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Art and STEAM Projects for Kids
Gumdrop Graphs | Candy Math
This week we did a very simple math activity as part of our special Gumdrop STEM blog hop. My kids are currently five and two years old, respectively, so I wanted to do a simple home learning activity without too many tricky parts. Luckily for [...]
Construction Play With Bunchems | Creative Building
The benefits of building, engineering, and construction play are well established. Kids that engage in this kind of play enhance problem solving skills, fine motor skills, and spacial skills, as well as develop a heightened capacity for creative, divergent thinking. There may also be [...]
Paper Fliers | Rainy Day Boredom Busters
*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. With cold and rainy weather upon us it's essential to have some go-to rainy day activities for inside play and learning! This Spring we did an outdoor engineering challenge with paper airplanes where we [...]
DIY Christmas Window Gel Clings | Winter Sensory Science
Make your own winter and Christmas window gel clings with just a few kitchen ingredients. They are festive decorations for the holidays and make for a really fun afternoon crafting and learning with the kids. It's the perfect art and STEM activity for grandparents, [...]
Easy Borax Crystal Ornaments | Christmas Science
Easily make your own borax crystal ornaments for Christmas this year. They only require two ingredients and they turn out shiny, sparkly, and gorgeous. These borax crystal ornaments make awe-inspiring homemade gifts for friends and neighbors. Plus, the kids can do a fun winter science [...]
Spin Art Spiderwebs
*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. Salad spinners aren't just for leafy greens anymore. This week we plastered our salad spinner with a rainbow of colored paint. We made inexpensive Halloween decorations with it. We learned science with it. [...]
Spooky Levitating Puppets | Halloween Science
Sometimes I feel like Halloween gets a little bit dark and scary for my young kiddos. Even an innocent trip to the grocery store puts them face-to-face with creepy statues, scary sound recordings, and decorations dripping with fake blood. Do you ever have the [...]
The Naked Egg Experiment | Biology for Kids
Doing the naked egg experiment is the perfect kitchen science experiment to teach kids how the cells in their body work. Kids will get an inside look into a raw egg by using common kitchen supplies to dissolve the shell right off of it! [...]
DIY Glow in the Dark Window Gel Clings
*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. Nothing says Halloween quite like glow in the dark window gel clings. They make the ideal decoration for parties and they are really easy to make yourself! I found some glow in the dark [...]
Summer Ice Slush | Simple Science
Did you know you can make your own delicious ice slush drink without the help of a freezer or a blender? My kids think it so fun to make their own slushy at home 🙂 This is the ideal kitchen science experiment to do [...]
