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Fun Science

Try these out-of-this-world rocket science experiments.

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Fun Science
Try some amazing experiments with water.

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Air Show Experiments

Try some amazing experiments with air.

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EGGS-PERIMENTS

Find out more about eggs with these "eggs-citing" experiments.

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WHAT'S COOKIN'?

Follow these easy steps to make ice cream in five minutes.

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BE CRAFTY

Make your own bubblebath as a cool gift for your parents or friends.

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BE CRAFTY

With some bricks, glue, and felt, you can create decorator doorstops!

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BE CRAFTY

Create a decorative vase or tool holder with tissue paper and a clean glass jar.

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WHAT'S COOKIN'?

Here's a recipe to make chocolate-dipped pretzel rods—a great gift idea.

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WHAT'S COOKIN'?

Follow these easy steps to make your own BBQ sauce!

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BE CRAFTY

Design your own gift certificates to give to your parents or grandparents.

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Be Crafty!

"Book" your vacation by making souvenir scrapbooks showing what you did on vacation.

Illustration shows a boy eating a slice of pumpkin ice-cream pie

What's Cookin'?

Make a pumpkin ice-cream pie.

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What's Cookin'?

Whip up some delicious Thanksgiving treats!

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Just Joking

Baboons Joke-Off
Why did Mozart get rid of his chickens? Find out what's so funny in our jokes section.

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Be Crafty!

Haunt your house for Halloween with some easy outdoor decorations. Create a mummy, a giant spider, grizzly gravestones, scary bats, and a splat witch following our easy directions.

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Be Crafty!

Fooderstitions! Just for fun, learn how to tell fortunes using food—tea leaves, bananas, and apples!

Image: Jack O' Lantern

Just Joking

Halloween Hilarity
How do you fix a broken jack-o'-lantern? Find out in our joke section.

Witch Mobile!

Witch Mobile!

Spook up any haunted house by making your own bewitching mobile.

Pumpkins

Cut it Out!

Find out how you can turn pumpkins into Halloween sensations using our expert carving tips.

making webs

spiders

Make your own glow-in-the-dark spiderwebs, and string them up on Halloween.

spiders

spiders

Create one or more creepy crawlers, and dangle them from your own stringy spiderwebs.

lonely ghost

ghost card

How sly a ghost are you? This game will challenge your ghostly powers of winking.

small ghosts

ghost

For a scary Halloween, make some ghosts and drape them from tree branches so they blow in the wind

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Ghostly Messages

You can make disappearing ink and write frightening fortunes for a spooky Halloween party!

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Gruesome Monster Heads

Make scary "shrunken heads" with apples and other ingredients from your kitchen.

photo: you can make this slimy green punch!

Slime Punch

Whip up a slimy treat with icy green "hands."

Quick and Creepy Recipes

What's Cookin'?

Quick and Creepy Recipes
Whip up these “ghouly” delights for your next Halloween party!

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Just Joking

Halloween Chuckles
Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party?

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Image: Make a Cool Terrarium!

Make a Cool Terrarium!

What a Joke! Maze

What a Joke! Maze

Make your way through this maze of April Fools’ Day pranks. Only one route will get you through gag-free.

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Back Talk

Chimpanzee Haircut
What do you think this chimp is thinking? Supply your own words.

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Back Talk

Ducklings on a Bike
What do you think this duckling is thinking? Supply your own words.

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Back Talk

Cat in a Sink
What do you think this cat is thinking? Supply your own words!

Back Talk

Back Talk

Pig at the Refrigerator
What do you think this pig is thinking? Supply your own words.

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Just Joking

Frog Folly
Where do chimps pick up wild rumors? Find out in our jokes section!

Back Talk

Back Talk

Perturbed Penguin
What do you think this penguin is thinking? You supply the words.

Back Talk

Back Talk

Barnyard Animals
What do you think this duck is thinking? You supply the words.

Brain Benders

Brain Benders

This optical illusion is going in circles. Or at least it seems to be! Check out this newest Brain Bender.

Brain Benders

Brain Benders

Click here to see this mysterious optical illusion.

Back Talk

Back Talk

Bandit Breakfast
What do you think this raccoon is thinking? You supply the words.

Back Talk

Back Talk

Turkey Neck
What do you think this turkey is thinking? You supply the words.

Brain Benders

Brain Benders

Have a heart. In fact, have two! See how by checking out this optical illusion.

photo: a dracula

Just Joking

Why did the cookie go to the hospital? Find out why in our Just Joking section!

Brain Benders

Brain Benders

"Ghost dots" appear then disappear in this optical illusion. Take a look.

Brain Benders

Brain Benders

Red is green and green is black. Confused? You will be after you try this illusion!

Brain Benders

Brain Benders

This optical illusion will have you staring at a square.

Brain Benders

Brain Benders

This "twisted" illusion will have you rubbing your eyes in disbelief!

Brain Benders

Brain Benders

Stare at this optical illusion too long, and you'll catch its drift!

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Back Talk

Horsing Around
What do you think this horse is thinking? You supply the words.

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Secret Codes

Communicate with your friends in secret! Use these super sneaky ways to "talk" like a spy.

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Back Talk

Panda and Kid Picture
What do you think this kid is thinking? You supply the words.

Build a Beast

Be Crafty!

Build a Beast
With flour and water YOU can create cool papier-mâché animals for your friends.

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Back Talk

Typing Dog
What do you think this dog is thinking? You supply the words.

art: an awful fiddler

Back Talk

Musical Dog
What do you think this dog is thinking? You supply the words.

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Back Talk

Little Dog
What do you think this dog is thinking? You supply the words.

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GLITTER ROCKS

If you like shimmering objects, you'll like making your own "gemstones."

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ANIMAL ART ROCKS

Create your own painted animals on stone.

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Back Talk

What do you think this dog is thinking? You supply the words.

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Back Talk

What do you think this elephant is thinking? You supply the words.

How green are you?

GREEN-O-METER

Are you a friend of the environment? Click here to test your eco-smarts!

cheetah tongue bath

Back Talk

Licking Cheetahs
What do you think these cheetahs are thinking? You supply the words.

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