As the weather starts to heat up, our thoughts naturally begin to turn towards spending more time outside. Whether you’re spending time in the backyard or planning outings to local…
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Whether you have neurotypical kids or children with learning disabilities, the outdoors is one of the best places to learn life lessons. The great outdoors is more than a…
5 Ways To Prevent Summer Slide—and Turn Brain Drain into Brain Gain By Penny Bauder Summer break is for sleeping in, adventure, popsicles and running through sprinklers but it’s also…
Posted by our guest blogger Kristen Beer from With a Grain of Salt. Homemade playdough. The crafty mom’s right of passage. But which is the best playdough recipe? Cooked? No-cook? Microwave?…
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…
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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Summer Fun: Make a DIY Sprinkler from a Recycled Soda Bottle Cool off and get your kids involved in an activity for the afternoon by making your very own sprinkler!…
How cold does it get in the Arctic? Where are the Northern Lights found? How can we reduce global warming? As part of our Kitchen Table STEAM program, we had...
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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…
Spinning 3D Hot Air Balloon Craft Put the "E" in S.T.E.A.M and engineer your own hot air balloon! My kids are just amazed by hot air balloons. Now is the...
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Looking for a fun summer adventure to go on with the kids? Go on a Nature Scavenger Hunt! Nature Scavenger Hunt Supplies: Bag, kid scissors, magnifying glass, pencil, Ziploc bags...
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DIY No-Sew Bookmark Craft Are your kids asking to MAKE something today? This easy fabric bookmark craft is fun to make for grade school-age children and even teens. The last...
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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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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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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…
