them. In 2000, a law went into effect called the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act that institutes similar consumer protections for our youth's online identities, prohibiting companies from soliciting personal information from children under 13 years of age ...
Making icing is a really simple process, even this recipe for royal icing, which is definitely a must for Christmas cookies. Royal icing makes it easy to decorate holiday cookies for parties or for (and with) you kids. This kind of icing is a staple for decorating your families favorite cookies.
Improve upon the standard grilled cheese sandwich with this delicious and fancy veggie grilled cheese. The fresh vegetables, aren't just added inside— they're also grilled! Let Chef Joshua Riazi show you the recipe, filled with veggies, cheese and herbs, sandwiched between custard-dipped bread is a winning after-school special. Learn two versatile ways to layer delicious sandwiches. Perfect for kids and grown-ups alike.
If you have any little ones in your life (or you're simply a grown-up kid yourself), Just Bento has has posted Maki's Top 10 Bento Rules for Back-to-School. Rules listed below, click through for full explanations.
Is your lawn looking a little grim lately? Well, no need to reach for toxic chemicals, check out this clip instead! In this tutorial, gardening specialist, Carl Grimm, shows you how to fix your lawn naturally and avoid all that yucky stuff that harms kids and pets. Follow along and go green (literally!) with your front yard for summer! Turn your brown grass green again without chemicals.
Do you remember playing “dress up” as a kid? or pretending you were “daddy home from work?” As fun as these activites are, they play a more important role than you may think. Dramatic play or “imaginative play” helps children bring the complicated grown-up world down to size and develop important skills for dealing with the outside world. Learn how to encourage these ideas in your child. Encourage dramatic play and imagination.
Warnings MTV and its producers must insist do not attempt to breastfeed grown men. Do not under any reason breastfeed 37 year old wee people in public.
I have personally done this and its tons of fun so I thought I would share it with all you guys. Simply go to the thrift store or garage sale that has power wheels (kids grow out of them all the time) and then take out the battery and motor. Then set up a race going down a steep hill and race each other. Its ok the first time just normally but then add a even steeper hill and the rolls that gift raps come on and its a whole new level of fun.
