Practical skills are the hands-on abilities — measuring, drilling, wiring, painting, printing — that school does not always teach. In this story, they are the hidden curriculum of the Warner family’s Jurassic Park build: the children learned them from their parents and grandfathers across 200 hours of construction, finishing Halloween with far more than a spectacular display to show for it.
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Mentioned in: Inside the Warner Family’s 200-Hour Jurassic Park Build: 3D Printers, Electric Fences and a Gate Taller Than Their House