Materials: Colored construction paper Scissors Glue String or yarn A stick or branch Instructions: Begin by cutting out flower and butterfly shapes from construction paper. You can use a template or draw freehand. Make sure to cut out enough shapes for each child to...

Lovely summer evening can be great opportunities for dinner on the patio, but one party crasher always ruins the fun: the mosquito. Instead of slathering your body with repellent, try repelling mosquitos from the space around you. It's possible with spatial...

Nobody's perfect, and that includes kids when it's time for homework. Procrastination can lead to after-dinner battles and evening scrambles to get assigned work done before bedtime. But homework doesn't have provoke anxiety every day -- try a few of these tips to...

Creating a spooky atmosphere in your house at Halloween doesn't have to be difficult or expensive. Just a few easy-to-find supplies, a couple of hours and parental supervision (if kids are handling the project) and you'll have your house Halloween-ready before you can...

If you go trick-or-treating this year, there's a good chance that Skittles will end up in your bag. According to CandyStore.com, Skittles are the most popular Halloween candy. Skittles, like other candies, are sold through style as much as taste, and the marketing...

An out-of-this world dining experience has debuted at Disney's Epcot Florida. The Space 220 restaurant appears to transport you 220 miles above earth to a space station that also happens to be a restaurant. At the table, diners enjoy 3-D views of the earth from space.

Storm's coming. We must run to the grocery store and stock up like it is the end of the world. Water. Bread. Pop-Tarts. Pop-Tarts? Oh, yeah. Pop-Tarts are big during storms, particularly strawberry Pop-Tarts. Walmart discovered early on that when a storm threatens,...

Invisible ink has been around for centuries and even featured prominently in America's biggest battles -- George Washington's army used it to send secret messages during the Revolutionary War. In fact, it is still used, and not just by super spies. Businesses use...

(National Bison Association and U.S. Dept of Interior) * Estimated size of the North American herd: 385,000. * Estimated size prior to 1600: 30 million to 60 million * Estimated number in mid-1880s: 700 to 1,000. * Bison on tribal land today: 20,000 * 2025 Bison herd...

August is state fair time and while we might care who has the best lamb, and we might want to hit the free concert, we will definitely buy fair food -- an outrageous culinary category unto itself. And it's really not always on a stick and not always fried. Case in...