Heatwaves and cranky kids are no joke. Although the summer break can be lots of fun, no mom wants a house full of cranky kids who are complaining because it’s just too hot to do anything. That’s where these fun activities come in. We’ve found 17 ways to keep kids cool this summer (and they’ll also keep mom happy). How to Keep Kids Cool During a Heat Wave 1. Make a Sponge Lei Make a sponge lei! Wet it and put it around your neck whenever you need to cool down. 2. Host a Sponge Bomb Fight Speaking of sponges, have you ever had a sponge bomb fight? They’re more fun than water balloons, because you can reuse them. Here’s a...
If you’ve ever visited a beach on a hot day you may have found it to be windier by the sea than it is inland. Sea breezes are caused by convection currents. What is a sea breeze? Sea breezes occur on summer days because land heats up faster than the sea. Warm air rises as it is less dense than cooler air. As the warm air rises, cooler air from over the ocean moves over land to take its place. It is this movement of warm and cool air that creates a sea breeze! The opposite happens at night when the surface of land cools faster than the surface of water. The warmer air over the ocean rises and cooler land...
We want food to be served on plates, like normal, civilized Pandas. Don’t give us grub in avocado shells, slop on bits of wood, chips stuck in rocks, or sushi served in bonsai trees. We can’t take it anymore! We deserve to be treated properly, not like Dr. Frankenfood’s guinea pigs.Thankfully, there’s an entire online community that’s dedicated to shaming truly egregious examples of restaurants serving food on stuff that makes us go, ‘Seriously, what the heck were they thinking?’ The ‘We Want Plates’ subreddit is home to 795k folks who have declared war on plateless food and drink presentation. We’ve collected the most horrifying recent photos to show you just how bad things can get when the people running...
Disney/PixarSpoiler alert: this article explains a key plot point, but we don’t give away anything you won’t see in trailers. Thanks to reader Florence, 7, for her questions. At the beginning of the new Disney Pixar film, Lightyear, Buzz Lightyear gets stranded on a dangerous faraway planet with his commanding officer and crew. Their only hope of getting off the planet is to test a special fuel. To do that, Buzz has to fly into space and repeatedly try to jump to hyper-speed. But each attempt he makes comes with a terrible cost. Every time Buzz takes off for a four-minute test flight into space, he lands back on the planet to find many years have passed. The people Buzz...
You probably have some in your kitchen right now. Your kids love to drink it, and if you’re totally honest, grown-ups enjoy it now and then, too. Kool-Aid, that is. But did you know there are lots of cool ways to use Kool-Aid besides as a delicious drink? It’s true! From cleaning to cooking to kids activities, we’ve found 15 Kool-Aid hacks every mom should know and try at least once. Kool-Aid Hacks Moms Need to Know 1. Clean Your Dishwasher with Kool Aid Combine lemonade flavored Kool-Aid with soda to clean your dishwasher. The phosphoric and citric acids help break up the hard water deposits. 2. Make Dishwasher Tablets with Your Favorite Kool Aid Mix Make dishwasher tablets with lemon-flavored...
