Planting trees and shrubs always go better if they conform to a theme that you particularly like.

MATERIALS : 3/4 inch pvc, 3/4 inch solvent pvc ball valve,
3 90 degree pvc elbows, 2 pvc tee’s, pvc glue, saw, bike inner tube valve,
pvc end cap, sand paper, and 5 minute epoxy glue.
DIRECTIONS: the barrel is 14.5 inches long. this gets glued into the ball valve.
cut a 6 inch section and this will be [...]

A potato gun sometimes called a spudzooka or spud gun is weapon that can launch spuds at over 200 ft. It is a propellant based gun that uses any propane based aerosol as a propellant (most experiments use hair spray, for it is inexpensive and easy to use). The way it works is propellant is [...]

How to make a backyard skating rink
By Jacqueline Kovacs
When the temperature starts to plummet, Mike Moore starts to think rink. As a kid growing up in St. Catharines, Ontario, Moore used to flood his backyard to make a skating rink, and now the Toronto dad does the same for his own two boys.
“It stems from [...]

Materials Needed:
Two sheets of colorful multi-purpose paper
Two cups water
Scented oil (cranberry, holly or your child’s favorite scent)
Blender (with adult supervision)
Bowl
Old screen (clean)
Markers
Step 1
Rip paper into very small pieces.
Step 2
Place paper pieces, water and a few drops of scented oil in blender.
Step 3
Blend into a pulp-like consistency.
Step 4
Pour mixture from blender into bowl.
Step 5
Allow child to [...]

These colors may not be as bright as you are used to, but it will give the child an experience in how it was done. Be sure the child is wearing an old long sleeved shirt, smock, etc. over his or her clothing.
Yellow Collect the dry outside skins of onions. Pour hot water over them [...]

1) On a piece of cardboard draw a paddle shape as shown in the drawing at the right.
2) Cut a piece of white paper the same size as the wide part of the paddle.
3) Write the alphabet in capital and small letters on the white paper. Place the alphabet sheet on the paddle.
4) Tear off [...]

1) Cut the tip from a quill (turkey feathers work best).
2) Split through the middle of the shaft for about a half an inch. Cut away one side of the split part.
3) Sharpen the remaining side into a point.
4) Dip the point of the quill into some ink. Shake off the excess ink. Do not [...]

Early settlers ate their food from wooden trenchers; a wooden slab of wood that had been hollowed out.
1) Make enough salt clay for each boy to be able to model a rectangular slab approximately 4 inches long by 2 inches wide and an inch deep. With their fingers the boys need to form the salt [...]

It was the man or boy’s job to do the whittling when a woman needed a new broom.
1) Open three sheets of newspaper to their full size. Staring from a long side, roll the papers into a tube to make the broom handle.
2) Cut the bottoms from three large paper sacks. Split the bags so [...]