We love summer STEM activities! Exploding paint rockets are not just a fun art project, but they are also a complete STEM activity! The exploding paint bombs STEAM activity includes all elements of science, technology, engineering, and math, making it the perfect summer STEM activity. It’s the chemical reaction in this science experiment for kids …
Elementary
We love fireworks, but since we live in the middle of Dallas, we can’t really set off our own fireworks. But what we can do is patriotic activities for kids! Every year, we watch the city set off fireworks, but there is something particularly satisfying about setting off your own fireworks. I decided to see …
My kids wanted to know how to make real slime without borax. Is it possible? We spent weeks trying to see what other ingredients could be used to make slime. After many trial and error experiments learning how to make slime in all different types of ways, we came up with this alternative slime recipe …
If you can’t tell already, we’re HUGE slime lovers here. We’ve tried over 100 slime recipes. Easter is approaching fast. Last year, we weren’t able to make as many Easter slime recipes as we wanted, but we did manage to make chick slime. This year, the fluffy white tails of bunnies have inspired us to …
Our family has always enjoyed playing dice games. We love games with tons of dice, including games that use strange dice like D20s and D3s (which are some of my favorite dice because they are little triangles). For this Venn diagram dice probability STEM activity, I allowed Monkey to come up with her own formulas for …
This Valentine’s Day, learn all about marker chromatography combined with love when you make this chromatography experiment with markers! If you’re not familiar with chromatography, it is the extraction of all color layers from a single color. You can do it with natural leaves, flowers, permanent markers, paint, and nearly anything with pigment. In this …