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You know what the greatest thing in the world is? The world! The very planet under your feet right now is the greatest thing ever. We have to love it, protect it and make sure it’s healthy and happy, just like you. One of the ways we can do that is by recycling. Do you ever wonder what happens to those bottles that you toss into the recycling bin? It’s a great question and to see the answer, just look below! Remember to reduce, reuse and recycle as much as...

It’s winter and that means finding fun things to do in the snow (if you live in a place with snow). This winter has seen snow show up in some truly unusual places where it normally wouldn’t. Hopefully the worst of the weather is behind us and the rest of winter is more gentle than it has been this year. Try these five winter activities to spend the rest of the frigid season. Build some Swedish Snow Lanterns From Gina Lide at the Artful Parent, these snow lanterns are so...

Hello and welcome to 2018! It's a whole new year and that means more exciting stuff to learn. Everybody is done with the holidays and now it’s time to warm up those brains and get learning again because learning is the most fun thing you can do. This week, we’re looking at a majestic winter bird. It’s so wonderfully wintery, it even has “snowy” in its name. We’re talking about the snowy owl. Thank you to PBS for this incredible infographic about the snowy owl. It was designed by Karen...

Christmas is coming! It’s almost here! Pretty soon the reindeer will be zooming across the sky pulling the sleigh with the jolly guy and the sack full of toys. As much as we love Christmas, we have to acknowledge something: It creates a lot of waste. The wrapping paper alone is quite wasteful and then there are all those Christmas flyers and catalogs. What if we told you that you could recycle all those glossy toy catalogs and make amazing Christmas decorations with them? Isn’t that great? You don’t just need...

St. Patrick’s Day is so great. You get to wear green, there are parades, there is much celebrating and you’re five times more likely to catch a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day than on any other day throughout the year according to a study done by the International Gold Finders Association and published in Totally Not Made Up Science Weekly. We all know that adults like to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with quiet and dignified reflection about St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland and the man credited with bringing...

Do you like gummy bears? Those squishy little things are so delicious and you can totally play with them before you eat them. Who doesn’t love playing with their food a little bit? Something that you can’t do with gummy bears, though, is build stuff with them. Can gummy bears build a house? Nope. So, if you can’t use gummy bears to build a gummy house, what can you use to build a gummy house? The answer is simple: gummy building blocks! And you can even make the gummy building...

This idea comes from The STEM Laboratory. It’s educational, it involves Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math (STEAM), it’s creative and it includes building blocks, so you know we love it. Click-A-Brick Challenge Cards This is similar to the Click-A-Brick advent calendar we told you about before. Let’s take a look at how to make these challenge cards. What you’ll need: Card stock Colored pencils Click-A-Bricks Step 1 Cut out as many cards from your card stock as you want. The more ideas you come up with, the more cards you’ll...

You know what’s amazing? When you can combine two things that you love to make one even better thing. Peanut butter and chocolate, for example. On their own? Great. Together? Spectacular! Or, how about cake and ice cream? Fries and ketchup? Chips and dip? Is anyone else here getting hungry? Anyway, the point is putting two things together can create something incredible and in this post we’re going to combine two things to create something that will make everyone at your next birthday party go “wow!” We’re going to combine...

Building toys are a fun and educational way for you and your child to engage in play. The imagination of your child will allow them to create an infinite world of fun and games out of building blocks, and we have no doubt that they will come up with their own entertainment. However, engaging in play with educational toys with your child can greatly enhance the value of their learning, and can also be a lot of fun for both you and them!  To help you to get involved, here...

Kids have always had in common a shared joy when playing with toys. The type of toys that they have enjoyed has changed over time, but aside from cultural and generational trends some toys have been around for many lifetimes, and seem to be here to stay, though they tend to evolve and adapt with the changing times. Building toys are one such timeless treasures. Building blocks have been around as toys since around the 1700s, though we are pretty sure that people have been stacking objects on top of...