One of the best parts of thanksgiving (besides the food and family) is that every year we do a Lowry Family Project on thanksgiving day. Because I only write in my blog 1-time every year, you can quickly scroll down a few entries and you'll see a home movie about last year's project--water rocket building. This year's project was a little less explosive (to my disappointment)--we built bridges on the kitchen table. The rules were that we gave each family member 30 strands of uncooked spagetti and 20 gum drops. We gave each person ~20 minutes to build a bridge that could cross a 12-inch gap on the kitchen table. Each bridge had to be able to hold a plastic cup that we filled with weights (quarters) until the bridges broke. The bridge that held the most quarters won.
Well, Lorisa's bridge held $29 in quarters, so she won the bridgebuilder's prize. The rest of the builders came in below $20 in quarters, so Lorisa won with a healthy lead. It was a cool project and put our architecture skills to the test.
Well, Lorisa's bridge held $29 in quarters, so she won the bridgebuilder's prize. The rest of the builders came in below $20 in quarters, so Lorisa won with a healthy lead. It was a cool project and put our architecture skills to the test.
Fun times! What an interesting project my brothers think of! Love the creativity! Good job!
Sounds like a lot of fun. I think my kids would have just eaten all the gumballs and broke the spaghetti into tiny pieces to be vaccumed up later!