Make a Random Thought Postcard and Send It to Us

Making a postcard can be pretty simple and fun.

What you need:
Card stock, blank postcard, or photo of choice
Markers, crayons, pencils, etc.
Any other items to help make your card.
First-class stamp

Design card as you see fit.
When we receive it, we'll add it to this post.

Make sure to provide a return address, and we'll send a reply postcard!

Mail to: 2336 Douglas Street Suite 618, Austin, Texas 78741.

Wardrobe change for the end of the week!

Why not dye your jeans a vintage brown tint?

What you will need:
Coffee grounds 20 oz.
Stocking
5 gallon bucket with lid
Jeans

Optional:
Cheese grater for making tears on jeans


1. Fill the stocking with the coffee grounds, tie the stocking.
2. Fill the 5 gallon bucket about 1/3 of the way with hot water. Insert coffee ground filled stocking and stir to brew.
3. Once brewed, add jeans, put on the lid and walk away until tomorrow.
4. Tomorrow, wash and dry jeans for a new tint.

Optional: Use the cheese grater to cause rips and tears in your jeans.

Day 346: Still so many hours left in the day! Make a secret compartment book!

Day 346: Because you have just that much time!

Day 346: Leap frog anyone?

Bored at the office? Spare time waiting for your doctor's appointment? Why not spend quality time with the kids and play some leap frog?

Learn to fold an origami frog.

1. Start with a sheet of paper. You can use ordinary computer paper, colored paper, or origami paper.
2. 
   Fold one corner diagonally down to the opposite edge.
3. 
   Open it back up and fold the paper on the other diagonal.
4. 
   Trim any extra paper outside of the square you just made, as shown. Skip this step if you are already using square (origami) paper. True origami only uses folding to create shapes--that means no cutting or tearing.
5. 
   Open the square back up and fold it backwards, across the intersection of the two diagonal lines.
   
6. 
   Open the paper again and push in the sides.
7. 
   Form a triangle.
8. 
   Fold the outside corner up to the top point.
9. 
   Fold the other corner up.
10. 
    Fold the new corner in, towards the center line.
11. 
    Fold the other corner in towards the center.
12. 
    Now fold the top corners back out, until the edge is even with the edge underneath.
13. 
    Repeat folding the top corners, as shown above, except on the other side.
14. 
    Turn the paper over.
15. 
    Fold the outer corners towards you, into the center.
    
16. 
    Fold the outer corners back out, so that they're even with the outside edges. You're almost done.
17. 
    Fold the frog down in the middle.
18. 
    Fold the frog up, about halfway along the "legs".
19. Ribbit! (Not literally, of course)

[edit] Things You'll Need

• • Paper
  • Scissors
  • Time

**This article is from: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Origami-Jumping-Frog**

Day 345: Learn to say "Where is the bathroom?" in 6 languages

Of course there is the universal sign of jumping up and down and squirming around uncomfortably but why not learn the language and impress the native speaker? Here you learn the integral phrase "Where is the bathroom?"

Spanish:¿Donde esta el baño?

Italian: Dov'è il bagno?

French:Excusez-moi, Où sont les toilettes?

Japanese:Toire ha doko?

German: Wo ist die Toilette, bitte?

Latin: Ubi est latrina?

Day 344: Make a periscope for alternative bird watching

What you need:
2 one quart milk cartons
2 small pocket mirrors
an X-acto knife or utility knife
ruler
pen or marker
masking tape

What to do:
1.Use the knife to cut around the top of each milk carton, removing the peaked "roof."
2. Cut a hole at the bottom of the front of one milk carton. Leave about 1/4 inch of carton on each side of the hole.
3. Lay the carton on its side and turn it so the hole you cut is facing your right. On the upside measure 2 3/4 inches up the left edge and mark it there. Now use your ruler and draw a diagonal line from the bottom right corner to the mark you made earlier.
4. Starting at the bottom right, cut on the line.
*Don't cut all the way just make the cut as long as the side of your mirror.
5. Slide the mirror in the slot facing the hole and tape it secure.
6. Hold the carton up to your eye and look through the hole that you cut. You should see your ceiling through the top of the carton. If what you see looks tilted, adjust the mirror and tape it again.
7. Now do the same steps 2-6 with the other carton.
8. Stand one carton up on a table, with the hole facing you. Place the other carton upside-down, with the mirror on the top and the hole facing away from you.
9. Stand one carton up on a table, with the hole facing you. Place the other carton upside-down, with the mirror on the top and the hole facing away from you.
10. *Phew!* Your very own periscope.

Day 343: Silly Putty

Who didn't love silly putty as a kid?
Why not relive your childhood and make your own?

What you need:
2 tablespoons of glue
1 tablespoon of liquid starch

Optional:food coloring for your own color putty