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Trick or Freaks E-book Review.

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The Trick or Freaks is an original Halloween experience that explores the sheer horror  of NO CANDY, while revealing the true spirits of Halloween. But this book isn’t just another Halloween story it is a handmade book ( $10 ) and features a black vellum cover and recycled craft paper pages. Each cover is completed with unique orange paper swatches, which are torn from large sheets at angles to highlight the fibers and layers of the paper.  The book is written and made by Tiffany Winget and illustrated by her husband, musician and songwriting partner Darin Bennett.  The illustrations were done with fine line ink pen and the color was added using Photoshop.  Darin also created an instrumental theme song for the story.

Just by looking at the book you can tell a whole lot of love (and family in this case) has gone into making this wonderfully illustrated captivating story. We loved it! and having the song was an extra fun bonus for the kids.

The entire project can be found at www.trickorfreaks.com .

The Trick or Freaks Etsy can be found here 

 

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Plan This Fun Lego Challenge for a Group of Kids or Just One

With summer coming on in the Northern Hemisphere, I feel like we all need some fun activities we can do with one kid at home or a bunch in a classroom when it’s too hot to go outside (I guess you can say the same for if it’s too cold to go out in the Southern Hemisphere, too). 

This disaster island Lego challenge from Lego Librarian was designed to be done with a Lego club, but you can do it in a classroom if you have bricks handy, or at home with one or two kids. 

The idea is that first the kids each design their own island, with a given amount of time where that is the only prompt.

Then each person draws a disaster card. You can use the ones from Lego Librarian or make up your own. These are things like there’s a storm coming so you need to build a strong shelter, or there’s a rescue plane so you need to build something so they will see you. 

There’s a whole bunch of ideas, which should get kids thinking creatively about ways to alter their islands for whatever situations you throw at them. 

If you’re doing this with just one or two kids, the idea is the same, or you could have them draw several cards over a session if they want to keep the fun going. 

This is a great low prep STEM activity for kids that should get them thinking creatively about how to solve problems. It’s a great idea to have the kids explain what they did to solve their particular problem, too, and why they think that will help. 

Even though it won’t be a surprise what’s going to happen after the first time you play it, this is one you can do again and again because the kids will probably draw different cards. 

Get all the details and a printable list of challenge prompts at Lego Librarian. 

[Photo: Lego Librarian]