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Every hands-on project, in one place: chemistry experiments, engineering builds, origami, sensory play and more. Pick by subject above or browse the full list below.

Five finished origami T-Rex dinosaurs in yellow, white, orange, black and blue color folded from paper, standing on a cartoon prehistoric landscape background with a volcano and a palm tree.

How to Make an Origami T-Rex (Easy Paper Dinosaur)

Jul 27, 202611 min read

Write your name in binary code bracelet activity

Write Your Name in Binary

Jul 19, 202613 min read

Cartoon hand squeezing a red anti-stress ball - how to make a stress ball from a balloon and flour

How to Make an Anti-Stress Ball

Jul 15, 202610 min read

Four gummy bears showing the effects of osmosis after soaking in water, salt water, and vinegar above a control gummy bear that was not soaked

Gummy Bear Osmosis Experiment (Easy Science Lab for Kids)

Jul 15, 202613 min read

How to make a Pinecone Christmas Tree

How to make a Pinecone Christmas Tree

Jul 19, 202613 min read

How to Demonstrate Air Pressure with Balloon

Balloon Air Pressure Experiment: Easy Science for Kids

Jul 15, 202612 min read

A paper windmill, or origami pinwheel

Origami Windmill: How to Make a Paper Pinwheel Step by Step

Jul 19, 202611 min read

A homemade cipher wheel

Cipher Wheel: Make Secret Codes (Free Printable Template)

Jul 27, 202616 min read

The Tower of Hanoi puzzle

Tower of Hanoi: How to Play, Solve & the Minimum Moves

Jul 27, 202613 min read

Demonstrating diffusion with hot and cold water

How to Demonstrate Diffusion with Hot and Cold Water

Jul 15, 202612 min read

A homemade potato battery

How to Make a Potato Battery (Step by Step + Diagram)

Jul 17, 202614 min read

A cardboard smartphone projector

How to Make a Cardboard Projector using Smartphone and Magnifying Glass

Jul 17, 202611 min read

Learning to program with Scratch

Learn to Program with Scratch

Jul 19, 202617 min read

An inertia demonstration

Inertia and Newton's Laws: The Chain Fountain Experiment

Jul 15, 202613 min read

A match head rocket

How to Make a Match Head Rocket (Newton's Third Law)

Jul 17, 202611 min read

Colored rice, an indoor activity for kids

How to Make Colored Rice (Easy Rainbow Sensory Activity for Kids)

Jul 15, 202613 min read

Two apple slices, one browned by oxidation and one kept fresh with lemon juice

Apple Oxidation Experiment: Why Apples Turn Brown

Jul 15, 202612 min read

Colorful felt shapes laid out in a repeating pattern for a child to continue

Fun Pattern Matching Activities for Kids

Jul 17, 202610 min read

Five fun balloon experiments for kids

5 amazing balloon experiments

Jul 15, 202615 min read

A castle made from toilet paper rolls

How to make a Castle from Toilet Paper Rolls

Jul 19, 202614 min read

A toilet roll Christmas tree craft

How to Make a Toilet Roll Christmas Tree

Jul 19, 202610 min read

A Christmas reindeer decoration craft

How to make Christmas Reindeer Decoration

Jul 19, 202610 min read

Homemade sugar crystals

How to Make Sugar Crystals (Rock Candy) - Easy STEM Experiment

Jul 15, 202611 min read

Board with colorful sign 7 fun activities to learn letters and numbers

7 Fun Activities to Learn Letters and Numbers

Jul 17, 202612 min read

A finished origami paper house folded from a square sheet

How to make Origami House

Jul 19, 20269 min read

A heat conduction demonstration

Heat Conduction Experiment: How Heat Transfer Works

Jul 15, 202611 min read

A bouncy glowing egg made in vinegar

Egg in Vinegar Experiment: Make a Bouncy, Glowing Naked Egg

Jul 15, 202610 min read

A homemade rocket powered by vinegar and baking soda

How to make Homemade Rocket with Vinegar and Baking Soda

Jul 15, 202613 min read

Homemade plastic made from milk and vinegar

How to make Homemade Plastic with Milk and Vinegar

Jul 15, 20269 min read

A finished origami paper boat folded from one square sheet of paper

How to make Origami Boat

Jul 19, 20267 min read

Grains rising and sinking on gas bubbles in a glass of water, vinegar, and baking soda

