As kids, most of us spent hours building easy LEGO creations. You may have been using them to build sets from a boxed set, or perhaps you had a ton of different colored LEGO that you used to create whatever your mind could think up. If you are looking for fun ways to get your …
Engineering
Hands-on engineering challenges can provide engineering activities for kids, but sometimes it’s harder to teach circuits and electrical engineering for kids as part of creative STEM activities for kids. But with this rainbow salt circuit engineering activity, kids will have a blast learning about how electricity works! Keep reading to learn how to make a …
Love Christmas and STEAM? Then you’ll love this surprisingly challenging 3D Christmas tree engineering challenge building a 3D paper tree! At our house, Christmas is about more than just presents and Santa crafts. It’s also all about Christmas STEM activities. Our Christmas science experiments have become a highlight of our season each year, and this …
This time of year, we’re all tired. Teachers are tired, and parents are tired, but you know who’s not tired? Kids. Kids are not tired. Kids are super hyper and excited about Halloween. My preschooler asks every single day in October, “Is it Halloween, yet?” I’d like to know who decided that Halloween should be …
Atmos Flare hired us to try out their new 3D pen. We thought it was amazing! There are so many ways to use it for STEM activities and other engineering activities for kids. 3D is fascinating to me. I love the idea of sculpting and creating art in instant 3D. Until a few years ago, …
If you are creating any kind of circus theme, or looking for circus STEM activities for your class to do, then you’ve probably thought about how to make a DIY circus tent! Kids love the circus (as a fully grown adult, they even make me a bit giddy still), and so why not indulge their …