Easy to Make Fish School Cookies Make these colorful fish school cookies for a fun afternoon snack or enviable lunchbox treat! Cookie Ingredients: - 1/2 cup butter, softened - 1 cup all-purpose flour...
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Fall Sensory Slime Glitter sensory slime for fall! Today we’re mixing together ingredients that turn into a pliable substance for sensory play. The best thing about this activity is that…
Color Science: How to Teach Colors to Preschoolers While it’s an important milestone for preschool-aged children to learn basic colors, it’s actually a fairly complex task! There’s some fascinating research...
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Moon Science: Exploring the Moon As part of our Backyard Summer STEAM Camp Program, we invited Green Kid Crafts members to submit their most burning questions. And many questions were…
Bats are such interesting animals! Being nocturnal we often associate them with spooky fall nights but are bats really that scary? Bats can be fascinating! Quick Bat Facts: Bats help...
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Whether you have neurotypical kids or children with learning disabilities, the outdoors is one of the best places to learn life lessons. The great outdoors is more than a…
Summer Fun Idea: DIY Bubble Wand My kids love bubbles but we’re always losing the bubble wands and running out of bubble solution. We’ve learned that making diy bubble wands…
Looking for a fun summer adventure to go on with the kids? Go on a Nature Scavenger Hunt! Nature Scavenger Hunt Supplies: Bag, kid scissors, magnifying glass, pencil, Ziploc bags...
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5 Ways To Prevent Summer Slide—and Turn Brain Drain into Brain Gain By Penny Bauder Summer break is for sleeping in, adventure, popsicles and running through sprinklers but it’s also…
15 Green Summer Activities For Families Contributed by Penny Bauder Summer is a good opportunity to spend some time doing green activities with your family. The kids are out of…
Painting with Ice Cubes Summer and winter are a great time to use ice in sensory projects. Today we’re combining a sensory art activity with color science in this ice…
Whether you’re looking for a way to beat the summer blues or trying to create more opportunities for outdoor fun, there are plenty of free backyard activities your family can…
Pool STEM Activity for Kids Build a cool swimming pool for toys! This STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) project is great for hot summer days, or as an indoor...
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Summer Fun: Make a DIY Sprinkler from a Recycled Soda Bottle Cool off and get your kids involved in an activity for the afternoon by making your very own sprinkler!…
10 Fun Summer Activities for Kids Summer weather is here in San Diego even though there is still more than a month of spring left on the calendar. Whether you’re…
10 DIY Backyard Summer Camp Activities Downloadable Summer Survival Guide! Ditch screen-time, this summer it’s STEAM-time! Don't miss our Summer Survival Guide, an 11-page PDF chock full of our best...
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Summer Science: Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk “It’s so hot we could fry an egg on the sidewalk!” I know I’ve heard this growing up but guess what? I’ve never…
Earth Day Activity Guide April is Earth Month and the perfect time to celebrate and appreciate our Earth. We want every child to have the chance to celebrate with our Earth...
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Make Your Own Earthworm Hotel Among the most common animals in the world, earthworms benefit most other organisms in the ecosystem in which they reside. Earthworms play a major role...
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Plant Bombs – Earth Day Project Not only is this Earth Day craft different than planting your typical seeds in soil, it can make for a great little gift for…
If there’s one thing we’ve learned this year, it’s how fragile the earth really is. The Earth needs us now more than ever. And our planet needs a next generation...
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Contributed by Penny Bauder We know that children learn by example, yet sometimes setting a good example can be difficult for parents. But if you start early enough and follow…
Earth Day Playdough Play and Geography Learning through play is a great way to introduce earth science concepts. Today we’re playing with homemade playdough and making a DIY model…
SAN DIEGO, CA — Green Kid Crafts, a mom-owned, earth-friendly and award winning craft kit subscription service, encourages parents, teachers and caregivers to celebrate Earth Day by teaching their kids…
