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Science Experiment: Water and Plastic Bottles
Experimenting with plastic bottles, straws and water
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Science Experiment: Spinning Balloon
If you have a balloon and a straw at home, you can make this fun spinning balloon.
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DIY Craft: Paper Snowflake
Here is an answer to childrens' wishes for a snowy day if you don't see any show through your window. Alex happily cut dozens of paper snowflakes. Each paper snowflake was beautiful and unique as a real one.
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How to Make a Toy Using a Plastic Bottle, Magnet and Steel Balls
I was wondering if Alex finds a way to play with a plastic bottle filled with steel balls and with a strong magnet attached to it. He did have a few ideas! Some kids are just easily entertained!
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How to Make a Straw Spinner
How fun is this easy-to-make straw spinner! You need one normal straw, one wider one, tape, a small ball of blue-tack and only a minute of your time.
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How to Make a Catapult with Popsicle Sticks
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...
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How to Make a Pythagoras Cup
This experiment shows how Pythagoras Cup works. A long time ago Pythagoras made this cup (also known as a Greedy Cup), that empties itself if too much drink is poured.
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How to Make a Lava Lamp
It’s just mesmerising to watch water beads lava lamp powered by Alka-Seltzer.
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DIY Craft: Cardboard Laptop
A quick craft using kitchen foil to make a dream come true toy for Max.
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How to Make a Glass Object Disappear
Don't trust your eyes! If you cannot see it, it doesn't mean that it is not there. When you place a Pyrex stir rod in the vegetable oil, it disappears. The secret here is that vegetable oil has nearly the same index of refraction as...
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How to Make a Balance Scale
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.
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How to Introduce Angles to Kids
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.
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Art Activity: Blow Paint
Another way to paint for my young artist Alex - Blow Painting!
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Science Experiment: How Strong is Spaghetti
Checking with Alex how strong spaghetti actually is. First, we easily break just one piece but have a look how easy it is to break a bunch of them.
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Science Experiment: Homemade Fire Extinguisher
When we are mixing vinegar and baking soda, we get a foamy reaction that produces carbon dioxide. You can't see it, but we can actually fill a glass with it because carbon dioxide is heavier than air. When I pour concentrated carbon...
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Hammering Activity for Preschoolers
What child doesn't like to bash things with a hammer? So I made a surprise activity for Max this morning and he loved it. I used a piece of foam packaging from last night delivery, wooden sticks and a toy hammer.
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DIY Halloween Craft: Masking Tape Mummy
Another fun Halloween activity with masking tape. It looks like our Mummy was a gingerbread man before.
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Science Experiment: Funnels
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...
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Math Activity for Preschoolers: Addition and Subtraction Matching
You'll need pegs, marker and paper to make this activity.
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Art Activity: Spinning Top with Marker and CD
We have made a spinning top from a marker and an CD for this art project. Science lovers will appreciate how we can actually track the motion of the spinning tops.
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Making a Number Ordering Game
Another creative way to use straws in a fun ordering number game.
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Oral Motor Exercise: Pom Pom Launcher
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.
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Number Matching Activity for Toddlers
This fun matching activity can be easily adapted to any child. Max continues matching numbers with dots.
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DIY Craft: Straw Rocket Launcher
Check out this fun ready-to-zoom-into-space DIY toy that we made.