The Epic Fort 2017 theme was dark and light! First, the video: Photo Overview: Fort Description (and more pics) …
Epic Fort 2015
Another year, another fort! This time we themed it “Arabian Nights”. First, the video! Epic Fort 2015 from Fort Builders …
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Epic Fort 2014
It’s our 4th year of forting fun—I can’t believe it! This year, we decided to go with a more artsy vibe and came up with the idea of an Avatar theme (the fluorescent planet Pandora).
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Paper Mache Dinosaur Mask (T-rex costume DIY)
It’s time for a paper mache dinosaur mask DIY! I absolutely love paper mache (or papier mache, however you want to spell …
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Epic Fort 2013
Another year—and our third annual fort building event! This was a MUCH bigger fort than ever before, and took us …
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Hunger Games Treasure Hunt
An awesome treasure hunt that slowly (and to the hunter’s surprise) devolved into a bloodthirsty Hunger Games style fight to the death.
Snail racing game
I used to think snails were disgusting. And I used to hate them, for helping destroy my veggie gardens. However, …
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Golden Snitch Ornament DIY – Harry Potter craft
A fun, quick, cheap and easy DIY for a Golden Snitch ornament (a Harry Potter holiday craft) to hang on your Christmas tree. It’s a great craft for Harry Potter loving kids and adults this holiday.
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Epic Fort 2012
So! Many of you may remember the epic fort my roommates and I built in 2011 (if not, here’s the …
My 2012 Easter Trophy
Here’s a fun DIY that I sorta fell into. One year we decided to host an “Easter Egg Hunt for …
Flour fighting
Inspired by the Hindu holiday Holi, some friends and I decided it’d be fun to have a mini flour-fight. It turned …
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Explorin’ the lake {geocaching}
We are at it again—making and hiding another geocachefor people to hunt down! While we were up north in the …
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DIY Masquerade Mask Tutorial
Every New Years for the past 4 years I’ve tried to do something slightly different than normal. This year, it …
The vintage arcade
For the holidays Chris and I were up in Sonoma (i.e. wine country), but we did take a day trip …
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Geocaching
If you haven’t heard of Geocaching, you HAVE to check it out here. Essentially it’s like an ongoing treasure hunt …
Redwall feast!
I mentioned this over on fair ivy’s blog, but thought I might do a little blog posting about it as …
Beast Make Bomb – and Ninjas
Chris, Tom and Jan have recently come out with their first iPhone game, called Ninjas vs Vikings! It took lots of …
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Epic Fort 2011
Remember back in March when I said it would be great to have enough boxes to build a fort?
Well….
Community Service
Yesterday I was asked to help out at a local community service event that doesn’t really fit your normal idea …