Today we made easy-to-make catapults from popsicle sticks and rubber bands for hours of fun. When I showed this catapult to Max for the first time he was very excited to play with it as it looked like an aeroplane. He was a bit...

A quick craft using kitchen foil to make a dream come true toy for Max.

Why not to start a solid foundation in physics in a single afternoon activity learning to balance counterweights? DIY tutorial for making scale using hanger and plastic bottles.

We are getting to know angles with this quirky activity. I love how Alex's face lights up when he sees that a number of angles in each digit corresponds to its value.

Another fun Halloween activity with masking tape. It looks like our Mummy was a gingerbread man before.

This is fun funnel experiment that proves that an empty bottle isn't, in fact, empty and to fill it with water we need to make sure that air can escape. If a funnel is properly sealed to a bottle and a lot of water is poured into it at...

You'll need pegs, marker and paper to make this activity.

Another creative way to use straws in a fun ordering number game.

It is always fun to throw pom poms around the room, but here is a way to blend that fun with an oral-motor workout.

This fun matching activity can be easily adapted to any child. Max continues matching numbers with dots.

Check out this fun ready-to-zoom-into-space DIY toy that we made.<br/>

This fun activity is based on a fact that children instinctively count things using their fingers.

A new challenge for Max. He needs to put the rubber bands on the paper towel roll.

Classic egg in a bottle experiment turned upside down. We used hard boiled egg, birthday cake candles and a bottle with wide neck.

Max loved filling a bottle of water with paper clips to prepare for this fun activity to discover force of a magnetic field with a magnetic wand.

Making tiny copies of planet Earth from cotton discs

This is, perhaps, the simplest and the funniest magnet fishing game with paperclips! I taped a magnet to a pipe cleaner and attached it to the front of a cap with a clothespin. After that, boys were ready to catch colourful paperclips...

This is an easy-to-make game that gives parents a chance to come up with their own variation that suits their child best. I made 2 plates. The first one was meant for Max with a challenge to make a marble to go thru every number in the...

I love Ferrero Rocher empty boxes, perhaps, even more than chocolates. We use them a lot as trays and for different mess-free activities. Here is a quick tutorial for a homemade toy. I used different colours marble for challenges I plan...

This relatively simple demonstration of the mechanical paradox is a great way to get young kids to think about physics principles. I used Polydron Sphera to make a cylinder and a bicone (two cones joined together at their bases). The...

Max and I made this fun Day & Night Model. There are countless ways to use paper plates, but we love to use them for crafts.

A simple and fun way to explore moving objects with magnets. Max is using a magnetic wand to pull paperclips out of the bottle with rice to count them.

We do different types of activities with boys, but mixing is Max's most favourite thing. Here Max is mixing Yellow and Blue colours with a help of baking soda and vinegar reaction.

Changing the flavour of a classic pepper experiment by using cinnamon instead. The fact is you can use any spices here as long as they float.