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A LEGO world build with a house, yard, trees, and figures, an imaginary world brought to life brick by brick

Creativity & MakerFebruary 9, 2026

Why Building Imaginary Worlds Is Serious Learning

An island divided into Candyland, Sportland, and Woodland — each with its own laws. That’s not a doodle. That’s systems thinking.

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The whole family dressed as wrapped Christmas presents, costumes made entirely from wrapping paper and cardboard

Creativity & MakerJanuary 24, 2026

How to Raise Creative Kids (Without Buying More Craft Supplies)

Creativity isn’t glitter and pipe cleaners. It’s a kid finding an empty space and turning it into something nobody asked for.

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Stacked rock sculptures and inukshuks built in the forest, land art made from natural materials

Creativity & MakerJanuary 14, 2026

Kinetic Sculpture and Land Art: When Nature Meets Creativity

An hour building a stone tower the tide will erase. No product to keep. No grade. Just making for the sake of making.

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Child building a chain reaction machine with dominoes, cardboard tubes, and household items

Creativity & MakerJanuary 5, 2026

Rube Goldberg Machines: The Best STEM Activity You’re Not Doing

48 tries before the marble hits the bell. That’s not failure. That’s physics, engineering, and persistence in one afternoon.

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Julia, Zach, and a friend playing Get Blocked on the trampoline

Creativity & MakerDecember 9, 2025

Let Your Kids Invent a Sport (Here’s What They’ll Actually Learn)

Give kids a trampoline, a ball, and no rules. They’ll invent a sport with a scoring system adults can’t follow — and that’s the point.

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Julia and Zach playing a board game together

Creativity & MakerNovember 7, 2025

Design a Board Game With Your Kids: Step-by-Step for Ages 5-12

A piece of cardboard, some dried beans, and a sibling who found every loophole. The rules got rewritten three times before dinner.

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