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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By Penny Bauder, Environmental Scientist, Founder of Green Kid Crafts What is STEAM Education? Many people are familiar with the popular educational initiative of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and...
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STEAM-based learning is a hot topic in education – and for good reason! But what is STEAM? Many people are familiar with the popular educational initiative of STEM (Science, Technology,...
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Kids are always curious about the weather. They often ask why it rains, or why are there different shapes of clouds. As parents, you can help nurture the inner scientist...
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Did you have fun with our Build a Swimming Pool STEM activity? Here's a water slide to go with it! Kids can challenge themselves to build a waterslide or...
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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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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…
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…
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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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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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…
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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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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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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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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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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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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