Q: Eating with the fingers is the first way that children learn to feed themselves, and you should watch for signs that you son or daughter is ready to try. This may actually begin well before the toddler period, at around eight or nine months of age. You may notice that your older baby will try to grab food (or other items!), at first with the whole hand and then, later on, with the fingers. These are signs that he or she is ready to start learning to eat independently. The "pincer grasp" (the ability to grab small items with the thumb and forefinger) is especially crucial for effective self-feeding. Most babies develop this skill between about seven and eleven months of age. Start by giving your older baby or younger toddler bite-sized pieces of foods that are easy to chew and swallow. At first, stick to foods that dissolve easily in the mouth; by the toddler years, you can start offering many more foods. Some suggestions include: low-sugar cereals, especially o-shaped and puffed varieties small pieces of ripe, soft fruits like bananas, mangos, peaches, or watermelon small pieces of soft, cooked vegetables like carrots, peas, or sweet potatoes cubed tofu cooked pasta small pieces of bread, bagels, or English muffins small bites of cheese Mealtimes are a chance to interact and help your child learn, so do not simply place food in front of your toddler and walk away. Sit with your child, talk about the new foods, and hold up individual bites to encourage the pincer grasp. Take your child's hand in yours and demonstrate. Always supervise your child when he or she is learning to eat finger foods. You can minimize the risk of choking by keeping the bites small (but not so small that he or she might swallow without chewing at all). Babies and toddlers are very messy when they learn to eat. Use bibs, and try to minimize damage by removing rugs or placing a protective cover underneath your child's high chair. Make sure your child knows that self-feeding is a good thing and that he or she has made you proud.
A: Pay attention to your child's desire to self-feed. Offer your child safe foods to eat with his or her fingers. Practice with your child. Watch for choking. Prepare for a mess. Praise your child's efforts.

Q: Purchase a pack of cigarettes of the brand of your choice. Do not remove the cellophane from around the box until after you are done packing it. Note that packing a pack of cigarettes is only possible with the kind that come in a cardboard package. Hold the pack like you are holding a closed book or some other flat object. Hold it firmly so it won't fly out of your hand when you hit it against something. How you hold the pack is a matter of personal preference. However, do not place a finger on the bottom of the pack because it can make the tobacco pack unevenly and can even cause the cigarettes to break.
A: Obtain a pack of cigarettes. Grip the pack with your fingers on the side or the front and back.

Q: Every should be sitting around in a circle. You can make them up, or you and your friends can read from a book. There are also websites with scary stories archived that you can read from. Challenge each other and have people write their own scary stories and read them. Plan a lineup of multiplayer video games for whichever console you're using. Invite your friends to bring some of their own multiplayer games, as well. Host an MMO party, or mass multiplayer online gaming party, and invite friends to bring laptops to have adventures in a computer game. Another example could be multiplayer racing, fighting, or cooperative shooters. When planning a scavenger hunt, you should choose a theme. If it's a holiday-based hunt, hide items that pertain to the holiday. It could also be a theme based on a show you and your friends like, and you could hide items around the house that are related to the show. Make sure you explain the rules clearly to everyone, and provide them with their own list of rules. Have flashlights available for everyone just in case they have to find items outside the house at night. To make stamps, press adhesive craft foam shapes onto wooden blocks. You can either buy craft foam shapes from the store, or you can cut them out yourself. Use any shapes you want, such as stars, hearts, or smiley faces. Use any color paint you want for the stamp. Paint is supposed to serve a similar purpose to ink for the stamps. Stamp the shapes on the pillow cases. The pillowcases should be prewashed before anyone can stamp them. To change paint colors, wash the stamps in water and let them dry before applying more paint. Using a plastic needle, thin yarn, or baker's twine, thread the string through the gummy candies. Thread the center candy first, and then add the rest on each side of it. Use a paper towel to wipe off the needle between each piercing, flavors don't mix. You can use any gummy candy, including gummy bears, Life Savers, Twizzlers, gummy berries, and so on.
A: Tell scary stories in a circle. Host a video game party if you're all gamers. Plan a scavenger hunt around your home. Make stamps with craft foam and wooden blocks. Apply a coat of paint to the foam shapes. Make edible jewelry with candy.

Q: Fanfiction is always based on an existing work of art. You are essentially making a story that expands or otherwise alters existing fiction. The mediums you might choose from are endless. Fanfics have been written about books, movies, television shows, video games, and just about anything else with a narrative base and a fandom to admire it. You should pick a fictional universe you already feel closely to. Common choices for fanfic are Star Wars, Harry Potter, and a number of anime and manga franchises. The choice of universe you choose to base your own work on will have the largest impact on your story and the way it turns out. Certain universes also favour certain approaches in fanfic. It's important to note however that your choices as a fanfic writer are limitless. You can do anything you want to the source material, even if that means transforming it into something else entirely. Most fanfiction tends to be based on a science-fiction or fantasy-themed universe, like Harry Potter or Star Trek. These are great to base fanfics off of because they offer huge universes with an endless amount of storytelling potential. Look online and read up everything you can about the given universe. Even if you're planning on breaking free of the established canon (what the author/director/etc has already established) with your fanfic, it helps a lot to know the rules before you break them. The best ideas you'll get for your work will be inspired by the source material itself. With that said, it still helps to see what other fans have done with the same ideas. Using a website like Fanfiction.net, Archive of Our Own, and Wattpad, or you can take a look through some fanfiction that matches your on source material. Read some stories people have written. Most importantly, get a grasp of the ways in which people use and adapt the source. In looking for fanfiction to read, you may get the looming impression that a lot of fanfiction lacks for quality. Being part of the fanfic community means acknowledging that not everyone is at the same level of skill. Most fanfiction is amateurish, and a lot of it frankly isn't worth reading. It takes patience to find the great stuff.
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Choose source material to work from. Read up on the fictional universe. Read some fanfiction.