News Paper Hat: How To

1. Start with a full sheet of newspaper. You can use a different kind of paper, but it will need to be about as big as a newspaper page in order to fit most heads.
   
   
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   Fold on center vertical crease.Fold on center vertical crease. Your newspaper page should have two creases in it - one vertical, running down the spine of the section, and one horizontal, where the section is folded in half. Make sure the vertical crease is closed, and position it at the top of your work space (so that it becomes horizontal).
   
   
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   Fold one top corner down along the center line. The shorter fold in the newspaper should now be running vertically. Grab a top corner and fold down along the center line, creating a diagonal crease.
   
   
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   Fold the other top corner down along the center line.Fold the other top corner down along the center line, creating a diagonal crease.
   
   
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   Fold up bottom edge of the page. Fold up the bottom edge of the page, top layer only. Fold up by about 2 or 3 inches (5 to 7.5 cm).
   
   
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   Turn paper over.Turn over the paper.
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   Fold in one of the outside edges.Fold in the left outside edge. Go 2 or 3 inches (5 to 7.5 cm) toward the center of the hat.
   
   
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   Fold in the other outside edge.Fold in the right outside edge. Make the fold the same width as the first outside edge you folded.
   
   
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   Adjust to fit. The distance between the outside edges can be adjusted, more or less, to fit your head.
   
   
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    Fold up bottom edge.Fold up the bottom edge of the paper. This fold should be long enough to cover the folds you made in Steps 7 and 8.
    
    
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    Open hat. Open the hat, and place on your head.
    
    
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    Decorate (optional). Add colors, glitter or other embellishments to your hat.
    
    
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    Finished.
    
    

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10 Ways To Beat The Heat

Cool Activities for Hot Days

Put a twist on summer favorites: Make them wet and wild or adapt them for indoor fun. You don't need a pool to beat a heat wave!

Cold Potato

For a refreshing change to this silly game, pass around a wet, spraying potato. Use a pin to poke a hole in a water balloon, then fill it with water and make sure the balloon has a slow — but steady — leak. Gather your grandchildren in a circle and toss the leaky balloon from one player to the next — spraying everyone in the process. Be sure to throw it quickly: The goal is to pass the balloon before it runs out of water.

Play Marco Polo Without a Pool

Put a twist on this classic and it becomes a cool backyard game on a hot day. Decide who will go first and blindfold that person or have them keep their eyes closed. The searcher — armed with a water gun — turns around and counts to 10, while the other players silently move to new locations in the backyard. When the counting ends, the searcher calls "Marco" and the other players respond with "Polo" while moving about the yard. When the searcher successfully shoots a player with water, it's time to switch roles.

Serve Up a Twist on Indoor Volleyball

Or more accurately, volley feather. Give everyone a large feather (you can find them in the craft aisle at your local dollar store) and see who can blow the feather overhead for the longest time. Once you've got the hang of making the feather float, play as a team and try to pass a feather back and forth between players without letting it fall to the ground.

Become the Art Projects

Get into your bathing suits and take the fun outdoors. Use washable finger paints and brushes, and take turns painting directly on one another. Unlike most crafts, the best part of this one is cleaning up. Spray one another with the garden hose to get back to your blank-canvas selves and start all over again.

Play Hide-and-Seek With Stuffed Animals

In this new edition, stuffed animals do the hiding while you and the grandkids do the seeking. You and your grandchildren each get one stuffed animal. Split up and hide the stuffed animals anywhere in the house (or pick one room if you're playing with younger kids). Then, each searches to find the others' hidden object. When you've found a hidden animal, take it and put it in a new hiding spot for them to find — the kids should do the same with yours. Continue playing for as long as you all are having fun.

Act it Out

It's easy to pop in a movie and relax in front of the tube, but that's not how memories are made. Instead, take turns acting out your favorite flicks as one-man plays. Set a five-minute limit and watch the plot unfold. Wait until you see an imaginative 6-year-old performAladdin. Have the camera ready.

Play a Game of Splat

Fill a dozen water balloons and take turns throwing them high into the air over the driveway or sidewalk. Make sure they pop on impact because you're competing to see who can make the biggest water splat. Use chalk to trace the outline of the watermark and determine who won.

Bob for Apples and Other Bucket Fun

Fill a large container with water and apples and have the kids hunt for them with their mouths just like you did when you were a kid. Once each kid has claimed an apple, play a game of sink or float. Gather household objects that can get wet (a shampoo bottle, a Matchbox car, a soup ladle) and make predictions about whether or not each object will sink or float. When things sink, kids can go in after them and cool off even more.

Have an Indoor Picnic

The best part of a picnic is the fact that it takes place on the ground. Keep it inside for the air-conditioned climate and spread out on the living room floor. Lie on a blanket and enjoy a healthy lunch like turkey and cheese roll-ups in a whole-wheat tortilla, fruit salad, and ants on a log (celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins). Wear your favorite shades, of course!

Make Smoothies

Skip the ice cream treat and make something healthier. Blend a nutritious, delicious frozen fruit drink. Let your grandkids help you load a blender with a half cup of ice cubes and whatever fruit they select — mangoes, strawberries, bananas, and pineapples work best. Add a little water or juice to allow it to mix smoothly. Then help the kids blend until the mixture is smooth. The natural fruit is sweet enough that no extra sugar is needed. Garnish with a straw or paper umbrella and enjoy.

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Signs and Symptoms of Heat Exhaustion in Children

By Latonya Thomas

Heat-related illnesses such as heat strokes, heat cramps, and heat exhaustion are more likely to be found in children. Many people will argue with this notion. They will say that children are not more prone to these heat-related illnesses because they are younger and have more adrenaline therefore should be able to withstand prolonged amounts of heat. I can assure you that this is not true due to two major things that factor into this equation.

1. When children are playing on a hot summer day it is less likely for them to stop and take a break when having fun. Children will keep on going in prolonged heat when they really should be taking rest breaks to get cool air every now and then.

2. Also when having fun children tend to forget that their bodies are loosing rapid amounts of fluid due to the heat, and there bodies are perspiring. Which means only one thing children need to be sure to replace these fluids by drinking sufficient amount of fluids to replace what they've perspired so that they wont have one of these heat-related illnesses.

Out of all heat-related illnesses heat exhaustion is the next to last most severe illness. Heat Exhaustion is caused by not replenishing the fluids and salts in your body. It will most likely occur in extreme heat conditions with intense sweating that is not being sufficiently replaced by the proper fluids. This causes your body to overheat and if not treated immediately can cause a heat stroke which is the most severe of heat-related illnesses.

Signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion in children include:

• Muscle Cramps

• Pale Skin

• Fever over 102 Degrees

• Nausea

• Vomiting

• Diarrhea

• Headache

• Fatigue

• Weakness

• Anxiety

These signs and symptoms are the most common of heat exhaustion and can easily be seen in children. When your children are playing in extremely hot conditions make sure to keep an eye on them. If you notice any of the above signs or symptoms of heat exhaustion be sure to cool them down immediately. Always remember that heat cramps are really the first signs of heat exhaustion. If your child first experiences heat cramps or complain of heat cramps sit them down immediately and give them fluids this can prevent heat exhaustion if caught early on.

Treatments of heat exhaustion should include:

• Move the child to a cool or air-conditioned place.

• Remove all excess clothing.

• Fan Skin.

• Give fluids such as Gatorade that is made with salts and sugar to replace that which was lost.

If the child continues to show signs of heat exhaustion I suggest rushing them to your nearest emergency room before heat stroke occurs!