Project-related stories
The art of fruit
Healthy Kids, Nutrition & Supplements
My kids love fruit. Yours might too. But it never can hurt to have a little more fruit-filled inspiration in our lives. That's what one teacher thought just before setting her kindergarten class loose on this fruity art project. Still Life With Kool-Aid is what she calls it. And here's what Jessica Burkett did.- She covered a work area with newspaper.
- She heaped fruit into a bowl, even let some overflow onto the table. The more fruit there is to paint, the better, she says.
- She had kids use markers to draw an outline on watercolor paper of the still life. Kids were instructed not to color anything in with the markers, though.
- In separate cups, she used separate paintbrushes and mixed each of five packets of unsweetened Kool-Aid with two tablespoons of water. She arranged the cups in a row and placed the corresponding Kool-Aid packets in front of the cups to identify each flavor.
- She had the kids paint each fruit they'd drawn with the appropriate Kool-Aid "paint." Their creations dried for about 20 minutes.
- Once dry, kids could scratch a painted fruit lightly with a fingernail and sniff.
Kids keep Klum in tip-top shape
Fitness, Celebs & Entertainment
Model extraordinaire and Project Runway pioneer Heidi Klum reveals her stay-slim secret in May's Good Housekeeping magazine. She doesn't whisper anything about strict diets and hard-core workouts, though. Nope. It's all about her kids.Klum's three children -- ages four, two, and one -- keep her busy all the time, says this beauty who reports that staying active with her little ones is how she stays in such good shape. I'm not sure that's all it takes -- I'm a mom too and simply moving with my boys just isn't enough -- but apparently it's one piece of the puzzle for this Supermom who says working in the garden, jumping on the trampoline, climbing trees, and feeding ducks in the park top her activity list.
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Relax with some criminal mischief
Stress Reduction, Celebrities and Entertainment, Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment, Reviews & Products, Motivation, Men's Health
Hard work got you down? Feeling tired? Stressed out? Hmmm. Lots of us are. In response, most folks take a nap, get a massage, or check out a movie. My good friend Art Adkins took a different route for stress relief though. Instead of just chilling out, he wrote and published a book! Ever think of doing that? I thought it was a pretty cool concept.
Art is a Sergeant with the Gainesville Police Department in Florida and a former LAPD Sergeant as well. He's spent 27 long years in law enforcement and to him, creating a murder mystery involving the criminals and cases he's been involved in for decades became his escape. The Oasis Project is a clever and exciting tale of a family's murder and the secrets surrounding it. Art brings the case to life in the way that only a true law enforcement officer can do.
I'm impressed that in efforts to just relax, Art put his mind to work. Where many people choose TV time as the decompressor of choice, Art kind of took on a part time job. Is there something productive you can do when you're frazzled? Maybe you could quilt, scrapbook, write or woodwork. Maybe you can create some extra income for yourself while you're doing it too! The Oasis Project is not only a fun and exciting read, it's a little bit of motivation for the rest of us to do even better.
