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By Mom Unplugged, August 17, 2008 8:55 pm

The theme for this week’s Unplugged Project was trees. We really did do the project this week, but I stupidly left my camera’s USB cable in Albuquerque (where we spent the weekend) so I am unable to get the pictures off my camera!

Our project this week was rather ordinary, however we did encounter an exciting surprise, so I really must post pictures. I’ll have to save the project post for another week after I get my cable back. Sorry!

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If you had better luck than me this week and did a tree project that you can post, then please put your link in Mr. Linky below. If you want to find out how to participate, then please read all about it here and consider joining in next week.

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Next week I thought we’d go geometric, so I chose this Unplugged Project theme:

Cylinder

Have fun!

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By Mom Unplugged, August 3, 2008 8:48 pm

Hello all,

I am finally back home, but it has been a rough week of travel, unpacking, laundry and jet lag so we did not get to the Unplugged Project - unless our experience this rough week counts? I had an idea in mind, but I’ll save it for another time.

Anyhow, this week’s theme was, of course, rough. If you did a rough project this week, then please leave your link in Mr. Linky and a comment in case we lose Mr. Linky.

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I should be back on track next week for the theme of:

Hot

This seems fitting for summer, right? Thanks for stopping by, and hopefully joining in!

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By Mom Unplugged, July 28, 2008 6:48 am

Hooray! We managed to participate in the Unplugged Project this week! This week’s theme was flat.

My step-mother wanted us to make some “flat” stepping stones for a muddy patch of her garden here in Upstate New York, so I got brave and bought concrete, something I’ve never worked with before.

Our supplies were the smallest available bag of quick-set concrete (40 lbs - ugh!), a bucket that we wouldn’t reuse, a stick to stir, some old shoe boxes for molds, and an assortment of “treasures” - dollar store shells and buttons, glass stones from a garage sale, and pieces of a cereal bowl that we broke by accident earlier in the week:

I mixed the concrete with water in the bucket. My advice: don’t try to mix too much at once. It is VERY hard to stir. Next time instead of trying to dump from a 40 pound bag, I would scoop some powder into the bucket so as to keep the mixture small and manageable. You can do several small batches like this, mix it more easily and thoroughly, and save your arms!

We poured the concrete into the molds and the kids began decorating:

We let them dry in the garage overnight. Tip: to move the now heavy and floppy shoe boxes without bending them and messing up the wet creation I slid a rimless cookie sheet under each one and transported them to the garage without damage.

24 hours later we were able to remove them from the molds. They came out very easily:

And here they are! Aren’t they lovely? My step-mom is thrilled:

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What did you do this week for flat? If you joined in the Unplugged Project this week, please put your link in Mr. Linky below and leave a comment. I am still on vacation (until Wednesday), so I will try to visit, but can’t guarantee.

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The theme for next week’s Unplugged Project is:

Rough

Hope to see you next week!

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By Mom Unplugged, July 21, 2008 6:01 am

Well, I am still away on vacation. Last night I returned to Upstate New York and my children after a week in Florida.

Thanks for all the well wishes and such. I had to leave for Florida suddenly, but not due to any emergency. As some of you know, I am a pilot and we finally decided to buy a new airplane after a 7 year airplane hiatus. The plane was ready a bit earlier than planned and a last minute cancellation opened up an unexpected training slot for me, so I had to rush off to Florida in a hurry.

An intense week of training away from my children meant that yet again, I did not do the Unplugged Project! But I am sure many of you did, so I am putting up the Mr. Linky where you can link to your glass projects.

As I am still on vacation, I may not get around to everyone, but I will try.

Finally, I have noticed from the comments quite a few new comers to the site. Welcome! Normally I try to respond to each comment personally by email, but as I am away, it has been impossible to do that. But I would like to say welcome to Unplug Your Kids and I am so glad that you are enjoying the site!

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The theme for next week’s Unplugged Project will be:

Flat

No promises, but I really hope to be able to join in that one!

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By Mom Unplugged, July 13, 2008 7:54 pm

I flew to Florida today somewhat unexpectedly (not an emergency, but I didn’t expect to be going so soon) and my children stayed behind in Upstate New York with my family. So we did not do our stone Unplugged Project.

I am putting up the Mr. Linky for those who did it. I won’t get there for a while, but I look forward to visiting your projects soon!

Next week’s Unplugged Project theme will be (and I hope I’ll be back to join in):

Glass