Stopmotion Explosion Animation Kit ~ Review

Do your kids ever steal your phone or camera and try to make Lego movies?  Mine don’t anymore thanks to the Stopmotion Explosion Animation Kit that we have been reviewing.  Stopmotion Explosion is a fun hands-on way for kids (or adults) to make really cool stop-motion videos.

The Stopmotion Explosion Animation Kit comes with a 290+ page book with tons of easy to understand how-to information for making stop motion movies.  The cd contains all the software for both the sound and the video making.  The HD Camera with its 4.5′ cord, grip clip, manual focus and built in microphone produces high quality pictures.  There is also an easy to use Quick Start guide included in the kit so you can get started immediately making videos.  (No need to bore the kids with a long set-up time, then as they want to learn more in depth they can utilize the book.)

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Moses and the Exodus Lesson for FREE

You may recall we have been using some of the Grapevine Studies as our family Bible study.  If you’ve been curious about trying them with your family, now is a great time! Right now you can download the Moses and the Exodus lesson from Grapevine Studies for FREE!

That’s right it’s FREE!

 

Blessings,

Jennifer

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Our Farm: Planting Strawberries

I had ordered 125 strawberries early in March with the hope that I could get them planted before the baby arrived.  I was only partially successful on that front.  I made two raised garden boxes thinking that the strawberries would all fit in them.  However,  when I started planting, I soon discovered they weren’t all going to fit.  Another box was going to have to be built, but before I could get that done, little Mr. Isaiah decided to arrive.

Thankfully, my mom was willing to build the last box.  Then with the help from the kids she filled it with the dirt, compost and peat moss mixture.  I got the strawberries planted in the last box this past week.

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The first strawberries planted have started to green up.

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How to Plant Potatoes

To ensure that you have the best success growing potatoes start with high quality seed potatoes.  These can either be purchased seed potatoes or some that you saved from the previous year’s garden.

Each potato has the potential to grow into several plants.  In order to take advantage of this, cut the potato into chunks with each chunk having one or two eyes.  These eyes will be the part that grows into the new potato plant.

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5 Days of Tips: Taking Time for Relationships

One very important aspect, whether or not you are a homeschool parent, is taking time to nurture the relationships in your life.  For me this includes my relationship with the Lord, my husband and my children.

My relationship with the Lord is very important to me; however, there are times that I don’t take the time to nurture this relationship as I should.  It seems that there are so many different directions that I being pulled and it is easy to neglect some of my most important relationships.  When life feels like it is starting to spin out of control, I can often attribute that to not spending the time in God’s Word that I need to.

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