How Duck Tape is Made

After Friday's brief crafty-ness, I was playing on YouTube. My kids had asked me how they made the stuff, so when I found this one, I figured I should share.

Duck Tape Rocks!

My daughter wanted to do crafts with Duck Tape, so this past Christmas she asked for some to play with. This past week, I ended up on Pinterest and was goofing off. I found crafts for Duck Tape. So, my daughter allowed me to use some of her Duck tape to play with. This is the first thing I attempted to make. It was promptly snagged by my son to be his.

My daughter then decided she needed one as well. She wanted hers to be tye-dye. I added the trim.

Then, just to play, I decided to make a cell phone holder for my work phone. I even added velcro so that I can "close" it and not have the phone fall back out. Oh how to NOT do school work.

Homeschooling redefined

I consider my children as "schooled at home" rather than your traditional "home school". Because it seems to be a thin line in the definition, I keep in touch with a lot of home school friends to see what's going on and what may supplement my children. Through them, I heard about the Georgia Home Education Association. This is/was a great resource for the legal side of home schooling and the laws around it.

I recently was sent an update through this group and went back to explore their site. Imagine my (somewhat) surprise to find out that they have redefined what "Homeschooling" actually is. Instead of the simple "child schooled at home", they've effectively excluded any family that schools through a public virtual school.

I suppose in a way it makes sense that they'd do that, but in another it's just sad that they felt it necessary. A lot of what affects most homeschool families also affects those of us that are public virtual. The exception is the funding for the curriculum, which is it's own issue all together.

I guess the point is, the world is changing and you have to watch what changes carefully. You never know when something small may change and it make a huge difference in what you can do.

Wordless Wednesday - Kitten Window

Turtle Tuesday

Stormy Day

As you are aware, a pretty big size storm came through Saturday. I took the opportunity to try to get some photos of it.

Wordless Wednesday - Just fun

My daughter decided that my sister needed a giant sized Stitch for Christmas. It appears to have been a good idea.