Today we were looking for a bit of inspiration for the upcoming skit we're doing at Weird Science, when the thought occurred to us to look for some old science projects we did with a monthly service we used called Tinker Crate. So we went to the basement, and there we found some special goggles we made a few years ago, and also the hand, an old mechanical creation from 2016. We found the levitating pencil holder too. There was the handheld planetarium. We found several different projects, and we'll put a few of them into our skit Sunday, a sort of miss-mash of ideas that include a science fair and Mother's Day. In fact, here it is now, just for fun:
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KidPak Adventures: Weird Science
Mother’s Day Science Fair
CUE TRACK 1: WALL-E
DAWN and WISENHEIMER enter STAGE RIGHT. DAWN is carrying a small handheld planetarium.
WISENHEIMER: “Good morning and welcome to our Weird Science Fair!”
DAWN: “We’re celebrating Mother’s Day in a pretty unique way with some very interesting science projects that honor our mothers.”
CAST enters and puts inventions on tables.
WISENHEIMER: “Ah, here they are now! While they set up, what do you have there, Dawn?”
DAWN: “I’ve created a mini-planetarium for Mom. The light shines inside, and when the lights turn off, I’ve given her the gift of …the stars!”
WISENHEIMER: “What a brilliant idea! How about you, Eliza?”
ELIZA: “I’ve got a volcano here!”
WISENHEIMER: “Okay… and what does that have to do with your mom?”
ELIZA: “Well, watch and see! (pours vinegar into volcano, and watches ‘lava’ pour out) Dear Mom. I lava you! Get it? Lava you?”
ELIZA elbows others, laughing at her own bad joke.
DAWN: (getting in on it) “That’s sure to make your mom erupt with happiness.”
ELIZA: “These volcano puns are so lavable!”
DAWN: “Yeah, I lava them!”
WISENHEIMER: (flustered with puns) “Stoppit! (catching himself and clearning throat) How about we see what Nia has for us.”
NIA: “Of course. This shows us what mothers do for us each and every day. Naturally, one image is not enough, so this device shows you all that Moms do for us, and all at the same time.”
WISENHEIMER: “That sounds intriguing. Let me try it on.”
NIA: “Professor, it could be a little overwhelming.”
WISENHEIMER: “Nonsense. Keep in mind that I am a scientist.”
WISENHEIMER puts on device and begins screaming.
WISENHEIMER: “Cooking, cleaning, carpooling, laundry, ironing, lullabies…! It’s too much! Mothers do too many things – turn it off, turn it off!”
WISENHEIMER runs off STAGE RIGHT screaming, clutching device to his face, with NIA close behind trying to help.
DAWN: “What just happened?”
SKYLAR: “She did warn him. But perhaps I should show you my newest invention for Mother’s Day. Let me give you a hand!”
DAWN: “What does it do?”
SKYLAR: (flexing fingers) “It’s a perfect gift for Mom. This device lends a hand! It finds itches automatically, and then it actually scratches them for you.”
DAWN: “Wow. That’s fascinating.”
SKYLAR: (wrinkles nose) “Indeed! Oh, my. Hold on. I think I have an itch inside my (hand device reaches upwards towards her own nose) nose! Nose! Not the nose! No… NOOOOO!”
SKYLAR struggles to keep device from picking at her own nose, noisily wrestling with her own hand all over the place.
ELIZA: “Skylar? Are you alright!”
SKYLAR screams and runs off STAGE RIGHT, passing by WISENHEIMER and NIA as they enter STAGE RIGHT
WISENHEIMER: (still recovering) “I had no idea moms do that much for us!”
NIA: “Believe it, Professor.”
WISENHEIMER: “Does Skylar need help?”
ELIZA: “No, she’s a little picky at the moment.”
WISENHEIMER: “Well then. Moving on! Maddie, what do you have here? Oh this looks like slime!”
MADDIE: “Yep!”
WISENHEIMER: (reaching hand in bowl and holding it up) “Yuck! You can create slime using simple ingredients in the lab or at home. Did you actually make this?”
MADDIE: “Uh… no.”
WISENHEIMER: “Oh, you didn’t?”
MADDIE: “No. I was cleaning the bathroom for Mom, and I found all that behind the toilet.”
PAUSE
WISENHEIMER gasps loudly, nearly in tears as he holds his hand up with the slime on it. He holds his hand up towards STAGE LEFT, and everyone there cowers, falling back. Then he holds it up STAGE RIGHT, and they cower, falling back. Screaming, he runs off STAGE RIGHT.
NIA: “Seriously?”
MADDIE: “No, not really. I just wanted to see him run again.”
DAWN: (as if ready to reprimand) “Maddie…”
DAWN suddenly breaks and extends a fist for a fist-bump, which MADDIE returns.
ELIZA: “But wait. What is your project, Jeremiah.”
JEREMIAH: (pointing at his cup of dirt) “It’s a cup of dirt.”
WISENHEIMER and SKYLAR return STAGE RIGHT
NIA: “A cup? Of dirt?”
DAWN: “Can you explain?”
JEREMIAH: “Well, I got this cup. And I put some dirt in it. I call it, ‘A Cup of Dirt!’”
ELIZA: “Oh, I get it. Is that a soil sample from an agricultural project?”
JEREMIAH: “No. It’s a cup. With dirt in it. A cup of dirt! Look, I didn’t know what to do. Everyone’s got these big weird projects, and I couldn’t think of anything. I don’t know. I’m just not that good at this.”
MADDIE: “But Jeremiah, you are good enough. If you want to honor your Mom, it doesn’t take much.”
NIA: (pulls a seed out of her pocket) “You’re like this seed. You started out so small, but she took care of you each and every day.”
NIA puts seed into cup of dirt.
ELIZA: “You grew and grew, just like that seed will! That’s because it got a little love each day.”
JEREMIAH: “Wow, thanks guys! You’re right. And also, this is a great idea for a science project! I’ll plant this seed, and it will remind me to show this plant – and Mom – a little love each day. Not just on Mother’s Day, but all year long!”
WISENHEIMER: (to everyone) “That is a fantastic idea. You know, you’re all pretty awesome.”
DAWN: “But you are at your most awesome, when you show others love.”
CAST: “Happy Mother’s Day, moms!”
CAST bows, waves and exits.
We have a volcano that we can use again to do the old trick with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. And yes, there's the cup of dirt. That's from an old comedy bit back in 1992 or something like that, a guy's submission to the science fair: a cup of dirt. Hilarious stuff, so I did a little tribute to that in this skit, with a twist of course.
Anyway, we had a decent day today. Mom spent a lot of time cleaning out the prop room, as she's being evicted from that room to make space for more employees at the church. There is some debate about where the props are going to, but no good answers. We had a few meetings today concerning our production of "Esther" and a bit about Summer Xtreme too.
Our sea monkeys seem to be doing really well on Mars lately, and it's great to keep peeking in on them. Sunday is feeding day, and each morning we add bubbles and air to the tank to keep it in better shape. Love these little ones!
Tonight we watched a few episodes of "Ultimate Spider-man," sort of racing through those, and afterwards it was time for Kingdom Keepers again. We're really moving along, and I'm wondering what we'll discover about who is behind all the adventures in this story. Quite a bit is going on, but we're definitely turning pages - just one more page, please. One more after that. And so on.
We said our prayers, and that was it for the day. It was a good day though, and we've got a good one planned for tomorrow too.
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