Lets start at the beginning on this one: Welding isn’t your average toddler activity. Del is curious about welding, but we (collectively) haven’t actually welded anything (yet). While I might let her flip the switch on our spot welder, that […]
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As tribute to SpaceX’s inaugural human spaceflight, we built our own rocket swing, complete with motor actuated landing legs, take off/landing pulley, and coaxial dragon capsule emergency escape. Captain Delilah saved everybody with her amazing red button. Huzzah! Here’s the […]
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This project is still a bit of a work in progress but the heavy lifting is done. Now that we’re getting to an appropriate age for power wheels, I had the idea to recreate one of the vehicles from my […]
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It’s always exciting when Delilah opts for Microscope over TV- this particular expedition we (Delilah, myself, and her Camel, “Saul”)were hunting Tardigrades- a fascinating little creature (also called Water bears) with a penchant for survival. I’m going to regurgitate what […]
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Ok, this one’s not so practical for quarantine, but it’s an oft overlooked gem here in Charlotte right next to the airport, so even if you’re here on a long layover (CLT is a hub for assorted airlines and just […]
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My brother got this for Delilah for Xmas- we hadn’t had much opportunity to check it up till recently, but it’s become a lot more popular during the quarantine. The end results are pretty cool, kinda delicate, but they’re pretty […]
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Here’s an easy one- Vortex gun. You can actually pretty well buy one right here if you want to do it the easy way. There is also a pistol style toy if that’s your interest. However, its not hard to […]
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When I was a kid, I used to do a version of this with pepper sprinkled on water and a drop of soap. Some genius came up with foodcoloring on milk instead and it’s pretty psychedelic.
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Delilah loves our trampoline(s). Every day is leg day. It’s one of the best investments we’ve made (particularly the mesh safety surround). One thing that helped us learn more about planetary (among other) physics is use of orbits around the […]
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This is where we learn about how hydraulics work. We started off by ordering this universally handy pack of syringes off Amazon. Obviously, these get used for tons of other experiments and tasks as well, but in this case we […]
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