I’ve partnered with Bernzomatic to bring you another fun STEM project to keep you and your big kids busy over Spring Break. This time we’re making a sort of a DIY Operation game called Mine for Power Gems. As with the Fridge Fun Marble Run, this engaging project allows your kids to get crafty while building STEM knowledge and skills. Get ready to fire your Bernzomatic ST500 Cordless Soldering Iron up again! The cool thing about a cordless ... [ Read More ]
Make a Fridge Fun Marble Run
Not going anywhere for spring break this year? Keep your children’s minds active with a STEM project. Kids can turn your kitchen into an applied physics lab from the moment they purposely toss that first bit of food from their high chair trays. This STEM activity, the Fridge Fun Marble Run, is a lot less mess and a ton more fun. As you watch a marble turn potential (stored) energy, into kinetic energy (energy in motion) on its way down the run, ... [ Read More ]
Celebrate the Sun
I don't know how things have been in your neck of the woods, but in Chicago, we've seen precious little of the fiery ball in the sky in recent months. But today the sun is shining, temperatures are rising, the breezes are slight- the prefect condition for making sun art, also called sun prints or solar art. If you want to get technical, we're talking about cyanotypes. (Click for interesting reading.) I've been itching to make sun art and to ... [ Read More ]
Easy April Fools Pranks for Your Family
Nobody in my family likes to be the butt of a joke, so we keep it light on April Fools Day. In fact, we rarely prank each other. When there's a sensitive child involved, even good-natured hijinks are as likely to cause tears as laughter. So I tread lightly. That said, have four family-friendly April Fools tricks up my sleeve. Well, three, but the fourth one was funny enough for me to include with a warning. Four Family Friendly April Fools ... [ Read More ]
Egg-cellent Ideas for Easter and Beyond
Colored eggs are fun to decorate and pretty to look at. And depending on how you decorate them, they're good to eat as well. Whether you decorate eggs as part of a religious observation or as a creative exercise. Here are a few ideas for you. Shaving Cream Eggs Below is a brief tutorial for the pretty Earth-inspired marbled eggs pictured here. More than 115,000 people have watched this, so it must be good, right? (Fun fact: according to my ... [ Read More ]
Make a Pi Day Necklace
Whether you're literally outfitting a child or you want a few tchotchkes for a classroom of kiddos, Pi Day is mainstream enough that you can find everything from t-shirts, to temporary tattoos to Pi plates and tins with just a click these days. But the best stuff is the stuff you make yourself, right? So try your hand at making a colorful Pi Day Necklace.* This post contains affiliate links. Make a Pi Day Necklace Supplies Perler ... [ Read More ]
Build a DIY Toy Car with an Empty PURELL Hand Sanitizer Bottle
I’m pleased to bring you a fifth activity, a DIY toy car from a plastic bottle, as part of my relationship with GOJO Industries, the makers of PURELL® Advanced Hand Sanitizer. In the previous sponsored posts, I’ve shared how to make seed balls, craft dazzling sun catchers, create a candy construction challenge, and mix up a batch of oozy slime. GOJO and I believe in the power of creative experiences that put hands first. PURELL® Hand ... [ Read More ]