Child’s Own Studio hand crafts stuffed toys based on your child’s drawings. The examples on the Child’s Own Studio website show that no matter how crazy-looking the drawing seems, a cute, creative, and beautiful toy emerges. This is such a great idea that I wonder how Child’s Own Studio will keep up with demand as the [...]
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Turn Your Child’s Art into a Stuffed Toy
Posted by ginac on December 9th, 2011
Posted in Activities, Art, Eclectic Homeschooling, Just for Fun 
Tags: Childs Own Studio, craft, drawings, stuffed toys, Toy 
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Posted by ginac on November 1st, 2011
SpottyBanana’s Facebook fan page is a great place to find and share learning resources, learning news, events, insightful articles, polls, and more. If you aren’t on our fan list yet, you’re missing out on a large part of the conversation we have with our readers each day! Don’t be shy. Share your learning photos, stories, [...]
Posted in Activities, Just for Fun, Online Tools Tags: community, Facebook, Learning, social media, social networking, spottybanana Comments OffFun, Free, Online Haunted House Halloween Game
Posted by ginac on October 28th, 2011
One of favorite free, online Halloween games is simply called Haunted House. It is a game K-mart used to promote on their website a few years ago. It is still available online and is a fun Halloween game. Great sound effects (we like the nasty cat), fun graphics, and spooky music make this game a winner. [...]
Posted in Activities, Games, Halloween, Just for Fun Tags: Halloween, haunted house game, online games Comments OffHow to Make a Batman Villain “Joker” Costume
Posted by ginac on October 21st, 2011
Batman villains are so much fun because they have such big personalities, wear outrageous costumes, and have memorable laughs. Maybe that’s why they’re popular characters for Halloween and pretend-play. For this costume, we simply raided our closets and make-up bags. We based our costume on the Joker from the 1989 Batman movie featuring Jack Nicholson [...]
Posted in Activities, Halloween, Just for Fun Tags: Batman, costume, Dress-up, Halloween, Halloween Costume, Jack Nicholson, Pretend-Play, The Joker, Villain Comments OffLegoland Florida Opening Day Highlights
Posted by ginac on October 18th, 2011
Legoland Florida opened to the public on Saturday, October 15, 2011. We were there! Check out our fun Lego fan pics, learn about the most popular rides, find out where to eat if you have food allergies, and even where to stay for the night. Legoland Florida: A Young Lego Geek’s Paradise
Posted in Just for Fun, LEGOs, News Tags: Clutch Powers, Legoland Florida, LEGOs, Nickelodeon Suites Comments OffHalloween Origami
Posted by ginac on October 13th, 2011
Halloween decorations can be expensive. Why not take a few hours, gather the kids, and make your own cool origami Halloween decorations. We found several free Halloween origami websites that requires little more than colored construction paper. They are really fun to make, too. Online Halloween Origami Resources Origami Resource Center - Halloween Origami Origami Club [...]
Guest Post: Geocaching – A Fun Weekend Activity
Posted by ginac on October 7th, 2011
Every kid loves a treasure hunt. Geocaching is treasure hunting with a technological twist. With the help of a GPS receiver or mobile device, you and your family can hunt for and find treasures, called geocaches, anywhere in the world. Geocache locations are recorded online with their specific global coordinates so that others can find [...]
Posted in Activities, Just for Fun, Learning Methods, technology Tags: Geocache, GPS, Learning, mobile device, treasure hunt Comments Off10 Reasons to Visit Your Local Museums on Free Museum Day
Posted by ginac on September 21st, 2011
Saturday, September 24 is Free Museum Day. Most Smithsonian and Smithsonian-affiliated museums are free on this day. There are many reasons to take advantage of Free Museum Day, but here are our top ten: Expand your family’s interests. Visit a museum that you wouldn’t normally visit. Seek to find possible new interests. Engage with learning. [...]
Posted in Activities, Eclectic Homeschooling, History, Interdisciplinary, Just for Fun, Learning Methods, Science Tags: aquarium, Art, Free museum day, history, MOSI, Museum, natural science, Smithsonian 2 Comments »Vote for SpottyBanana – Best Mom Tech Blog on Parents
Posted by ginac on September 19th, 2011
If you’ve found inspiration from our stories, shared stories you found here first, purchased a product we reviewed, engaged with us through Facebook or blog comments, you’re one of our greatest assets! Thank you! For newcomers finding us for the first time, welcome. We love learning and the community that supports it. We’re proud to [...]
Posted in Contests, Just for Fun, News Tags: Blog award, contest, parents.com, spottybanana, STEM, tech mom, vote 1 Comment »How To Make the Two-Face Batman Villain Costume
Posted by ginac on August 22nd, 2011
For some Batman fans, the villains are as much fun as the heroes. SpottyBanana loves to make costumes for Halloween and pretend-play. Usually, the home-made costumes are much better looking and much less expensive than the store bought versions. The Two-Face (Batman 1989 movie version) costume is very easy to create. Here are the items [...]
Posted in Activities, Halloween, Just for Fun Tags: Batman, Comics, costume, Dress-up, Halloween, Pretend-Play, Two-Face Comments Off
