Inside Winter Wonderland – A Christmas Village Covered in Insta-Snow
Becky I. from California shared pictures of her Christmas village with us. She uses Insta-Snow and sprinkles it all over her Christmas village. Insta-Snow fluffs and feels like real snow. It is perfect for creating an indoor winter wonderland.…
Thank a Teacher Day – December 17, 2012
As the horrific events of Friday, December 14th unfolded, we all felt helpless and angry. Angry that someone would walk into a school and take the lives of children and the educators who not only taught them but protected them to the end.
As…
Santa and Rudolph Leave Footprints All Over Your Home – Insta-Snow Snowy Footrprints
By Blog Editor Susan Wells
Each year I work hard to keep the Santa mystery alive. I find new ways to surprise my daughters' on Christmas morning...we've left a special Santa key, sprinkled reindeer dust on the lawn, taken secret pictures of…
White Winter Butter and Golden Summer Butter
By Jane Goodwin
In Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House in the Big Woods – incidentally the first in the Little House series – Laura’s Ma churns the cream into butter once a week. Each day had its own work, in addition to the usual…
The Perfect Gift for Budding Scientists – Do It Yourself or All in One Science Kits
By Blog Editor Susan Wells
Do you have a pint-sized scientist in your life? Do they want to set up a mad scientist laboratory in your kitchen?
We meet so many parents, grandparents and other influential adults who know a child who is obsessed…
Send a Secret Santa Note or Write a Secret Message to Santa
Does your child write letters to Santa? Or are you a Secret Santa that wants to leave clues or confuse your gift recipient? Here are a few different ways to send a secret message to Santa, an elf or anyone. Just keep in mind you will probably…
Make a Snowman Snow Globe
By Rebecca English from Here Come the Girls
This is a fun activity for older children to make to give as a gift or for decoration in their own homes. Although it looks expensive and time consuming, it’s actually really simple, quick and fairly…
Christmas Tree Safety
There's nothing that says "Christmas" more than a live Christmas tree with all the tinsel and trimmings in your living room. There's also nothing that says "fire danger" more than a dried out tree that can easily catch a spark from a nearby…
When Actor Rainn Wilson Asked Steve Spangler About the Science of Love, Things Got a Little Awkward
Actor Rainn Wilson of SoulPancake - a website where life's big questions are debated, mixed and turned to batter - recently made a visit to the Spangler Labs. He sat down with Steve Spangler and asked about the science of love.
When Steve didn't…
Join us at the Barnes and Noble in Littleton for a Steve Spangler Book Signing
Meet Colorado's Science Guy - our own Steve Spangler. He will be at the Barnes and Noble at 8136 W Bowles Ave. in Littleton, Colorado on Thursday, December 6th between 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. to sign his books, Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes and Fire…