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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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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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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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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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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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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Fall STEAM Activities for Kids We’ve rounded up a few of our favorite fall STEAM activities from this fall into one post! S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, art, math) are activities…
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...
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Fall Science Grow Pumpkin Shaped Crystals We're doing fall science today at Green Kid Crafts! Grow your own crystals at home with this easy STEM activity for kids. If you...
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Gourd Science Activity for Kids We’re really getting into fall here on the blog as you can see in our recent apple themed posts and our leaf decoration….
Apple Tasting Activity for Kids + Printable Kids are heading back to school soon which means fall is quickly approaching. We homeschool part-time and I love incorporating apple activities into...
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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…
