We looooove gummy worms in our house. Â The Babe would eat them every day if we let her. Â And so would I. Â It’s my horrible secret… Â What beats a nice, stretchy piece of artificial color and fruit flavor :) Â Doing activities with gummy worms while eating them, does, that’s what! Â For a fun treat, here are 10+ ways to play with gummy worms. Â Read to the end and you’ll find the brand new Love to Learn Linky full of other creative ideas for our kids, too.
Make Some Gummy Worm Crafts
1. Â Paint with Gummy Worms: Â The lack of control when moving the worm made for some experimental painting fun.
2.  Make a Gummy Worm Bracelet:  Little Nummies has some fun ones.
3.  Create a Wormy Play Dough Station:  Use I Can Teach My Child‘s chocolatey mud dough recipe, add worms, toys and play.
Do Some Gummy Worm Math and Science
4.  Make a Gummy Worm Wiggle:  Cut worms into quarters and soak in a solution of 1/2 cup baking soda and 1 cup water.  Soak for several hours, stirring occasionally.  Place them in a bowl, squirt with vinegar and watch them wiggle!
5.  Make a Set of Gummy Worm Chromosomes like photographer Kevin Van Aelst did.
6. Â Dissect a Gummy Worm: Â Learn about the parts of a worm by dissecting a gummy one, instead of a real one. Â Smart Chick has a whole lesson plan printable for this.
7. Â Measure a Gummy Worm: Â STEM Mom’s tutorial helps teach measurement and scientific journaling.
Eat Some Gummy Worms
8.  Kid Made Mud Pie from B-Inspired Mama is a fun way to get kids cooking.
9.  Glow in the Dark Gummy Worms from Modernist Cuisine are made by replacing the water in the recipe with tonic water.
10.  Squirmy, Wormy Apples from $5 Dinners make gummy worms a healthy treat.
11. Â Homemade Gummy Worms:Â Â Oh Lardy has a great tutorial or you can use my homemade fruit gummies recipe and learn about polymers at the same time.
Read About Worms
While you’re eating and crafting and learning with gummy worms, how about a few wormy books {affiliate}?
Love to Learn Linky
Now it’s time for some more links!  I hope you’ll join me and a couple of my friends for a brand new linky party.
Bloggers, share your posts every Thursday and watch as we round them up and share them all over the place. Â Almost anything goes, we’re just hoping your activities teach kids (or us!) something (science, art, cooking, behavior, crafting, parenting etc…).
The Love to Learn Linky is hosted by:
Left Brain Craft Brain (leftbraincraftbrain.com): Â Anne is an ex-engineer, current stay-at-home mama writing about crafty ways to encourage creativity (and brain power!) in our kids. Â Each of her projects gives kids the chance to learn about a new subject and do something crafty at the same time.
Totschooling (totschooling.net):Â Viviana is a blogging mom to a toddler and a preschooler, sharing ideas and resources for early education. She specializes in unique, hands-on printable activities that are educational, fun and inspire creativity in young minds.
A Little Pinch of Perfect (alittlepinchofperfect.blogspot.com): Â Katie combines creativity, play, and learning for the perfect mishmash of fun activities that keep kiddos entertained throughout the day. She wholeheartedly believes in the power of play and feels that all activities naturally provide a fun way to learn.
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