Here’s a sweet and simple STEAM project for the kids today. It’s an Invitation to Build Gumdrop Christmas Trees. I’m going to be honest here… I thought that someone would have done this project already. So I did a thorough sweep of Pinterest. But nope. No invitations to build Christmas trees like these with gum…
STEAM Projects
How to Make Edible Water Bubbles
Food science. It’s totally one of my favorite ways to learn. Because what’s better than making your brain bigger while you snack? Today’s project is a totally fun one… Edible water bubbles. They owe their jiggly self to something chefs use called molecular gastronomy. Read on to learn more about edible water bubbles, molecular gastronomy,…
Christmas Science: How to Make Grinch Bath Bombs
“Then he got an idea! An awful idea! The Grinch got a wonderful, awful idea!” He decided to take a bath to warm his heart :) Not really, but if he saw these gorgeously green, marshmallowy scented bath bombs. I don’t think he would hate Christmas so much! Enjoy the Christmas holidays with these Grinch Bath…
How to Make Helium Bubble Clouds
This post has been sponsored by Balloon Time. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Love to have fun while you learn? This is totally the project for you!! We got to play with helium AND bubbles while we made Helium Bubble Clouds! With just a few simple supplies and an awesome Balloon Time Jumbo…
Thanksgiving STEM: Light Up Thanksgiving Turkey Circuit Craft for Kids
Feel like you can’t face another hand print turkey this Thanksgiving? Try a different Thanksgiving STEM activity with the kiddos this year! I love these adorable light-up turkeys made with a very simple circuit of a battery and bulbs and soft and fluffy pom poms. This post contains affiliate links. Thanksgiving STEM Turkey Circuits…
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…
Thanksgiving Science Activities – 12 Ways to Learn and Play
If you’ve been hanging around Left Brain Craft Brain much at all these days, you’ll realize that I like writing about food. Maybe I’m just a food blogger trapped in the body of a kids’ craft blogger. But I’m also perpetually curious about how things work and the science behind the everyday. Which brings me…
Bread in a Bag Recipe – Totally Delicious and Easy
Food. What better way to learn about science than by eating it? Especially if it’s delicious. Like this yummy, Bread in a Bag recipe. It’s one of our favorite Food Science activities and that list even includes color changing unicorn noodles, layers of the earth pudding cups, AND mad scientist ice cream sundaes! Kids can…
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…
Play Brain Surgeon with a Brain Jello Mold
I picked up a fun jello mold the other day. It’s a brain. I mainly got it because I’m Left Brain Craft Brain, you know, and thought it would be fun for Halloween. Then I realized how much fun this could be for The Babe. So every other day we pull the brain out along with…