{"id":1956,"date":"2011-09-03T00:55:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T04:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2011\/08\/30\/september-3-is-skyscraper-day\/"},"modified":"2011-09-03T00:55:41","modified_gmt":"2011-09-03T04:55:41","slug":"september-3-is-skyscraper-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2011\/09\/03\/september-3-is-skyscraper-day\/","title":{"rendered":"September 3 is Skyscraper Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bulding<\/p>\n

Take out the blocks and see how tall you can build a skyscraper.<\/p>\n

Or try this…<\/p>\n

Make your own large size blocks:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Wash the inside of half-gallon size cardboard milk or juice containers<\/li>\n
  2. Carefully cut off the folding top portion of each container<\/li>\n
  3. Put one container completely inside the other with the two closed ends facing out.\u00a0 These are strong enough to stand on!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Photo by: Ella Novak (Flickr)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Take out the blocks and see how tall you can build a skyscraper. 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