Year: 2011

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

Colorful Cone Cakes

Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Ever had an ice cream cone cupcake? This version has layers of colors to surprise and delight.

To make, simply mix up your favorite white cake mix. Divide the batter into smaller bowls and use food coloring to dye. (Hint: Paste food coloring gives deeper colors than regular drop liquid coloring.) Use paper cupcake liners in a muffin pan and then layer in the batter.

Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Before baking turn over a cone onto the top of the batter. Bake per original recipe instructions. When cool, remove paper and frost.

Complete instructions here