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If you have curious and creative kids who love to tinker and question and make... then you'll love our new STEAM Kids in the Kitchen book!
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Showing posts with label STEM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label STEM. Show all posts
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Painting with Dandelions
One of our favorite Spring crafts is painting with dandelions. Dandelions are such a funny flower because every kid loves them, but every home-owning adult seems to despise them. We don't really have a front yard, so I personally adore them. My youngest and I recently spent one morning picking the yellow flowers and blowing the seeds around (sorry, neighbors!) Awhile back, I shared how we turn dandelions into dandelion chains and crowns. Today, I'm sharing another fun craft to do with the yellow flowers- paint with them!
Monday, February 26, 2018
Origami Friendship Math Quilt Craft
Brr, it's cold outside! Lately I've been enamored with quilt designs and origami crafts. Their bold colors and gorgeous geometric patterns really make me swoon! Today's post combines my love for both crafts. These origami paper quilts are really quite beautiful to look at. Folding them can be a bit of challenge, because there are so many units to fold. But, make them with some friends and you're sure to have some indoor fun during these cold winter nights.
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Origami Friendship Quilts
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Monday, February 19, 2018
Mystery Grid Art Challenge
Howdy! Today I'm sharing a STEAM activity that combines art and math. Put on your creative hats and grab your favorite color pencils. We're trying our hand at the Mystery Grid Art Challenge!
Think you can conquer the Mystery Grid Challenge?
(Well, read on and find out!)
Friday, February 16, 2018
Let's Build Beautiful 3D Card Structures!
What happens when you have access to the internet, shortened daylight hours, a craft-and-math loving kid, and a deck of old playing cards? Well, if you're me... you rally everyone together to do a STEAM activity! Yeah!
Tired of bouncing off the walls one night, our family tried our hands at making these nifty 3D Card Sculptures. They came out pretty cool and I thought I'd share them today with you!
Tired of bouncing off the walls one night, our family tried our hands at making these nifty 3D Card Sculptures. They came out pretty cool and I thought I'd share them today with you!
Let's Make Beautiful 3D Card Sculptures
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
How Does Your Brain Work? An activity inspired by Temple Grandin
I recently received a copy of the picture book The Girl Who Thought In Pictures. It's a kids book about one of my heroes- Dr. Temple Grandin. She's a professor of animal science who also happens to be on the autistic spectrum. She's funny, brave, persistent, and full of insights. And I love how she reminds us to value those who see the world in a different way.
Inspired by her story, my son and I tried to explore how our brains work with this simple art activity.
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Inspired by her story, my son and I tried to explore how our brains work with this simple art activity.
How Does Your Brain Work?
An Art Activity Inspired by Dr. Temple Grandin
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Monday, November 6, 2017
Twirly Whirly Paper Snowflake Mobile (And our favorite snow books)
Is it a good time to make snowflake crafts with the kids? The answer to that question is always, "YES!" Snowflake crafts in summer, snowflake crafts in spring, snowflake crafts all time of the year is my personal crafting mantra.
Well, now that we've removed all the Halloween decorations (sob, sob) my son and I are starting to decorate our home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. While I've yet to find a good kids' Turkey craft that I like, I can always count on snowflakes to tide us creatively over while I keep looking.
Today's twirly whirly paper snowflake mobile is just such an easy and fun craft. We made ours ona whim one night together before bed. Don't you just adore it? You get to make snowflakes AND watch them "fall" from a cute cloud.
(Hmm, I bet you could easily incorporate some STEAM lessons with this art activity as well!)
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Well, now that we've removed all the Halloween decorations (sob, sob) my son and I are starting to decorate our home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. While I've yet to find a good kids' Turkey craft that I like, I can always count on snowflakes to tide us creatively over while I keep looking.
Today's twirly whirly paper snowflake mobile is just such an easy and fun craft. We made ours ona whim one night together before bed. Don't you just adore it? You get to make snowflakes AND watch them "fall" from a cute cloud.
(Hmm, I bet you could easily incorporate some STEAM lessons with this art activity as well!)
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Easy Script Name Skeletons
Some days you just need an easy and fun activity to bond with the kiddos. Our household always feels hectic at this time of the year. (Ok, who am I kidding? It feels hectic year round... Oy!) So I came up with this fun Halloween activity to create and connect with my eldest son. Lately he's been learning to write script letters, so he loved making his own Script Name Skeleton with me.
Handwriting Skeletons
Monday, March 20, 2017
Easy Pom Pom Shooter (Made in less than 10 minutes!)
Lately my son has been obsessed with this DIY pom pom shooter. Not that I blame him. It's got a pretty sweet trigger. Simply press down on the clothes pin. The rubber band then releases, flinging pom poms into the air.
And you wanna know the best part about today's craft? You can make one yourself in less than 10 minutes. Cool right? Wanna know how? Keep reading to find out!
