10 Fun May Day Crafts for Kids Do you have family traditions to welcome spring? If not, now's a great time to start! May Day is celebrated on the first...
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Melted Crayons Turn into New Crayons with the Sun! Broken crayons happen. You can melt them into something new using the heat from the sun! The sun during a hot…
Water Tension Experiment for Kids Has your child ever asked how water can take different forms and shapes such as raindrops or puddles? The liquid molecules in water change with outside...
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10+ Scented Playdough and Paint DIY Recipes Making scented playdough and paint are fun DIY projects for sensory play, calm downtime, and seasonal activities. We recently made scented lavender...
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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…
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…
Recycled Craft 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, but...
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Water Science Activity Cloud in a Jar We’re having fun with water science this month and today I’m sharing a cool cloud in a jar activity. We’ve been doing a…
Earth Day Cookies - Kids in the Kitchen Looking for an Earth Day activity that takes little to no time at all? Maybe even with the added benefit that you...
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Do you know that our STEAM subscription boxes are more than just fun and screen-free learning materials for your kids? Each purchase also carries your share in helping us…
Spring Books and Activities for Families Are you as excited as I am about spring activities? Admittedly it's been a warm winter this year, so we haven't suffered too much...
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STEM Experiment for Kids: 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…
Easter STEM Project: Building a Jelly Bean Structure Save some jelly beans from those Easter baskets and build a home for a marshmallow bunny! We're gathering our supplies for a...
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Fun Family Easter Activities from Green Kid Crafts Do you have a favorite Easter activity? We love just about every Easter craft we come across and today I'm going to...
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Cause and effect is how kids learn to control and interact with their environment, and understanding cause and effect helps to develop problem solving and other important life skills. This experiment creates…
Pressed Tissue Paper Flowers A few weeks ago, my 5-year-old daughter and I went to her school for a family night. They had games and served breakfast but also brought...
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Ask A Scientist As part of our Ask A Scientist program, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Sharon Jones about robotics recently! As a STEM Educational Consultant, and mom...
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Here is a fun experiment – walking on eggs. Supplies: Two or more one-dozen eggs in the carton Step 1: Evaluate the eggs in the carton. Make sure you don’t…
Kids Science: Skittles Experiment This is such an easy learning experiment, perfect for preschoolers in particular. You only need a few things and it can be as time-consuming as you...
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How to Make Pumpkin Slime If you aren’t a fan of pumpkin seeds and generally throw the insides of a pumpkin away, stop! Use the insides to make pumpkin slime...
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Nocturnal Animal Craft for Kids Whether you are looking for a nocturnal animal craft or the perfect Halloween bat hat, we got you covered with this awesome bat hat project....
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Holiday Craft for Kids: Mummy Jars This super-simple project will make for a spooktacular walkway on Halloween! To create, cover mason jars with glue, then wrap them in cheesecloth. Glue on...
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Nocturnal Animal Crafts for Kids We've rounded up 6 of our favorite nocturnal animal crafts here. Enjoy them for Halloween or any time of the year! Firefly Jar Craft Bat...
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Bat Painting: Nocturnal Animal Craft Whether you are looking for a nocturnal animal craft or the perfect Halloween craft, we got you covered with this awesome bat painting silhouette art...
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