Month: May 2011

Bubble Wrap Game

You’ll need:

  • Roll of Bubble Wrap

  • Masking Tape

  • A Few Sheets of Paper and Marker (optional)

Directions:

Roll out the bubble wrap and lay it on the floor starting at the door.

Tape it into place.

On each sheet of paper write a different instruction: (walk, hop, stomp, tip toe, etc.)

Tape these down next to the bubble wrap ‘road’ at intervals.

To play:

When the kids walk in, they have to follow the instructions (hop, tip toe, etc.).

You can judge them by how many bubbles popped or how loud they are, or by the fewest bubbles popped and how quiet they are.

Either way, everyone wins because it’s awesomely fun!

Graduation Year Lanyard

You’ll need:

  • keychain
  • pony beads in school colors
  • 2 yards satin cord.

Instructions: Fold your cord in half to find the center. Use a half hitch to secure it to lanyard hook. Lace beads using patterns as a guide. Finish by tying off with a double knot on each side of the last row. Add beads to the end of each string. Double knot. Trim.

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Dancing Raisins

You’ll need:
  • tall, clear glass
  • water
  • 4 or 5 raisins
  • baking soda
  • vinegar
  1. Pour 1 cup of water into a tall, clear glass.
  2. Add 1 tablespoon of baking soda.
  3. Mix it up until the baking soda dissolves in the water.
  4. Drop in the raisins.
  5. Finally, slowly pour in the magic ingredient—a ½ tablespoon of white vinegar
Ta da! The raisins will start shaking their money makers, bobbing up and down in the glass.

Why do they dance? read about it here

Graduation Yarn Bug

You’ll need:

  • Yarn: in school’s colors
  • black and white stiffened felt paper, card stock, or foamies
  • googly eyes
  • cream paper for the diploma parchment
  • 1 section of an egg carton
  • craft glue

complete instructions and patterns here

Genius Quiz

This quiz is touted for geniuses but you can try it too! 🙂 There are no trick questions. (Answers are in the comments.)

1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.

2. What famous North American landmark is constantly moving backward?

3. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?

4. What fruit has its seeds on the outside?

5. In many liquor stores, you can buy pear brandy, with a real pear inside the bottle. The pear is whole and ripe, and the bottle is genuine; it hasn’t been cut in any way. How did the pear get inside the bottle?

6. Only three words in standard English begin with the letters ‘dw’and they are all common words. Name two of them.

7. There are 14 punctuation marks in English grammar. Can you name at least half of them?

8. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked, or in any other form except fresh.

9. Name 6 or more things that you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter ‘S’.

Thanks Janet