By Amanda Rose | Half Pint Fun
Purely for your weekend entertainment, should you have some Jiffy Pop laying around, maybe it should be hanging around instead. Here’s one of everybody’s favorite viral memes made into an actual video. Alastair will show you how to make your own “redneck fire alarm.” He’s completely out of control at the end there mainly because […]
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The Half Pints face Spam in this Mystery tasting. They react predictably with plenty of squished faces and moans but then the video takes an unexpected turn as Alastair tastes canned Spam. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Half Pint video without the kids bringing in a chicken to taste the Spam too, so you […]
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You guys know I’ve got two boys running around here and these guys insist on Easter excitement. It’s their favorite holiday. They would love to hunt for eggs all year round. We dye eggs in natural food dyes, we dye them in those little round tablets that you can buy at the grocery store, we […]
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By Amanda Rose | Half Pint Fun
The Mentos and soda projects really are a lot of fun. In this one, the kids “hang” Mentos (using scotch tape) in some smaller plastic Diet Coke bottles. They proceed to make a giant mess in the cul-de-sac below our driveway. What can I say? It’s a great use for sodas. 😉
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File this in the category of “a whole lot of fun.” Set it up for your children and then find yourself unable to resist making the bubbles yourself. You just can’t help it. Frederick provides detailed wisdom in the video. Here’s the recipe: 6 cups water 1/2 cup Dawn dish soap (original) 1/2 cup corn […]
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Rambutan (“hairy fruit”) is an other-worldly-looking fruit related to the longan and grown in tropical climates. The Half Pints had not seen one before in their lives until they lifted their “Mystery Tasting” bowl to discover this fruit. “It doesn’t even look like food!” Frederick exclaims. Through some slick detective work, Frederick figures out what […]
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