Corrugated cardboard, especially from an old box, is a good inexpensive choice. Tape several pieces together if one piece is not long enough. Cover the finished boardwalk with white contact paper. This will give the setting a more realistic feel. You can use white paper colored with blue markers or blue construction paper. Use scissors to cut out the wave pattern. You can attach them to a piece of rope to hang on the back of your sofa or dining room chairs. Inexpensive polystyrene rings from the local craft shop are a good choice as a first step. Use red markers to draw solid red rectangles at the top, bottom, left, and right of the ring. Alternatively, you can wrap strips of red fabric around the ring at these spots. The finished design should look like a cross. Using lettering stencils and a blue marker, write "R.M.S. Titanic" across the top and "Southampton" across the bottom. The lettering should be on the face of the ring. Glue or tape a piece of rope to the outside of the ring at the edge of each red area. Make sure the rope hangs freely in the areas between the areas of red. Decorate half of the portholes with pictures of a calm ocean. Use pictures of icebergs and choppy seas for the other half. Hang the portholes on the wall using a putty adhesive, which won't damage your walls. Paper plates with the centers cut out of them work well for this decoration. Glue old metal nuts or ring-shaped cereal to accent the frame. Color with silver or gold paint or markers. Apply clear plastic to each plate to act as the porthole's window.

Summary: Make a boardwalk for the entrance to your party. Add paper waves around the boardwalk. Make life preservers. Make portholes.

The best speeches are those that engage the audience with an interesting, relevant topic. Preparation will depend, to some extent, on whether your child has been assigned a specific topic or gets to choose one. If your child has been assigned a specific topic already, ask what he or she knows about that subject. If this knowledge is lacking, point your child toward books, articles, websites, or other sources of information. Otherwise, simply talk about how your child might elaborate on the topic at hand. If your child gets to select the subject, brainstorm together about possible topics. Decide on something appropriate to the assignment and interesting to your child. Your child should pitch his or her speech to the particular audience: are they students, adults, or both? The content and tone of the speech should reflect the audience and the occasion. Your child's assignment may vary, but in general, a speech should have an introduction, a developed and persuasive middle, and a conclusion. Your child should include both facts and opinions. After you've chosen a theme, your child should write a rough draft of the speech. You can then check the draft, point out any major problems, and make suggestions for improvement. Your child should revise his or her speech, using your suggestions for guidance. Teach your child how important this step is: the best writers and the best public speakers all draft, revise, and revise again. Your child's speech will be clearer and more effective with a few pictures, diagrams, or slides. Remind your child to select these visual aids carefully, choosing relevant images that will interest the audience. You can also point out, if your child is nervous, that good visual aids will take the audience members' eyes off the child. They will be looking at the images instead. Whether or not your child uses visual aids, a few note cards can provide some security against forgetting parts of the speech. Have your child jot down the basic structure of the speech, plus any parts he or she is likely to forget. Depending on the situation, some children (especially younger children) may be encouraged to put their entire speech on note cards and to read directly from the cards. Find out what your child is expected to do.

Summary: Think about the subject. Encourage your child to consider the audience. Discuss the structure of a speech. Have your child draft the speech. Teach the importance of revision. Suggest visual aids. Prepare note cards.

Many essential oils are thought to have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties and may help treat sinus infection and reduce swelling. If you reduce the swelling in your nose, you will be able to breath easier at night, which will help you sleep better with a stuffy nose. You can mix and match the oils to find the best blend for you but make sure you are not allergic to the oil by testing it on your skin first. Also, keep in mind that some essential oils are toxic if misused. Choose an aroma you like, making sure any essential oil you buy comes from a reputable company with some guarantee of purity. Use equal numbers of drops of each oil when combining. Some essential oils used commonly for stuffy noses are: Eucalyptus Peppermint Lavender Tea tree Clove Chamomile Menthol To amp up your Neti pot solutions, you may want to use essential oils. Make sure the oil you use is pure grade and that you aren't allergic or have an adverse reaction to it. Mix in one drop each of frankincense, rosemary and eucalyptus oil to the Neti pot solution. Choose an oil from the list that is thought to aid stuffy noses. Add three to five drops of essential oils to the water in the diffuser. About an hour before you try to sleep, sit as close as possible to the diffuser. The humid air and the essential oil with help relieve the stuffiness in your nose, which will help you sleep. If the issue persists, try sniffing the air from the diffuser as often as you can throughout the day to help your sinuses more. You can make your own chest rub with essential oils that helps with stuffy noses. Mix three drops of eucalyptus oil, two drops of peppermint oil, and two drops of thyme oil in a tablespoon of carrier oil, such as almond oil. You can also replace any of those oils with additional oils from the list that help stuffy noses. The rub will open up your sinuses, which will help you sleep better. Add about 12 to 15 drops of your essential oils into a full bath. The bath should be warm and comfortable. Soak for about 20 minutes and breathe in the oils to help clear your sinuses. Try this close to bedtime. The relaxation mixed with the easing of your stuffy nose will help you sleep better. The steam from the hot bath should help loosen your sinuses.

Summary: Choose an essential oil. Add essential oils to the Neti pot. Use a diffuser. Make a chest rub. Bathe in the essential oils.

If something related to wasps or bees causes a reaction, you should make a note of it. This will help you identify the triggers that cause you to feel anxious or afraid. Knowing this triggers can help you treat and/or avoid your fears. Phobias are learned behaviors. This means that you were not born afraid of wasps or bees, you have learned over the course of your life to fear them. This type of fear often comes from an unpleasant encounter such as being stung as a child. Try to identify the roots of your fears so that you can tear down the false assumptions that have created your phobia. It is all too common that parents, teachers, or other role models inadvertently teach us to have unreasonable fears. If the only thing you were ever taught about bees is that they might sting you, causing pain, you likely will not have a positive outlook on them. This can eventually lead to anxiety and fear of thing you misunderstand.
Summary: Keep notes of any fear or anxiety. Think back to previous encounters with wasps or bees. Reconsider everything that you were taught about wasps and bees.