December 2010

New Year's Eve Crafts for Kids

The good news: there are a ton of crafts you and your kids can make for New Year's Eve.  (Maybe while you're all trying to stay awake that late!)

The bad news: most of them make noise, or a mess, or both.

On the up side, your kids will love this stuff!

NOISEMAKERS
One of the biggest parts of the New Year's tradition across cultures is the practice of making lots of noise to ring in the New Year.  In many cultures, you are scaring away the old year.  In others, you are simply making a joyous noise to celebrate the turning of the calendar.  But no matter how you slice it, fireworks and big noises are in!

Drink the Spit

If you ever had your intelligence insulted growing up as a girl, were purposely lied to by someone with authority, or were compared to something so worthless that it lowered your self-esteem so badly that you had to go to therapy, you have to check out what they’re telling young girls (and boys) about sex these days.

This video may feature some funny cartoon characters, but the content used for it is actual content taken from classroom materials that are used today. You have to see it to believe it: