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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 tested how different kinds of airplanes flew. The kids had such a blast creating and testing their airplanes that we brought this activity inside for a paper fliers engineering challenge. [...]
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, parents, and caregivers to do with their kids during the winter break. Getting Ready *This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy. Making your own Christmas window [...]
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 experiment and learn about chemistry as they grow their very own stunning crystals. Last year we made an adorable snowy snowman using this same process. He makes a shiny little [...]
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 [...]
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! Then they will do an "eggsperiment" with the naked eggs to see how they change in different liquids. The naked egg project is perfect for an award-winning science fair project! [...]
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 window gel clings on Amazon, but with a little bit of research and a whole lot of experimentation I have discovered how to make them myself for a fraction of [...]
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 on a hot summer day when all you want to eat is something freezing cold and delicious. With lots of those days up ahead, we hope you really enjoy this [...]
Fizzy Color Changing Chemical Reaction | Kid Science
Kids can't resist this amazing color changing chemical reaction. It fizzes, it changes color as if by magic, and it works over and over again. This experiment is completely nontoxic and made with common kitchen supplies. It is hands down one of our favorite kitchen science experiments to date. After we completed our color changing chemical reaction my five-year-old said, "I want to be a chemist when I grow up!" and my three-year-old exclaimed, "I [...]
The Ultimate Guide to Paper Airplane Fun & Learning
There is something irresistible, to kids and adults alike, about paper airplane fun. Once a child learns how to fold and fly a paper airplane, church programs, bus tickets, brochures, and junk mail will spontaneously become small flying toys. Paper airplanes are fantastic for both indoor and outdoor play, rainy day fun, birthday parties, and STEM learning. Paper Airplane Fun*This post contains affiliate links. Please see our disclosure policy.We recently found a book from Usborne [...]
