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Cool Summer Recipes

When it's hot outside, the last thing you want to do is turn on the oven. It's hot out! Keep your cool with recipes that don't require the oven. Serving fast-cooking dishes and chilled foods, or using alternate appliances, will help keep your kitchen cool.

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Catch-a-Wave Table

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Add a touch of summer to a kid-sized table with this easy-to-create sun and sea motif.

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Sand Candles

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If your kids seem to truck home enough sand after a day at the shore to build another beach, here's a good use for it.

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Luminaria

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Luminarias, or candle lanterns, can lend an extra glow to a stargazing party, an outdoor storytelling session, or a night hike.

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Jet Boat

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Kids will love being the captain of this balloon-powered jet boat -- perfect for racing in pools, ponds and bathtubs.

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Friendship Sticks

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These vibrant sticks are banded with six colors, one for each letter in the word friend. At a recent camp for seven- to 13-year-old girls, the campers made these trinkets for one another and wore them around their necks as a...

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Sticker Star Twirler

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Here's a windup toy that's guaranteed to amuse young holiday guests on the Fourth of July. Just crank the handle, let go when the top starts to turn, and watch the starry swirl.

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Firecracker Crowns

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These fringed caps make for a fun way to sport your patriotic colors on the Fourth. Here's how to make one that will fit most kids with a head circumference of 22 inches or less (for a bigger crown, just add more craft foam...

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Super Sailboat

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This pint-size -- or, more precisely, liter-size -- craft offers a decent approximation of a high-seas sailboat. And since it's constructed from common household items, it's a lot cheaper than the real thing!

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Craft Video: Designer Flip-Flops

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Here's a fun and quick project that will have your kids stepping out in summer's latest foot fashions.

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