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Friday Fun: Flat Stanley

Plus fun movies, service projects, lifting cars & more

Did you know that homeschoolers often participate in Flat Stanley activities, too? There are homeschool groups all across the web you can participate with. There’s also Dayton Aviation National Park, where you can send your Flat Stanley and receive photos from his journey! They also have fun park ranger flat travelers.

If you haven’t seen this video in which a man wakes up from surgery and doesn’t recognize “the most beautiful woman in the world” as his wife, get ready to giggle. I’m not a fan of posting videos of people after surgery at all, but I must admit that I am smitten with this sweet video.

Reel Girl has a mega list of great films starring strong female leads. Some of my favorites are on it! How about yours?

Here are 5 freedoms that healthy families have, according to family therapist Virginia Satir.

Need to lift a car?

Here are 5 different ideas to reuse a baby’s onesie. I wish I had these back when we had onesies! Very clever ideas.

Take the Uncommon Goods Upcycle Challenge and get a contract for your design as well as $500. This is a great idea for young entrepreneurs!

Want to send Christmas cards to American soldiers this year? Here’s how.

Check out this cool book staircase project!

These four cool libraries are doing some pretty amazing things.

Here is a lovely apology to the children of the world from Do No Harm.

Proctor & Gamble says they’re eliminating triclosan and phthalates from their products all around the world. I hope they will keep their promise—and I really wish it would just be illegal to have these in our personal care products to begin with.

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