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TP Fling Flyers—Easy and Fun Family Game for All Ages

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TP Fling Flyers—Easy and Fun Family Game for All Ages

If you have chopsticks and empty toilet paper rolls, then you’re on your way to 60 minutes of family fun with just 1–2 minutes of setup for these fling flyers combined with a fun target practice! Enjoy TP fling flyers indoor or outdoors for lots of family fun! Games like this are accessible—and fun!—for all ages, from toddler to adults. 

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Download a Paper Airplane Runway to Test Your Best Paper Airplane Engineering Skills

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Download a Paper Airplane Runway to Test Your Best Paper Airplane Engineering Skills

This activity takes paper airplanes to the next level! While the fun of building a paper airplane encourages creativity, add a target for the airplane to land on and it focuses your family's creativity to reach higher to build an engineering masterpiece! Take the activity up a notch more by downloading this FREE paper airplane runway (link in my profile) and see who can land on it with the most accuracy! Then take the chance to talk about how, as with this game, having a specific goal helps us channel our efforts to reach our best abilities. It's also a great STEM activity at home to learn about the laws of aerodynamics!

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Cairn Building—an Activity to Talk with Your Family about Balance and Slowing Down

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Cairn Building—an Activity to Talk with Your Family about Balance and Slowing Down

This activity helps your family focus on slowing down and finding the right balance in their lives. The activity is simple: gather some rocks from your yard and use them to create a cairn (often used as a landmark in hiking to help you and others know you’re on the right path). For added meaning, paint the rocks in a way that symbolically represents the landmark changes happening in your life right now.

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