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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. We spent over an hour spinning and spinning and spinning until our arms and our imaginations were exhausted. We made spin art spiderwebs. Spin Art When I read Babble Dabble [...]
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 experience of shielding your kids' eyes as you sprint between the bread and the milk aisle? Well, you don't need to worry about anything too scary here 🙂 We enjoy [...]
Magnet Powered Car | Playful Science
Make science fun and playful by making a magnet powered car! Make a road and see if you can push/pull your car in the right direction without touching it. This fun and fast science experiment is easy to set up, but provides kids with hours of exploration and entertainment. *This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. Today I didn't have to negotiate screen time with my kids. They didn't want [...]
Lava Lamp + Density Demo | Two Experiments Kids Love
*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. Today I am giving you two science experiments for the price of one. You may even end up surprised at the end like I was. First we are going to do a fun sink or float experiment that will teach the kids all about density. Then we will transform the density tube into a beautiful lava lamp that is sure to delight even the [...]
Film Canister Rocket | Explosive Chemistry for Kids
In my opinion, if you want a kid to become interested in science, all you need to do is launch something several feet into the air. Making a film canister rocket fits the bill perfectly as a simple experiment for kids that they will absolutely love. It is best to launch film canister rockets outside. Be sure to stand back a few feet and wear safety glasses. You never know how high the canister rocket [...]
Magic Milk | Process Art and Science for Kids
Creating magic milk is an awesome kitchen science experiment and art project for kids to do! It is simple to set up and provides children with a blank canvas on which to create, color, experiment, and learn. Magic Milk as Process Art Process art is about the journey of creation with minimal focus on the end product. Process science is similar. It is about creating, mixing, hypothesizing, tweeking, testing, retesting, and learning through it [...]
