Spaghetti Day

Of course, spaghetti is great for eating, but did you know it’s terrific for painting with, too? Let your little one dip cooked, cooled spaghetti in paint, then drag the pasta across a piece of paper for some squiggly modern art fun. While your child is painting, teach him, or her, the silly song “On […]

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Drinking Straw Patented

In 1888, Marvin Stone patented the spiral winding process to manufacture the first paper drinking straws. Stone was already a manufacturer of paper cigarette holders. His idea was to make paper drinking straws. Before his straws, beverage drinkers were using the natural rye grass straws. Stone made his prototype straw by winding strips of paper […]

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Happy Mew Year for Cats Day

Felines, ever above mere humans in the great chain of being, have a day unto themselves to celebrate the “mewness” of a new time. It’s easy for your child to make a cute and cuddly paper kitten in the blink of eye. Provide your child with a picture of a kitten from a magazine or […]

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January is….

January is National Oatmeal Month, National Soup Month, National Staying Healthy Month, Blood Donor Month, National Hobby Month, National Tea Month, Book Blitz Month, National Clean Up Your Computer Month Astrological Signs Capricorn: December 22 – January 19 Aquarius: January 20– February 18 Symbols Birthstone: Garnet Flower: Carnation and Snowdrop Astonish everyone you greet by […]

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