Day 2: Preserving the Memories #Adventurein2012

During my introduction of this blog I explained that I wanted to rediscover the joy one finds in the smallest daily activities as a child. Tonight, I was asked to hang out the coolest 2nd grade girl in the neighborhood.Although I went in with a plan of attack to teach her a new project, I found myself learning a few new things tonight that I would like to share. 

What I learned:  Not one, not two, BUT THREE new board games. 

The Games: Cooties, Sorry!, Tumblin' Monkeys

Descriptions:

1. Cooties- A surprisingly difficult game based completely on luck. *No Skill Required* The goal of the game is build a "cootie" (A hybrid of an Ant and a Beetle) by rolling a certain number on the die. Each number on the die represents a different body part to add to the cootie. 
2. Sorry!- Apparently, I am the only one who has never played this game. Ha! Glad I learned from a ridiculously savvy 2nd grader.
3. Tumblin' Monkeys- The child-version of JENGA. A hollow plastic tree in which you stick chopstick's through and hang monkey's on. Each side of the die has a color that corresponds with a color of a chopstick. Whatever color you roll, you must remove one chopstick of the same color. Monkey's who were hanging on that chopstick will now fall. The player with the least amount of monkey's on their side wins. 

My Adventure

I have tried many different way's to press flowers, resulting in rank smelling pages of a notebook that then needs to be thrown out. SO, not only am I not preserving the beauty of these flowers but I am wasting paper and killing tree's. In my quest to be more eco-friendly, I searched tirelessly to find the solution. 

How can I keep these flowers from rotting in the pages of my journals? Who will come to my rescue?

Cue: (Superhero music) 

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's PINTREST!

The solution: Press the petals between two sheets of wax paper and press a warm iron on it. I used my flat iron to decrease the danger for the smaller person participating in this Adventure. This will cause the paper to become sticky and entrap the petals of the flower. The coolest girl in the world now has a new journal to write her adventures in and pressed flower petals to bookmark her pages. This was not perfect but it was fun to try! Plus, the cookie helped!

Join in the ADVENTURE! Please share your stories!

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