How to Get Hopping
Do you know how to hop? Jumping up and down on just one leg isn’t as easy as walking, that’s for sure. Even bunnies don’t “hop” for real: they really jump off both back feet, because one foot is a lot...
View ArticleToo Many Balls in the Air
It’s International Juggler’s Day, a day all about the amazing act of juggling. It’s hard enough to catch a flying ball with one hand. But to toss a whole bunch of them into the air and catch them over...
View ArticleNelly’s Nose
Dogs love people, and are happy to play just about any game with us. Usually they like to catch, fetch, or just chase us across the yard. But here’s a dog who likes a different kind of game: balancing...
View ArticleWe’re Real Rear Wheels – Say It 10 Times Fast!
Try saying “We’re real rear wheels” 10 times fast — or even just twice. Not so easy, huh? It’s a tongue twister, a set of words that’s tricky for your tongue to say, and gets trickier to say as you say...
View ArticleTry Not to Lose Your Marbles
Marbles are those pretty little glass balls that always roll under the couch, never to be seen again. But at the National Marbles Tournament in Wildwood, NJ this week, marbles play the starring role in...
View ArticleThe Wild World of Waterslides
One of the best summer treats is the waterslide: a slide with water running down it. The first park waterslide ever, built in 1923, was made of wood. People would ride down the ramp on sleds, and shoot...
View ArticlePut Your Wheels in the Air
When you learn to drive, your parents won’t want you to zoom down the road like this. But a few years ago a whole bunch of people in Saudi Arabia started driving like this. It’s called “sidewalk...
View ArticleThree Sheets to the Wind
There’s a lot you can do with a blank sheet of paper. You can draw a picture on it, write a story… or if you want to stir up trouble, you can send it flying through the air. Folding paper to make a...
View ArticleWhat’s a Woggle?
What’s a woggle, you ask? It’s just another word for one of the best pool toys of all time: the pool noodle. It’s a long, colorful foam tube that you use to float in the water, and to splash other...
View ArticleTongue Twister for Your Eyes
Does this picture look right to you? An “optical illusion” is a shape or pattern that looks different from what was actually drawn. Straight lines that look curved, boxes that look flipped inside...
View ArticleYour House, Made of Lego
What if you could build your own house out of Lego? How many pieces would you need? Luckily for us, a company made an online calculator to help figure that out. You type in your house size in...
View ArticleTriple-Trick Dominoes
Domino chains are so simple but so cool. You stand them up on end, then knock down just the first domino. It knocks over the next one, which knocks down the next, until the ripple runs right through....
View ArticleThe Song That’s Stuck in Your Head
Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? Maybe a song from an ad, or a theme song from a cartoon show? It can be pretty annoying, even if you like the song. You just can’t stop it from playing in...
View ArticleLife-Size Candy Land
In Candy Land, anyone can win at any time. As you move your little person through the path, you might think you’re about to win as you get near the end. But if you draw a card for a candy near the...
View ArticlePhoto-Fest
It’s easy to snap pictures of anything these days, because so many phones can work like cameras. In the old days, taking a picture was so hard! The light bounced into a black box, where it hit a clear...
View ArticleBest Drummer Ever
We humans have been banging drums ever since we lived in caves. But once in a while some new drummer is so amazing that we’re blown away. As this video shows, this guy just plays on simple plastic...
View ArticleThe Secret to Dice
Dice are a fun toy we can use in a lot of different games. That’s because when you throw dice, you don’t know what will happen. A die is just a cube, a shape that has 6 flat square sides, or “faces.”...
View ArticleLand of the Flying Pumpkins
With Halloween and Thanksgiving behind us, America is done with pumpkins. So now what do we do with the leftover ones? We throw them. As our friend Mike F. just shared, every year there are “Punkin...
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May the Folds Be With You
Origami is the art of folding paper into the shape of animals, flowers, boxes and other things. Turns out you can make an origami Yoda, and as our friends the Tegtmeiers learned, you can make it as big...
View ArticleLiving La Vida Lego
When you build a house or castle out of Lego, you can’t help but think how cool it would be to live in a life-size building like that. Well, as our fan Merrick J. has shared, the California Legoland...
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