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Finley, a 4th Grader from Virginia, is One Talented Business Owner, Baker, and DecoratorVirtual meetings suddenly became the "new normal" when the pandemic kicked in last year. Working from home is already a challenge, but those who worked from home and had kids at home most likely found this scenario more challenging. Parents, after all, have to give some of their time bonding with their kids, and working from home while managing the little ones is no joke.To maintain some balance between her work and her kids, elementary school principal Kelly Sheers created a system that informed her kids when they could interrupt her. This system involved a red cup and a green cup that indicated when she was available for her kids. But during one staff meeting in the spring of last year, Sheers forgot to flip the red cup, and her daughter Finley suddenly asked her whether she (Finley) could bake in the kitchen. Sheers, not expecting to be interrupted, replied that she could do anything she wanted as long as she would not be interrupted again. She also reminded her daughter to try not to burn down the house. Little did Kelly know that the request would unleash the inner baker in the fourth-grader.In the year since that fateful day, Finley's hobby has become a small business with orders of cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, and her baking skills have greatly improved.Read more about this story over at WTOP. For now, here are some of Finley's creations. You can also check her Instagram account for more.(Images: Kelly Sheers)#Hobby #Pastry #Baking

This Educational Toy Combines a Rubix Cube and a 3D MazeThe ‘Maze and Cube’, an educational toy designed by Yang yang Tu, incorporates the challenge of completing a 3D maze into the already challenging task of completing a Rubik’s cube. This ingenious toy increases playability and aims to satisfy the curiosity of its users. The maze changes as users rotate the cube and allows for an increased variety of statuses and possibilities. Players can complete the challenge in three ways: rolling the steel ball in the cube to reach the terminal point, restoring the Rubik’s cube, or completing both at the same time. “This toy provides a motivation for the development of [the] right brain and memory ability,” the designers say. It can also improve the eye-hand coordination and the spatial thinking of children, whilst also stimulating their curiosity.  The Maze and Cube was a project that started in March 2017 and was completed in July 2017 at the Zhejiang University of Technology in China. It has since then won in the A’Design Award & Competition for the category of ‘Toy, Games and Hobby Products Design’ in 2017-2018.#rubikscube #maze #educational #toy #innovative #challenge #projects #hobby Image: A'Design Award & Competition 