Tasha and Ciara carry on a preschool conversation about their futures in American Sign Language. Follow the subtitles and see that "girl talk" is the same in any language! This was recorded at the Deaf Children's Society of BC. Link-Thanks, Marion!
This is going to be so neat the next time you hand an apple to your child! If they ask you to cut it, just tell him/her you already did. Then enjoy their puzzlement as they try to figure out how you did it. This video is from our own David Israel. -via Geeks Are Sexy
(vimeo link)Frans Hofmeester strung together video clips of his daughter Lotte’s face taken every week from birth to twelve years old. Yes, this kind of thing has been done before, but this is a little different. Using video instead of still pictures highlights how much little girls talk while getting their picture made. -via Buzzfeed
The daughter of blogger Robb Allen made this clever Pinewood Derby car shaped like a Wii Remote. He writes, "...I routed and helped her paint, but she did most of the rest." Is it an aerodynamic design? No, but it's cool.
Imagine that you're taking a five-year old to a state fair. He runs off into the crowd. You can't find him; he can't find you.
Well, Beckie of Infarrantly Creative has a fun idea that could help. Tag your child with a temporary tattoo featuring your cell phone number. She has a template, which you can find at the link. Apparently there's such a thing as temporary tattoo paper, and you can run it through a regular inkjet printer. That's the only thing you'll need to purchase to implement Beckie's plan.
When your baby first sees that plastic tub that you picked up at Walmart for $15, he'll wonder if he was accidentally switched at the hospital. A more refined choice is this ceramic whirlpool bath by BluBlue. Sure, it's $3,200, but that's the price you have to pay to keep up with the Jonses' baby.
The Karpiuks' wanted to make their nine month-old little baby his very own Millennium Falcon and dressed up his pup companion to play the role of Chewbacca. They have photos of the full process over on their Flickr page so you can follow the process yourself.
"He dug a hole, but he had dug only a little of it when Frith came over the hill alone. And he saw El-ahrairah's buttom sticking out of the hole and the sand flying out in showers as the digging went on. When he saw that, he called out, 'My friend, have you seen El-ahrairah, for I am looking for him to give him my gift?' 'No,' answered El-ahrairah, without coming out, 'I have not seen him, He is far away. He could not come.' So Frith said, 'Then come out of that hole and I will bless you instead of him.' 'No, I cannot,' said El-ahrairah, 'I am busy. The fox and the weasel are coming. If you want to bless me you can bless my bottom, for it is sticking out of the hole.'"
How did you share the good news that you were pregnant? I'm guessing you didn't put an add in the Missed Connections section of Craigslist. Or maybe you did. Anyway, this post was titled, "Did we hook up at the Megadeth/Motorhead concert? -w4m-28 (Aragon Ballroom).
Me: Blue hair, silver tube top, fishnets, Knee high black biker boots. You: Red mohawk, black pentagram gauges, viper piercings...
Anyway I'm pregnant. It's yours. contact me if you want to be part of your child's life.
If you want to read the full touching text be sure to go to the link. I really hope she saved a copy for the baby book.
A cover of the Rammstein song "Sonne" (sun), performed by the Children Medieval Band. The three siblings are 10-year-old Stefan, 8-year-old Olga, and the amazing 5-year-old Cornelia playing drums better than most adults. If you really don't like Rammstein, skip ahead to about 3:30 where they pick up new instruments. You can see more of their musical performances at YouTube. Link -via reddit
The driver of a school bus in Fife, Washington had a heart attack while driving. The bus began careening down the road and might have crashed disastrously, if not for the quick thinking of 13-year old Jeremy Wuitschick. He jumped in the front seat and brought the bus to a full stop.
The video above is pretty amazing. Jeremy really did respond instantly and intelligently despite being taken completely by surprise. The time between the driver's heart attack and Jeremy has his hands on the wheel is under ten seconds.
Caine had the summer to hang out in the back of his father's auto part store. He was bored, but he was also creative.
Caine loved arcades. He couldn't pass by one without stopping inside to play. So he built one inside the store.
Oh, it was just cardboard boxes, cut up and taped up. But they were reasonable approximations of arcade gaming cabinets. It was time to open for business!
Got a dollar? That'll earn you four games. Got two? Then you get a Fun Pass! That's five hundred games.
Still, no one was interested, except for one man who needed a new door handle for his car. Independent filmmaker Nirvan Mullick knew a bargain when he saw it and bought a Fun Pass immediately. He also used his connections to drum up some business for Caine. This is the story of how he did it.
This particular review was deleted from the Amazon product page, if in fact it was ever posted there. But it speaks the truth! There are more reviews at reddit. Link
The Answer: According to the pint sized artist this is a picture of a little girl walking through the woods with a picnic basket. Along comes a monster who tries to scare her and steal one of her very favorite chocolate chip cookies. The little girl is brave and tells the monster to be nice. This takes the monster by surprise. The Monster is sorry. The little girl gives the monster a cookie. This makes the monster happy. The little girl and monster are now friends. The little girl snacks on a cookie as she heads home.
The Most Correct Answer: The girl in the dress encountered upon an eyeball monster harassing/mugging the girl in the shirt, trying to steal her cookie.
In a moment of quick-thinking, the girl in the dress reveals an eyeball monster friend from within the depths of her purse (to distract the would-be mugger), along with a second cookie for herself.
The two girls are able to evade the eyeball monster with their cookies in-tact.
Congratulations! You really got in the head of this pint sized artist. You win a Hip Hip Array t-shirt.
The Funniest Answer:
While at first glance it may appear that Little Miss Blondie is on a shopping trip (note the purse in the left hand), upon further examination, it is clear we are being told a cautionary tale about encounters with germs and the importance of hand washing. A bucket (source of water for hand washing- much too hard to draw a sink!) is seen in every picture. When the girl encounters the germ (pink cyclops) she is taken off guard! But then she remembers her handy-dandy hand washing bucket, washes the germs off her hands. The germ gives a look of defeat and the girl goes off into the sunset *not pictured* with her hand washing bucket) to live happily ever after.
Thank you to everyone who participated. We hope you had as much fun as we did. If you didn’t win don’t worry! We will be back with another Decipher The Doodle Contest in a few weeks.
The American Girl doll line contains a vast number of different ethnicities, eye colors, and hair styles. There are clothes for every occasion for these tremendously popular high-end dolls. Ilona Szwarc photographed American girls who own American Girl dolls, often in matching outfits.
