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Ride That Lobster!
When you draw a picture of some creature, wouldn’t it be cool if it could come to life and hang out with you? That’s just about what happened in this story from our fan Laurel P. When folks built a...
View ArticleWaterslide for Ducks
Everyone loves a great waterslide: it’s fun to swoosh down and make a giant splash at the bottom. But why should we humans have all the fun? Ducks love water — and it turns out they love water slides,...
View ArticleA Surprise Inside a Surprise Inside a…
Have you ever seen those little wooden dolls that split open to show another little doll inside, then another inside that one? Ever wonder what they’re called? They’re matryoshka dolls, which were...
View ArticleGoing Slideways
When cavemen invented the wheel thousands of years ago, it was probably wood or rock. It probably wasn’t a rubber tire full of air, and they probably didn’t use it to go sledding. That’s called inner...
View ArticleLast Piece of the Puzzle
Jigsaw puzzles can be easy or hard, and it all depends on three things. First, there are the shapes: If they all look the same, that’s harder than shapes that don’t match. Then there’s the number of...
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Pictures That Stick
It’s no fun being bored. But sometimes that’s when we have our best ideas. Back when these people were still going into their office, they stuck sticky notes onto the windows to make giant pictures....
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 ArticleWho Invented Hopscotch?
Can you hop? Jumping up and down on just one leg isn’t easy. Even bunnies don’t “hop” for real: they really jump off both back feet. So hopping is the big challenge in the game hopscotch. More than...
View ArticleHow to Be a Juggler!
It’s International Juggler’s Day, a day all about the amazing act of juggling. It’s hard enough to catch a ball with one hand. But to toss a whole bunch of them into the air and catch them over and...
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 game: balancing things...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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