Pedigreed Housewife World

There comes a point in every kid’s life when they discover the magic of mixing baking powder and vinegar. I’ll leave volcanoes for 5 th grade science projects and show them something more interesting to 3- and 5- year olds and more contained – a self-inflating balloon. With the leftover balloons abound and the awesome gift giving of Briana’s friends, we are armed and ready for our experiments today. One of Bree’s friends got her a science kit and she cannot wait to use it. We do one of the water experiments on density (if you want to do it at home take some clay or playdoh of the same size, wad one bit of it up and watch it sink, then shape the other bit of it into a boat and watch it float. Talk about the water displacement even though the weight is the same). Then Bree wants to do another one. I try to convince her not to do all of her experiments at once, but it’s her gift and she insists. We make paper airplanes and I’m surprised how much they remember ab...

At school the kiddies are talking about continents and I wanted to reinforce the learning at home. Luckily, Briana just turned 5 so we have balloons all over the house. What great symmetry!   So today we set out to make paper m â ch é globes. Paper m â ch é globe Paper m â ch é is one of those fun things that every kid somehow knows how to do but most adults have forgotten how to do. So just in case you have forgotten, here’s how we set about making our base: Step 1: Tear paper into long strips. We used blue construction paper instead of newspaper and it worked fine. This way we didn’t have to go back and paint the water. Step 2: Mix one part flour and 1 part water in a bowl.   Keep mixing until it is smooth. Step 3: Grab some balloons that are already blown up in our case. Step 4: Dip the paper into the flour/water mixture and completely soak the paper. Here’s where it gets messy, so the pictures stop for a while. Step 5: Remo...