Year: 2011

Campfire Banana Boats

Cut a slit into, or partially peel, a banana. Press in some chocolate chips and marshmallows. Close banana, wrap in aluminum foil. Set above campfire until chocolate is melty, and banana is warm and soft. Eat!

Easy Ring Toss

Fill some plastic bottles with sand.

Cut out the center of paper plates.

Make up some simple rules for points or prizes and get started!

 

Magazine Plant Stand

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The concept is similar to cardboard furniture. It’s amazing how sturdy the paper can be when it involves multiple layers. We were thinking a single magazine could work as a wall shelf…let me know if anyone tries it or if you have any other uses!

What You Need

Materials
Old magazines. That’s it!

Instructions

1 Pull out any subscription cards from inside the magazine. (And subscribe if you like it—it’s so much cheaper than buying off the newsstand!)
2 Flip open the magazines and leave the cover out to the left. Thumb through (about) ten pages, then fold them in half towards you, tucking the page ends back towards the binding. The crease should be on the right side, and the loose ends should be on the top.
3 Repeat for the entire magazine, including the back cover. (It’s okay to vary the number of pages a little, so don’t worry about counting them.)
4 Fold the cover to the right, over the first crease, and tuck it in towards the binding to secure the folded pages. You’ll have a semi-circle fan shape.
5 Repeat for any other magazines. Place them back to back, with the flat sides together. If you’re stacking two on top of each other, rotate the second layer a few degrees so that they stack like bricks, and not directly on top of each other. This will make them more stable.

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Harvest Marigold Seeds

Marigolds are incredibly easy to grow, and the seeds are very easy to collect and save for next year’s flower beds. With these simple instructions you can save marigold seeds from one year to the next, growing exactly what you want.

 

Things You’ll Need

  • Small plastic zipper bags
  • Permanent marker
  • Marigolds
 

  1. Watch the marigold plants as blooms begin to fade and the blossom dies out. Only after it dries can you collect the seeds.

  2. Label the plastic zipper bags with permanent marker, noting the color, height or whatever information you will find helpful for future reference.

  3. Pluck the dead and dry bloom off the stem and roll it around in the palm of your hand; you will find that it easily breaks up into long narrow two-part seeds.

  4. Place the seeds in the plastic bag with the information about it written on it. Store the seeds in a cool, dark place until ready to sow in the spring.

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