Monday, July 31, 2006

Kapla goes to School


Last week Kapla was invited to Delphi Academy in Clearwater Florida for a day of building and fun. The kids ranged in ages from K - highschool. None of the kids had played with Kapla before and yet the results were stunning! They loved it! In fact one little girl burst into tears when her mom came to pick her up to take her to the movies- she was sobbing as she told her mother that she would rather stay and play with Kapla than go see a movie. Sorry Disney.

The day was a great success- the little ones building a fantastic Kapla village- each of them creating their own house- while the older kids were challenged with a building contest- building the tallest tower possible with only 200 planks in 10 minutes- the catch was that each tower had to somehow contain 1 golf ball and 1 tennis ball - neither of which were allowed to touch the ground...after some fierce competition and several tense moments- the girls won with a tower nearly 6 feet tall. Needless to say- fun was had by all...

I want to thank Delphi for hosting this event and also a HUGE thank you to all of the kids who participated as well...

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Kapla on Vacation



I was in Wells, Maine last week on a family vacation...and what do you know...the Kapla came out...


...they had a grand idea to engineer a line of Kapla that would fall in a domino effect to take out the tower in the back...

...but the wind had other plans...

- in the end they settled on a swift blow to the bottom floor...

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Kapla and Karate


Here are some new photos of Kapla in action..


This is my little sister Nikki who lives in NY. She came to visit after competing in the Karate National Championship in Miami...she's like a quadruple double super black belt and won 3 gold medals and 2 silver. Needless to say I don't pick on her too much...

...anyway this was her first time playing with Kapla...not bad huh?

- this is my nephew Kai...he loves Kapla...

...and his favorite part...Karate Chop!