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…
STEAM Projects
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…
LEGO Santa Sleigh STEM Building Challenge
The holidays are upon us, but that doesn’t mean learning has to stop. In fact, one of my favorite things to do is to apply STEM principles to holiday activities for kids. A holiday theme is less intimidating for kids new to STEM and it helps children see how STEM thinking can be applied anywhere!…
Invitation to Build: Gumdrop Christmas Trees
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…
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…