Exciting New Upgrades to Green Kid Crafts Boxes
Green Kid Craft boxes have gotten even more green! We've been searching high and low to find the most eco-friendly materials for our product. What does that mean...
15
Sep
09
Sep
Make a Volcanic Fissures Project with an Empty Box
Turn your Green Kid Crafts Box into a Volcano Experiment!
We love to upcycle, recycle and reuse any item we can, especially from our Green Kid Crafts kits! Expand...
04
Sep
Enter Our Super September Giveaway!
Enter Our Super September Giveaway!
Green Kid Crafts is partnering with JambuKD footwear to bring you a big fall giveaway with awesome prizes! Enter for your chan...
30
Aug
Science for Kids: Simple Robot Activity
Science for Kids: Simple Robot Activity
Today we're building a simple robot using recycled materials. This "toothbot" will be a noisy toy to watch and play with o...
27
Aug
Melting Lava Brownie Volcano Treats Recipe
Volcano Brownie Treats
Convenience is key when making these volcano treats for kids. These cute little volcanos really look like they have lava flowing from them ...
20
Aug
Solar Eclipse Art Activity for Kids
Solar Eclipse Art Activity for Kids
Teach kids about what happens during a solar eclipse with this fun art activity. Little ones can paint their own sun and moon ...
18
Aug
Teaching Kids about the Solar Eclipse
Teaching Kids about the Solar Eclipse
What exactly happens during a solar eclipse? During this eclipse the moon will move in front of the sun and block out the li...
14
Aug
Backyard Games for Kids Tin Can Basketball
Backyard Games for Kids Tin Can Basketball
Play a game of basketball in your own backyard with recycled and found materials. Kids not only get to play the game, b...
10
Aug
Magic Banana: Sliced In Pieces Before It’s Even Peeled!
Magic Banana: Sliced In Pieces Before It's Even Peeled!
Peel a magic banana to reveal that it has been sliced already! How is this even possible? This is an easy ...
07
Aug
Back to School STEM Guide for Elementary School Kids
STEM—or science, technology, engineering and math—has become a big buzzword in the last few years. However, our classrooms have not yet realized this poten...
05
Aug
Dancing Raisins Science Activity
Dancing Raisins Science Activity
There are so many fun finds in the kitchen that make great supplies for science experiments. Today we're getting out raisins and ...
04
Aug
Colorful Magic Milk Kitchen Science Activity
Colorful Magic Milk Kitchen Science Activity
One of my favorite activities in our magic science series here on the diy page is this magic milk experiment. The act...
03
Aug
DIY Lava in a Jar Science Experiment
DIY Lava in a Jar Experiment
What happens when you put a few key ingredients in a jar together? You can turn them into lava! This is a fun science experiment that...
03
Aug
Magic Rubber Pencil Trick
Turn a Regular Pencil into Rubber Pencil
Sometimes just a trick of the eye can make people think you've done something incredible! We aren't really turning a penc...
03
Aug
Traveling Water Rainbow Experiment
Traveling Water Rainbow Experiment
Kids love rainbow activities and today I'm sharing a fun rainbow science experiment. This activity can be used as an extension ...
03
Aug
Science for Kids: Magic Dancing Rice Experiment
Welcome to Green Kid Crafts! We combine art and science to make STEM fun and accessible so that kids can begin to see themselves as scientists, artists, and make...
01
Aug
Backyard Games for Kids Tin Can Golf
Outdoor Games for Kids Tin Can Golf
Play a game of golf in your own backyard with recycled and found materials. Kids not only get to play the game, but they also ...
31
Jul
Magic Jumping Beans Science Experiment for Kids
Magic Jumping Beans Science Experiment for Kids
We're continuing our magic science with a cool jumping bean trick. This one is simple enough for kids to set up th...
29
Jul
DIY Magic Trick Box for Kids
DIY Magic Trick Box for Kids
Supplies
Black Construction Paper
Colored Construction Paper for Decorating
Measuring Tape
Cardboard Boxes
Tape
G...
25
Jul
Science for Kids Egg Drop Experiment
Science for Kids Egg Drop Experiment
Today we're working on a classic science experiment for kids. Can an egg survive a fall from a high place? Will it crack and ...
24
Jul
DIY Toad House made from a Broken Clay Pot
DIY Toad House made from a Broken Clay Pot
One rainy afternoon, my then five year old daughter innocently asked, “Where to toads go when it rains?” I didn’t real...
17
Jul
LEGO STEM Build a Balloon Powered Boat
LEGO STEM Build a Balloon Powered Boat
Here's another fun summer STEM project that gets kids excited to go outside. But first, start inside with that big pile of ...
16
Jul
How to make a DIY Fidget Spinner
DIY Fidget Spinner
Fidget spinners are all the rage right now with kids and even some adults. My kids just had to have one but since then the spinners have either...
14
Jul
Summer Science Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk
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 tried to...