By Amanda Rose | Half Pint Fun
While you still have snow in your area, give this a try! Ask your kids what they think will happen when you put crayons in the snow. I expect most will excitedly guess: “The snow will turn colors!” Place a mix of crayons (without paper wrappers) in the snow. Be sure to include a black […]
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The Half Pints set out to measure the height of a soda geyser — the type of geyser triggered by Mentos candy. You’ve probably seen “Mentos and soda” videos before and so the reaction itself may not come as a surprise. Get some completely soda-deprived kids to measure the geyser and what happens? I actually […]
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In these days before Valentine’s Day, if you are wondering what in the world you will treat your kids to (or yourself) that is at least a little bit healthy, here’s a project that you can use along with the Valentine’s drink I posted the other day (here). I’ve got a picture right here because, […]
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What is it that makes the egg of one bird so completely disgusting and the egg of another just a regular egg? I sense some head games going on with the Half Pints as they taste quail eggs. “I don’t want the to hatch in my mouth!” offers Alastair as he fears these canned eggs […]
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The Half Pints make a Valentine’s Day-inspired rendition of their favorite night time beverage (warm milk). They brainstormed the project: What to make it pink? Hibiscus? No, that makes it more purple, though it does taste great and required a lot of sampling just to be sure. Perhaps it was the hibiscus that inspired Frederick: […]
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If you’ve ever wondered but don’t want to sacrifice four dozen eggs to figure it out (and don’t want to scrub your deck off afterwards), you can simply watch this video. It’s actually pretty surprising how strong the eggshells are but add two rambunctious kids and a pet chicken and you have variables completely beyond […]
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