If you like bouncing, trampolines are the thing for you! A trampoline is a huge peice of rubbery weaved cloth that you can bounce on and it wont break! You can jump on it, flip on it, and so much more. There are endless possibilities! 

Bouncing is the perfect way to be happy and enjoy time with friends!

All kids who have tried the trampoline, don’t you think its a great way to boost up your
excitement level? It’s a great way to get excercise and keep up a smile!

All this fun might seem a bit dangerous, but there are ways for complete and total safety. Many trampolines come with a net around it, so if you fall, you’ll just bounce right back up from the net! It’s way more safe this way, since it saves you from falling off the edge.

Editor’s note: Many people are getting backyard trampolines and need to be careful about safety precautions. As Jacqueline mentioned, trampoline safety includes getting a trampoline safety enclosure and ensuring there is adult supervision.

We have cakes, balloons, party hats, snacks, and presents!

Whoa, slow down! We all want it to be OUR birthday, you get presents and everyone is paying attention to YOU, it’s awesome!

Everyone has their own special day, if its January, March, August, or December. You can celebrate by going to a bowling alley, partying at your house, inviting friends to a park, all sorts of things!

At parties, we like to blow up balloons too…wait. What DO we blow up balloons for? To make it look more like a party? Balloons can take 1, 2, or 3 BIG blows to blow it up, and it could make your cheeks hurt.

TIP: If you have troubles blowing up your balloon, try stretching it before so its easier to blow up BIG!

What else do we decorate our parties with? Streamers, confetti, and LOTS of other stuff! People want to make their parties colourful, bright, fancy, a whole world of colourful ideas!

Your son’s or daughter’s birthday might be coming up. Ask what their favourite colour is! They might want a blue themed party! A party that is all about going to the beach! Anything you want, there are so many ideas.

The 3 best ways to celebrate a party are:

• Get all of your bestest friends and have a huge party at your house
• Go to an amusment park with your friends
• Go dancing with ALL of your friends!

These parties are a great way to spend time with your friends, AND have your birthday party at some place FUN!

These may not be YOUR best ways to have a party, because there are so many people that have different opinions, you can’t choose!

Post a comment and voice the best way to throw a party! Whats yours?

We ALL like presents. Presents are people being nice and giving you something. Some people say its the thought that counts, but what would you say if you only got a card? Some people might say, ‘Aww its homemade, so thoughtful!’ Other people would say thanks! and OTHER people would say, ‘Wheres the gift!?’

Sure it’s thoughtful to give something homemade, but special times where you get presents, people want stuff. All of us want expensive, new, modern, fancy stuff that we will probably never use anyway. But this stuff means a lot. It means that your friend, husband, wife, grandparents or aunts and uncles care and know what you want instead of just assuming you would like a card. Homemade gifts are sweet, generous, thoughtful, so don’t mistake that for carlessness.
People can be totally thoughtful with homemade gifts like a handmade sweater or homemade deserts! But it is hard to know what people like.

Some present ideas would be (click on the links for some ideas and deals from eBay! If you buy anything, we get a small commission, so thanks!):

These gifts can be perfect for anyone, anytime…no one can say no!

What about kids? Parents often have a hard time finding the right gifts for their kids. Try watching Treehouse, YTV, Teletoon. These channels advertise all sorts of toys like Barbie dolls, Hotwheels, and Transformers.

Toys a little girl would like:

Toys boys would like:

These gifts are perfect for birthdays, traditional holidays, or days where you just want to say you care.

You might try to put it on a thick stick so it cooks from inside out instead of the other way around…OR you might try putting it farther away from the fire so it cooks slowly and carefully. But if you want tips on how to cook the PERFECT marshmallow, here are 5 starters.

- Cook it right at the bottom of the fire in the ashes, (but be careful not to touch them with your marshmallow!) instead of on the edge of it. This helps it roast really well and it will be nice and brown on the outside.

- Put ONE marshmallow on each stick so it cooks by itself and doesn’t have to share the warm heat with any other marshmallow. If you put two marshmallows or more, they won’t cook very well and only the edges will roast properly.

- Spin the stick that you have your marshmallow on slowly in the fire so it cooks on all sides.

- Put the marshmallow on a wooden stick that is very freshly picked so it’s not too dry. A dry stick could lead to burning the marshmallow.

- Put it on the very edge of where the light of the fire ends, so it cooks nice golden brown on the outside, and soft and chewy on the inside.

These 5 tips will help you roast the perfect marshmallow in every way!

GHOST MALLOW

A ghost mallow is when you roast your marshmallow very slowly on the edge of the fire so it’s all squishy on the inside, and you spread it between your pointer finger and your thumb.

What you’re supposed to do is mush it around your fingers, and then separate your fingers and spread your fingers wide apart. This makes it look like a ghost!…kind of. It also makes your fingers VERY messy so don’t touch your hair when you have it on your fingers! It also tastes good when you lick it off your fingers. If you don’t, then you just wasted a very good marshmallow. I think the whole POINT of a ghost mallow is to eat the yummy soft inside! So have fun making marshmallows over the fire, or being creative and make a ghost mallow!

By Jacqueline M., Age 12

PEANUT BUTTER METHOD

step 1. get smooth peanut butter, the more oily the better.
step 2. apply the peanut butter to the areas where gum is stuck and mix it in with toothbrush (you dont have
to use a tooth brush, but it is easier if you dont want to get messy with your hands)
step 3. use the tooth brush or fingers to work through hair in long strokes. If gum is spread out use more peanut
butter.
step 4. use a dry towel and pull out the peanut butter in your hair…along with it will come the gum!
step 5. wash all extra peanut butter out of hair with a good shampoo (make sure to lather well before
rinsing it off)
step 6. let hair dry naturally and see results afterwards when hair is fully dry

This method helps a lot and works most of the time. If you have very thick hair put extra peanut butter, if you have thin hair try putting less.

COOKING OIL METHOD

step 1. apply any kitchen cooking oil (canola, olive, vegetable) to gum and surrounding hair
step 2. wait 2 or 3 minutes with oil in hair
step 3. use a comb and gently comb the gum out of your hair
step 4. wash your hair with shampoo

This method helps with people who have not alot of gum in their hair, tangled deep in roots and ends.

ICE AND SALT WATER METHOD

step 1. soak your hair in salt water…this makes your hair easier to ice
step 2. put ice on the gum for about 15 to 20 minutes
step 3. remove the gum with hands

This method works most of the time. It hardens the gum, which easily comes off with a snap.

BONUS TIP: How to Get Gum out of Clothes, Sheets, Fabrics, etc..

Getting gum stuck on jeans or shirts can be a pain. Getting it on sheets or blankets is even worse!

The best way to get gum out of fabrics is the ice method.

ICE METHOD

step 1. fold the clothing so that the gum faces outwards
step 2. get an ice cube and rub the gum with ice for 15 to 20 minutes
step 3. take a butter knife and gently scrape off the gum (use a butter knife to not rip or tear fabric). Do not allow gum to thaw out because the freezing hardens the gum and it will go back to stuck again.

You can also try putting vinegar on the gum and scrubbing it off with a tooth brush.