Procrastination Destination: Eggs!
Take a break and learn some facts, do some crafts, experiment, and sing about eggs!
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Tag: Easter
The Evil Genius Easter Bunny
For us, Easter is a four-day-long Festival of Chocolate. A long-weekend of sleep and chocolate.
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The Rumpus Room: LEGO Sets Perfect for Those Baskets
This month, our first trip to the rumpus room turns up a few new LEGO sets that – surprise! – are reasonably priced and perfect for those of you out there who might be assembling a basket this coming weekend.
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Daily #DadJoke for April 05, 2015
Why did the pig refuse to go to the hospital on Easter Sunday?
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Mix Up the Easter Basket With LEGO Kits
The author covers his favorite kits under
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Solution – Easter Anniversary Dates
Were you able to determine how many times my Anniversary was on Easter or just after a Friday the 13th? Is the $50 ThinkGeek gift certificate in your name?
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GeekDad Puzzle of the Week – Easter Anniversary Dates
Just how many times has my wedding anniversary fallen on Easter Sunday or immediately after a Friday the 13th?
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Quick Ways to Dress Up Plastic Easter Eggs With Lettering
Embrace your inner font geek and use lettering to dress up some plastic Easter eggs.
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5 Geeky Paper-and-String Easter Egg Ideas
Geek up your eggs with these simple decoupage and string art ideas.
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Easter Bunny Science: Studies Show How Kids Sort Fantasy From Reality
Contrary to popular misconception, kids start as skeptics, then parents and culture trick kids into belief, and then canny kids find disbelief. But what of the kids who continue to believe in dragons into the middle grades? Are these fantasy kids slow? Are they dumb? Studies suggest the opposite: it takes a nimble mind to buffer belief from the whisperings of reality and the evidence of doubters.
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This Week With the GeekMoms
Jules Sherred has been busy designing and launching another website: United Federation of Planets. It is a website all about Star Trek, curated by members of Jules’ G+ Star Trek community. Jules is also still busy planning for yet another trip, a child’s graduation, and a wedding in just over three short months. Brigid is […]
Continue ReadingGeekDad Puzzle of the Week: Easter Attack
As you may have noticed, yesterday was Easter. Our egg hunt was understated: we hid a couple dozen eggs in the field behind our house and set loose the kids…and hounds. And for whatever reason, the full-family bonus trip to …
Continue ReadingThe 7 Commandments of a Civil Easter Egg Hunt (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
There will be no Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs’ historic Bancroft Park this year, according to USA Today. The cancellation is due to what the newspaper calls “helicopter parents” jumping last year’s rope line to ensure their tots …
Continue ReadingThe 7 Commandments of a Civil Easter Egg Hunt
This year, there will be no Easter egg hunt in Colorado Spring’s historic Bancroft Park, reports USA Today. The cancellation is due to what the newspaper calls “helicopter parents” jumping last year’s rope line to ensure their tots pocketed eggs. …
Continue ReadingMmmm, Fruity! Dying Eggs with Kool-Aid drink mix
For just about anyone who grew up dying Easter Eggs, the smell of Easter somehow mixes with the scent of vinegar. We all remember plopping the fizzy tablets into the cup full of the strong smelling stuff, and waiting patiently for the tablet to disappear. As I became a mom, suddenly in charge of the […]
Continue ReadingWinners Of The Hop Easter Giveaway!
Our winners are…Paul B. and Stacy H! Both of our winners will receive a Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital Copy of the movie Hop as well as a copy of Hop the Nintendo DS Game! A big thanks to everyone who shared their stories with us yesterday. It was a close race and difficult to […]
Continue ReadingIt’s A Hop Easter Giveaway!
One of the holidays where movies tend to disappoint me is Easter. Other than the Charlie Brown Easter special, nothing has ever really caught my attention. Last year, a new Easter movie with updated jokes and a great beat was released. Hop became an instant favorite with my family. The story centers around EB Bunny, […]
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Printable Fun for Easter: Plus, the Link Between Eggs and Rabbits, Revealed!
“What the heck is it with Easter? I mean bunnies and eggs? What’s one got to do with the other?” Easter perplexes the heck out of my daughter. She loves the candy and the decorating of eggs of course, but she’s long been incredulous at the array of seemingly unconnected symbolism that is so associated […]
Continue ReadingPrintable Fun for Easter: Plus, the Link Between Eggs and Rabbits, Revealed!
“What the heck is it with Easter? I mean bunnies and eggs? What’s one got to do with the other?” Easter perplexes the heck out of my daughter. She loves the candy and the decorating of eggs of course, but …
Continue ReadingAn Easter Event That Didn’t Need to Happen
So Easter is almost a week into our past; yet I’m still reeling over an event that happened in our area just before the holiday. An Easter-egg hunt. For dogs. We’ve got a great dog. He’s a rescue from a …
Continue ReadingA GeekDad’s First Easter With His iPad
Yes, I was one of “them” this past Saturday morning. I got up a bit earlier than I might usually do on a weekend morning and drove out to the nearest Apple store where I’d reserved an iPad for pick-up …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Puzzle Of The Week: Easter Eggs Solution
This week’s puzzle was won by GeekDad reader, Minh Quan Nguyen, who managed to find the source & origin for all of the easter eggs and wins a $50 gift certificate to ThinkGeek (not redeemable towards iCade, Unicorn Meat or …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Puzzle Of the Week: Easter Eggs
Spring is here, the grass is turning green, lilies are emerging from the once frozen ground and a visit from the Easter Bunny is just around the corner. And who doesn’t love Easter eggs? There are chocolate ones, caramel-filled delights …
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