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And you wanna know the best part about today's craft? You can make one yourself in less than 10 minutes. Cool right? Wanna know how? Keep reading to find out!
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Create a Rock Maze
Is the weather getting warmer where you are? Yesterday we embraced the sun with this quick and easy STEM activity. We grabbed some rocks and made our very own rock maze for cars!
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Friday, February 17, 2017
Make a Simple Braille Slate and Stylus (inspired by Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille)
Today's blog post takes a different turn. Instead of a cute kid craft, we're doing some STEAM crafting and making an old time Braille slate and stylus.
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Tuesday, January 17, 2017
14+ STEAM Activities for Valentine's Day!
Looking for easy ways to incorporate more STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) into your everyday activities with kids? Want some with a sweet Valentine's Day twist?
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Tuesday, December 20, 2016
DIY Outer Space Planet Ornaments for Christmas
Christmas is right around the corner. Most likely your tree and home are already completely decorated. My deepest apologies, friend, but I'm throwing a wrench in your plans. (Muah ha ha ha!) Here's one last STEM inspired Christmas Craft that you'll want to try out this year. If you love space, you'll love making these Outer Space Planet Ornaments. (They're out of this world!)
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Wednesday, November 9, 2016
25 STEAM Christmas Activities (Book and Coloring Page!)
Looking for ways to encourage kids to tinker, create, and explore this holiday season? How about 25 awesome STEAM Christmas activities?
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Sunday, November 6, 2016
Amazing 3D Paper Christmas Star Ornaments
What? Thanksgiving isn't even here and we're already talking about Christmas Crafts? Ok, you've got me. I'm jumping the gun with this super neat folded Christmas star ornament. But, I had to share because this week we'll be launching our new STEAM KIDS Christmas books. Woot woot! I'll be sharing more about those books later on this week. Today I'm giving you a sneak peak of one of cool projects included. These 3D paper stars are super fun to color in and such a neat way to craft this holiday season!
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016
STEAM KIDS- An AWESOME book with 50+ creative, hands-on projects for kids!
I love doing things with my kids. But lately it's been hard to carve out time to find, set-up, and prep fun and educational activities. With all the buzz about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) activities, I've been especially keen on trying out more of those too.
Maybe you're like me? Maybe you're looking for a great resource full of easy and fun STEAM activities to try out with your kids too?
If that's the case, then I'm so glad you're here! I'm excited to announce the launch of a brand new book- STEAM Kids!
Maybe you're like me? Maybe you're looking for a great resource full of easy and fun STEAM activities to try out with your kids too?
If that's the case, then I'm so glad you're here! I'm excited to announce the launch of a brand new book- STEAM Kids!
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Sunday, September 11, 2016
40+ Projects that combine STEM with Art!
Seems like everyone's talking about the importance of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) these days. And hey, I get it. We live in a highly technological world that's rapidly advancing in all sorts of new ways. We want our kids to be be creative and adaptive problem solvers.
But maybe you're like me and you deeply love arts and crafts. They're your jam. And maybe you're unsure how to dive into all this STEAM goodness. Hey, I get that too. Hopefully today's post will help. In this post I sharing over 40 ideas for arts and craft projects that also happen to incorporate STEM ideas. Yup. Here are some of my favorite artsy crafty posts...which also happen to have a little STEAM-y oomph to them!
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But maybe you're like me and you deeply love arts and crafts. They're your jam. And maybe you're unsure how to dive into all this STEAM goodness. Hey, I get that too. Hopefully today's post will help. In this post I sharing over 40 ideas for arts and craft projects that also happen to incorporate STEM ideas. Yup. Here are some of my favorite artsy crafty posts...which also happen to have a little STEAM-y oomph to them!
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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Fall Leaf Scratch Art (and related books!)
Are the leaves changing colors where you are? Every year I look forward to seeing the beautiful reds, oranges, and yellows. Today I wanted to share this really easy fall craft that doubles as a STEAM activity. It's a science and art activity that helps kids to represent how leaves change colors in the fall.
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Fall Leaf Scratch Art
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Thursday, August 11, 2016
Outer Space Kids Jewelry
As a kid I adored watching Ms. Frizzle. Her crazy hair, her awesome outfits, her magic bus, her love of science... gosh. What wasn't there to love? Well, today I'm sharing this awesome STEM inspired craft. We're tapping into our inner science nerds and making some space inspired jewelry with the kiddos! (Ok, who am I kidding... this would be an awesome craft for any space-loving adults too!)
How to Make Outer Space Planet and Galaxy Jewelry
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So grab your Sculpey Clay, favorite Magic School Bus books, and visit DIY Candy today to learn how to make your very own spacey clay jewelry!
More Space Themed Crafts
Happy making, friends!
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