Problem: Article: The chemicals in the mortar can burn your skin. In addition to continuing to wear eye protection, slip on a pair of waterproof gloves. Long-sleeved clothing is also recommended to ensure dripping mortar can't reach you. The kind of product you want is labeled as mortar mix. Avoid sand or concrete mixes. Add the amount of mortar you need into a mixing container, such as a wheelbarrow or dishpan. Match the type of mortar you get to the type that's in the rest of your wall, if possible. Mortar mixes come in different grades. M is the strongest and meant for walls bearing heavy loads. S is a little more flexible, N is for most walls exposed to the weather, and O is for interior and non-load-bearing exterior walls. If you don't know what's in your wall, you might need to guess based on the grading scale. the mortar with water until it's thick. Follow the manufacturer's instructions to figure out how much water to add. Stir the water and mortar mix together with a hand trowel. Try to get the mortar into a consistency similar to peanut butter. You may also purchase latex additive from a home improvement store and add a little bit to make the mixture stronger. Start with small batches. You'll have an hour or less to use the mortar before it dries.
Summary: Put on safety glasses and gloves. Place dry mortar mix in a bucket. Mix

Problem: Article: Flatten your back and clench your abs, clasping your hands together behind your head. This should work your upper thigh muscles; if you do not feel the effort there, try pressing a little harder.
Summary: Lie down facing the ceiling with your knees bent and your shoulders, hips, and feet aligned. Raise your toes up so that your heels press into the ground.

Problem: Article: The anxious thoughts you have before going into a haunted house, thinking about how afraid you'll be and what kind of scares you might see, aren't actually factsthey're just your guesses. Instead of freaking yourself out before you even get inside, remind yourself that this is just a staged situation. Nothing bad is going to happen to you in the haunted house; you're safe. To ease your nerves, do something light-hearted or fun before the haunted house. Try going out to eat, spending time with friends, or watching a funny movie or TV show. Lots of people are scared before a haunted house, but find out afterwards that it wasn't as scary as they thought it would beand that they actually had a pretty good time. Tell yourself that that's how it'll be for you, too. This is a cardinal rule of haunted houses: never go alone! Going inside with a group or even just one friend can help you feel a lot more comfortable. Go with someone you know well enough that you won't be embarrassed to hold their hand or scream. Ask your friend to stick with you through the whole haunted house and tell them you might need to grab them if you get scared. If you don't have anyone to go with, try to make friends in line and join a group that seems nice. You won't be as comfortable with them as with friends, but it's better than going alone. When you get scared, your heart rate rises, your skin gets flushed, and you have a harder time thinking straight, which can make you even more anxious! Try to cut off this cycle by reminding yourself to breathe and stay calm when you're walking through the haunted house. When you notice your heartbeat getting fast or your hands starting to shake, take a few deep, calming breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth. Try breathing in for 4 seconds, holding it in your lungs for 6, then breathing it back out through your mouth for 8 counts. Tell yourself that you're breathing out your fear and tension. Whatever's around the next corner, you can take it! As scary as haunted houses can be, try to remember that nothing about them is actually real. The people in the costumes are just actors, and the house is just a regular house. It's all fake and here for you to have fun. Try repeating a mantra in your head to keep yourself grounded, like "I'm OK. This is just pretend." Tell yourself this whenever you start to feel really scared. You're doing something that you're scared of, and that's awesome! Give yourself a quick pep talk before you go in the house and whenever you start feeling scared inside. Try saying, "This is scary, but I'm being brave and doing it anyways." Reminding yourself that you're being brave can make you feel even stronger and more courageous. It's OK if you hit your breaking point. Take a deep breath, stay calm, and ask to be let out of the house. An actor or staff member can bring you to an exit, where you can regroup and calm down. You can do this if you're having a panic attack, or if you just get too freaked out. There's no shame in leaving the attraction early. Remember that you still took a risk and went inside, and that it's OK that you weren't quite up to it this time. If you go home straight after the haunted house, you might find yourself dwelling on all the scares and freaking yourself out even more. Make fun plans instead to shake you out of that mindset and to have something to look forward to afterwards. For example, you could hang out with friends, go out for dinner, or watch a funny TV show. If you get scared in the house, focus on these fun things you'll be doing afterwards. You can say, "It's OK, I'm almost done. I just have to get through this and then I'm getting ice cream!"
Summary: Don't let yourself dwell on your fears before you go in. Go with at least one other friend so you're not alone. Take deep breaths to keep yourself calm in the haunted house. Remind yourself that this isn't real and is just for fun if you get scared inside. Be proud of yourself for facing your fears when you start to feel afraid. Ask to be let out if it gets to be too much. Plan something fun afterwards so you have something to look forward to.

Problem: Article: Make one of the two models described above. Once you're finished, glue it to a large piece of foam board or cardboard. Color the foam board black to show outer space. You can use stick-on stars, or cover the background with glitter glue or glitter paint. Find a golf ball or a crumpled up piece of paper, about the size of your Earth model. Glue it on the board, close to the Earth. Crumple up another piece of paper for each of the planets. Glue them onto the board in this order: Mercury small, grey Venus yellow, about Earth sized Earth (your model) Mars red, about Earth sized Jupiter orange and white, the biggest planet Saturn yellow, almost as big as Jupiter, with rings around it Uranus light blue, bigger than Earth but smaller than Saturn Neptune light blue, about the size of Uranus Pluto a tiny grey dot Closest to Mercury, the sun is an enormous yellow-orange ball. The sun is much too big for you to show its size accurately. You can either make the biggest ball you can fit, or just color a corner of the board yellow to indicate that the sun expands far beyond the edges.
Summary:
Glue the model to a foam board. Paint the board black. Add the stars. Make the moon. Add the planets. Add the sun.