How to make a Dancing Grain Experiment

Jul 15, 20267 min read

A finished pink origami pig folded from paper

How to make Origami Pig and Develop Cognitive Skills

Jul 19, 20267 min read

Colorful clipart of craft tools around a wooden sign reading How to make a Sensory Board

How to make Sensory Board

Jul 19, 20269 min read

Colorful Lego bricks used to show fractions as parts of a whole

How to learn Fractions Fun and Easy Way

Jul 17, 20269 min read

Exploring the number Pi

Explore the Mysterious Number Pi (π)

Jul 17, 202611 min read

A homemade volcano science activity

How to make a Homemade Volcano - STEM Science for Kids

Jul 15, 202610 min read

Castle built from toothpicks and playdough

How to create amazing structures - STEM Activity for Kids

Jul 19, 20269 min read

Experiments with the properties of water

The amazing properties of water and how to test them

Jul 15, 202614 min read

A finished origami paper fortune teller (cootie catcher) held on the fingertips

Origami Fortune Teller - develop math reasoning skills with origami

Jul 19, 20267 min read

A homemade playdough science activity

How to Make Homemade Playdough (Easy Science Recipe)

Jul 15, 20267 min read

Three craft sticks decorated with pompoms, foam shapes and textures - homemade sensory sticks for toddlers

How to Make Sensory Sticks for Babies and Toddlers

Jul 19, 20267 min read

Teaching a child about colors

Learning Colors: How to Teach Your Child About Colors

Jul 15, 20268 min read

A cardboard clock for learning to tell time

How to Make a Cardboard Clock and Learn to Tell Time

Jul 5, 20269 min read

Demonstrating light refraction

How to Demonstrate Light Bending or Refraction

Jul 15, 20269 min read

Two side by side oranges in a container of water, one peeled and sinking, the other unpeeled and floating

Orange Density Experiment: Why It Floats and Sinks

Jul 15, 20267 min read

A lit candle under an upturned glass, drawing colored water up as the flame goes out

Candle in a Vacuum Experiment: Why Water Rises

Jul 15, 20266 min read

A homemade fidget spinner

How to make Fidget Spinner

Jul 17, 20269 min read

Blue glitter sensory bag full of buttons and sequins taped to a table - homemade sensory bag for child development

How to Make a Sensory Bag for Babies and Toddlers

Jul 19, 20268 min read

Homemade sensory bottle with blue liquid and glitter - how to make a simple sensory bottle

How to Make a Sensory Bottle for Babies and Toddlers

Jul 19, 20268 min read

Child's hands swirling rainbow finger paint - sensorimotor activities for children

Sensorimotor Activities for Children

Jul 15, 202611 min read

A popsicle stick catapult

How to Make a Popsicle Stick Catapult (Easy STEM Project)

Jul 17, 202610 min read

An origami Star Wars X-wing

How to make Origami X-wing from Star Wars

Jul 19, 20267 min read

Swirls of food coloring spreading across the surface of milk in the colorful milk experiment

How to Make Colorful Milk Polarity Experiment

Jul 15, 20269 min read

Three cups of homemade orange, blue and green sensory paint next to a toddler's finger painting

How to make Sensory Play Colors

Jul 6, 202610 min read

A homemade lava lamp

How to make a Lava Lamp

Jul 19, 202612 min read

A cartoon of a potato chip bag shrunk to a miniature after being heated by a microwave oven

Shrinking Bag Experiment

Jul 15, 202612 min read

A soda can crushed flat by air pressure in the can crush experiment

How to Demonstrate Air Pressure with Can Crush Experiment

Jul 27, 202610 min read

A child exploring hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math activities

Exploring STEM fields

Apr 9, 20172 min read