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Epic Fort 2017

The Epic Fort 2017 theme was dark and light! First, the video: Photo Overview:   Fort Description (and more pics) …

Epic Fort 2016

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Another year, another fort—and as always, bigger and better than the last year!

Epic Fort 2015

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Another year, another fort! This time we themed it “Arabian Nights”. First, the video! Epic Fort 2015 from Fort Builders …

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Epic Fort 2014

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It’s our 4th year of forting fun—I can’t believe it! This year, we decided to go with a more artsy vibe and came up with the idea of an Avatar theme (the fluorescent planet Pandora).

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Epic Fort 2013

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Another year—and our third annual fort building event!  This was a MUCH bigger fort than ever before, and took us …

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Hunger Games Treasure Hunt

An awesome treasure hunt that slowly (and to the hunter’s surprise) devolved into a bloodthirsty Hunger Games style fight to the death.

Snail racing game

I used to think snails were disgusting. And I used to hate them, for helping destroy my veggie gardens.  However, …

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Golden Snitch Ornament DIY – Harry Potter craft

A fun, quick, cheap and easy DIY for a Golden Snitch ornament (a Harry Potter holiday craft) to hang on your Christmas tree. It’s a great craft for Harry Potter loving kids and adults this holiday.

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Epic Fort 2012

So!  Many of you may remember the epic fort my roommates and I built in 2011 (if not, here’s the …

My 2012 Easter Trophy

Here’s a fun DIY that I sorta fell into. One year we decided to host an “Easter Egg Hunt for …

Flour fighting

Inspired by the Hindu holiday Holi, some friends and I decided it’d be fun to have a mini flour-fight.  It turned …

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DIY Masquerade Mask Tutorial

Every New Years for the past 4 years I’ve tried to do something slightly different than normal. This year, it …

The vintage arcade

For the holidays Chris and I were up in Sonoma (i.e. wine country), but we did take a day trip …

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Geocaching

If you haven’t heard of Geocaching, you HAVE to check it out here. Essentially it’s like an ongoing treasure hunt …

Redwall feast!

I mentioned this over on fair ivy’s blog, but thought I might do a little blog posting about it as …

Beast Make Bomb – and Ninjas

Chris, Tom and Jan have recently come out with their first iPhone game, called Ninjas vs Vikings!  It took lots of …

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Epic Fort 2011

Remember back in March when I said it would be great to have enough boxes to build a fort?

Well….

Community Service

Yesterday I was asked to help out at a local community service event that doesn’t really fit your normal idea …