Overnight Crystal Garden Despite the wait time, my boys love experiments where they can anxiously wait to see what happens when something is left to grow. Crystals are neat –…
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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…
Holiday Science: Crystal Candy Canes This is a simple science experiment for kids to enjoy with a minimum amount of supplies. Growing crystals does take some time, but it is...
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Holiday Crafts: Christmas Catapults At one point or another in our academic lives, many of us adults had to devise a catapult in physics class. As it turns out, all...
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Dancing Gumdrops Science Activity for the Holidays When we think of dancing at Christmas it's usually sugarplums that come to mind. Instead of visions of sugarplums, we're watching dancing gumdrops...
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Holiday STEAM: Christmas Projects for Kids Think of decors, recipes, Christmas tree crafts, holiday science experiments, and tons of ornaments! We've listed below the 12 STEAM Christmas projects for...
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Holiday Craft: Snowflake Crystal Brrrr! Are you feeling colder as we head into winter? We're staying warm indoors doing winter science at home. Today I'm sharing a cool crystal-growing...
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Candy Cane Shapes Looking for an easy activity to setup for kids while you’re busy with a task? Do you have candy canes on hand? For this activity, that is...
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Holiday STEAM: Melting Christmas Tree Experiment What kid doesn't like to put on their mad scientist hat and perform a magic chemistry experiment? This is a fun science experiment with...
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Holiday Craft: Gingerbread Slime Do you love the smell of gingerbread in the fall and winter months? Besides baking gingerbread cookies, why not create the same smell with a fun...
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Thanksgiving STEM: Engineer With Cranberries Looking for a fun Thanksgiving STEM or Thanksgiving STEAM activity? Combining festive cranberries and your kids' engineering and motor skills, this STEM project comes just...
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STEAM Project for Kids: Upcycled Rainbow Crayon Candles I don’t know about you, but having a two-year-old means I have a ton of broken crayons. None of our crayons stay...
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Holiday Project: Cranberry Engineering Combining festive cranberries and your kids' engineering and motor skills, this STEAM project comes just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Kids can experiment with strength,...
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Holiday STEM: Gingerbread Man Salt Crystal We have done several crystal projects using a borax solution, but it can be even simpler than that! We bet you already have exactly...
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Dissolving Candy Canes If you are looking for a quick holiday science experiment to stop your kids' brains from turning to mush on holiday break, look no further! In this...
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Kitchen Science: Glitter Christmas Slime Recipe We're mixing up some festive Christmas slime full of glitter! Slime makes a great sensory play tool for kids of all ages plus they...
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STEM for Kids: Gumdrop Engineering From Lincoln Logs to Legos, the love of kids building their own structures stands the test of time. Using basic engineering coupled with creativity, kids...
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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 makers. We...
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Holiday Crafts: Crystal Christmas Trees It's the most wonderful time of the year! As parents and teachers, we know the awe and wonder at the crystal growing process never wains....
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How to Make White Chocolate Christmas Bark Looking for a dessert to bring to a holiday party that isn’t a cookie? Want to gift a neat dessert? Try this holiday...
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Winter Weather Math Games Winter is coming to a close, but I know some of you are still covered in snow! Here are two fun snow activities for kids to...
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Holiday STEAM: Candy Cane Cookie Cutter Ornaments 'Tis the season for homemade gifts kids can make and there is certainly no shortage of people who are on your list. Why...
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Fall Pumpkin Crafts and Activities for Kids Who doesn’t love picking out that perfect pumpkin in the patch for carving? Enter the warm apple cider, family giggles, and kids bursting...
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Dinosaur Bones Excavation Project for Kids Be a Paleontologist! Dig and excavate the skeleton of mysterious prehistoric beasts with this dinosaur bones excavation project. Supplies: Salt dough, dirt, basket or bowl,...
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