We are huge Star Wars fans and CANNOT wait when a new movie finally gets to the theaters. I have planned a special outing for our family that is going to be epic so we can see Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker on opening day!! Until then, I thought it would be fun to share…
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Santa’s Cookies DIY Christmas Ornament
I love craft stores and, standing in the glass jar aisle, I had a brilliant idea to make a Santa’s Cookies Christmas Ornament from a mini cookie jar and some Cricut lettering. It’s simple enough that most older kiddos could do this entirely on their own, and even smaller kids could make the cookies and…
Holiday Gift Ideas for Kids filled with STEM and STEAM
Black Friday is almost here and I’m ready!! I’ve pulled together my master shopping list of all the amazing STEM & STEAM Gift Ideas for Kids. I love playing with toys and seeing what’s new, especially in the world of STEM / STEAM. I hope this MIT mom / engineer and kid approved list full…
Grinch Day – 15 Ways to Celebrate
How the Grinch Stole Christmas {affiliate} is one of my favorite books from when I was little. And now I’m introducing it to my daughter by celebrating Grinch Day today with a bunch of fun activities. Here are 15 Ways to Celebrate Grinch Day: some messy, some silly, some yummy and all really, really green… This post contains…
Christmas STEAM Advent Calendar: 25 Days of Learning Play
Ready for Christmas yet? Here’s your chance to get everything you need all in one stop. 25 Days of Learning Play with a Christmas STEAM Advent Calendar is filled with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math activities for kids. Plus get a ton of Christmas crafts, party, food and more ideas from the other creative bloggers in…
Super Easy Light Up Rudolph Christmas Ornament
If you hang out at Left Brain Craft Brain much at all, you know that I love things that light up. And my Christmas tree is my absolute favorite thing that lights up. So this year, we decided to make an ornament that lights up too. And I’m sure you can guess what it is… Rudolph, the…
Thanksgiving STEAM: Turkey Color by Coding
November… Ever feel like this is the last month of the year to get some real learning in? December goes by so fast. And you’re kind of tired from Halloween and October? So you need tools that make planning a learning activity easy for the kids. Enter Turkey Color by Coding. Thanksgiving STEAM at it’s…
Color by Coding Halloween Coloring Page
Halloween… With all the candy and treats and parties, sometimes it’s hard to get any learning in. This year, hide it in a fun coloring page with this Color by Coding Halloween Coloring Page! It’s the latest in my series of color by coding worksheets for kids which use ASCII binary and decimal codes as…
Monstrous List of Monster Activities
My daughter has been talking a lot about monsters these days. Sometimes because she’s scared of them, but most of the time because she’s fascinated by them. So she and I sat down with Pinterest the other day and last week’s Love to Learn Linky to find us some monsters. She told me what looked…
Pencil STEM Activities for Kids for Back to School
Back to school and pencils just got together. But those handy little writing utensils can to so much more than just take notes. Make your pencil stash transform into amazing pencil STEM activities for kids! I’m not sure what it is about a new set of pencils, but it just makes me happy! I used…