I can’t promise great sound quality, but this DIY phone speaker will make your phone sound louder and a bit less tinny! This easy science project is a great for older children and useful too! You’ll Need Cardboard tube 2 plastic cups Scissors Phone with a speaker at the bottom How to make a DIY speaker Carefully cut a hole in the side of each plastic cup so the cardboard tube fits inside tightly. Attach a cup to each end of the tube. Cut a thin slit in the top of the cardboard tube just big enough to hold your phone. Choose some music and listen to the sound in and out of the speaker. It should sound louder when...
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If you’re tired of fruit turning brown prematurely, you’re gonna love this post! Fruit-Fresh from Ball is a handy product that helps protect freshly cut produce from turning brown fast – and without changing the flavor! But does it work on apples? Guacamole? Read on for all the different ways I use this product, and try it for yourself! Sliced produce turns brown naturally when exposed to air. Those brown spots (also known as fruit rust) are caused by oxygen in the air reacting with the plant enzyme polyphenol oxidase. Ball Fruit-Fresh contains citric acid that helps protect the fruit from browning for about 8 hours (according to the label). To use it, sprinkle it right on the fruit or...
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure policy for details. Have you heard of Chinese tea eggs? I grew up eating these delicious, savory eggs that are full of flavor. But I never thought much about the tea egg’s marbled surface until I was planning the dinosaur summer camp for my kids (get $7 off with the code BETTY123). Wait a minute, these Chinese tea eggs look like dinosaur eggs! This DIY dinosaur egg project is super easy and fun for the kids. Plus, you get to eat the eggs afterward. Entertained and well-fed kids equal happy kids in my book. How to Make Colorful Dinosaur Eggs Materials: Hard-boiled eggs 3 jars or cups Food coloring Water Ice Directions Hard-boil...
Are you stressed out yet? I'll be honest. I'm exhausted! I'm not terribly worried about a virus. I feel secure on what I can do to promote equality and understanding. I'm not even that devastated about being lied to by governments and prominent entities over and over because, let's be real, it's been happening since the dawn of time. Mostly, I have just had my fill of hallway brawls that are only happening because we're sitting behind screens. Maybe some of us get pretty hateful in person when we're worked up, but if we continued in public like that, we would quickly find ourselves without many friends and suspended for disruptive behavior. People disagree. Always have. Always will. The difference...
