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Thursday
May292008

CAMP MOMMY CLASSIC - A Tip From 2005

This was from A Perfect Afternoon at Centennial Park in Atlanta
(one of our Atlanta Top Ten!):

This is so simple, but I guarantee great results almost anywhere, anytime, satisfaction guaranteed: The low-tech, always available, easy-to-share, completely disposable PLASTIC CUP! Almost any size or color will do; we prefer the larger, clear "party cups" in all the different cool neon colors that you buy by the bag at the grocery store.

Again, this was Zach's great idea yesterday, to take a couple of cups down to see what would happen if he put them over the waterspouts (simple physics experiment, yay!)--and those cheap ten-cent cups were the hit of the park! Seriously, with a crowd of at least 100 people, even the grown-ups were getting involved, helping the groups of kids (easy to share!) place the cups correctly and time it so that the waterspout would go off, the cup would shoot up, and everybody cheered and clapped when they managed to achieve the "perfect" launch, and the cup stayed on top of the stream of water. It even stopped all the businesspeople walking by on their way to the bus or train. Very cool.

It does sound too simple to be true, the hours of wonder and joy to be found playing with "trash" in a fountain (we did make sure they were all picked up and thrown away, and we only took three cups, so everybody shared). What's even more amazing, is how we make life so unnecessarily complicated with toys and gadgets and all the STUFF. Go get some cups and give it a try! (They work great as sand diggers at the beach, "golf holes" in the backyard, small fish and tadpole catchers, snack holders, arts and crafts--the list is endless!)

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