Play

This Old House's tutorial for making a play fort is beyond awesome and so doable (even for us hammer & nail challenged). A few measurements, a couple simple cuts and a screw here and there and you got yourself a fort built for (mini) royalty. The darn fort even has a seat AND a peep hole that latches! Um, yeah that's cool!

This Old House:

With a freshly-minted middle schooler and kindergartener at home the days are now numbered for our well-loved (worn out) board books. And although we're sure to find good homes for many of our cherished page-turners there are a few in our collection that just won't make the cut.

Time to start filling the ol' summer bag of tricks with a few good ideas (that is if you treasure your sanity). Here's a cool project for making a CD case fimo labyrinth contributed by Teri of Giddy Giddy on Bloesem Kids. It's the perfect go-to summer project when things get hairy with the kids.

What ever good summer needs is the perfect hideaway...A cool place to stash one's self for a while with a few good books and several stuffed pals...A haven from the heat!

I admit our home is overrun with small plastic toys...Boo, hiss!...I KNOW plastic...Don't judge! Despite our best attempts to provide eco-friendly playthings for our kids these bright colored pieces of death are the most popular toys in our home providing hours of imaginative play. However, that doesn't solve/rationalize the unequal toy-to-kid ratio of our already spaced challenged living space.

Hello! Lego Master has come to tell you May the Fourth Be With You!

May the 4th has become known as Star Wars Day. Since 2005 fans (like me) have considered May 4th to be a sort of Star Wars holiday.

Here's this wicked-cool Lego video made last year. You will see the whole Star Wars trilogy in only about 2 minutes.

Hello, this is Lego Master again! First, I'll let you in on something new coming this month -- it's the new Alien Conquest series! It will include new pieces like alien heads that are very different from the regular Lego heads (including one that's a brian-sucker alien). If you click on the picture included in this article, you will see a brain-sucker and a new Lego alien head. I'm especially excited about it because it will introduce a whole new sci-fi world to Lego.

Hello! Let me introduce myself. My name is Soren and I am the new LEGO blogger/correspondent for Otterhop. I will be discussing everything LEGO! I'm an 11 year old boy who is OBSESSED with all things LEGO. My parents are the administrators of Otterhop. I have been playing with LEGOS for 7 years of my life and I am an expert of knowing info on LEGO. I will blog about LEGO insiders and LEGO awesomeness.

Heres an insider: There are rumors about LEGO Hobbit. Cool, right? I love Hobbit and love LEGO. If you add them up it equals complete awesomeness!!!

Hooray for Spring and all the promises of new life that comes with it. We've been marveling at the beauty that's all around us from the daffodils to the blue jays.

Easter just ended and already you're sick of finding/stepping on halves of plastic eggs that only 2 days ago housed delicious candy goodness. Feeling rather guilty about wanting to scoop up all those shells and dumping them into the nearest trashcan you hunt for ideas to extend their little plastic-y life and keep them off your floor.