Join the free July Sketchbook Challenge on Instagram. We have a brand spanking new spread of TinkerSketch drawing prompts to make this extra fun.
Create & Connect Family Workshop Explore two quick and easy ideas with your little maker. For kids ages 3 and up. Feel organized with a plan of two video lessons and PDF downloads. We’ve done all the prep for you! Experience the connection and excitement of open-ended, process-based art and science activities $7. Join the […]
Learn how to make your own egg geodes experiment from egg shells and a few common kitchen ingredients. This would be a lot of fun for a science fair.
Where to find the best tinkering, science, and art supplies for creative hands and minds.
Today I’m joined by Emilie Brehm of Normalish, who is sharing her inspiring natural homeschool art studio and maker spaces with us. This interview is part of Tinkering Spaces, an informative series of interviews that center on designing kid-friendly creativity spaces. If you’re scratching your head because you can’t figure out where to put your children’s art materials, hatching a plan […]
Create & Connect Family Workshop Explore two quick and easy ideas with your little maker. For kids ages 3 and up. Feel organized with a plan of two video lessons and PDF downloads. We’ve done all the prep for you! Experience the connection and excitement of open-ended, process-based art and science activities $7. Join the […]
The art and creativity club for kids, 3-8, with hundreds of inventive projects to inspire curious kids, homeschoolers, teachers, and families.
Creating mushroom spore art is an amazing phenomena to catch your child's interest in science and nature outdoors! This activity is STEM for classroom!
If you’re looking for joyful preschool activities that nurture young minds, we gathered a collection of projects, inspiration, and articles that will spark imagination and provoke thinking around early childhood education. Art and Science Activities for Preschool Children You’re also invited to join our popular ArtStart Challenge for 5 days of process-based art prompts for […]
Are you suddenly finding yourself homeschooling your child or children? Do you feel overwhelmed by what’s to come? Before starting elementary school, my children were largely homeschooled, and I’m trying to harness that energy and recall all of the things that worked for me. Two initial thoughts come to mind: Stay calm Follow your child’s […]
If you’re looking for joyful preschool activities that nurture young minds, we gathered a collection of projects, inspiration, and articles that will spark imagination and provoke thinking around early childhood education. Art and Science Activities for Preschool Children You’re also invited to join our popular ArtStart Challenge for 5 days of process-based art prompts for […]
Are you suddenly finding yourself homeschooling your child or children? Do you feel overwhelmed by what’s to come? Before starting elementary school, my children were largely homeschooled, and I’m trying to harness that energy and recall all of the things that worked for me. Two initial thoughts come to mind: Stay calm Follow your child’s […]
If you’re looking for joyful preschool activities that nurture young minds, we gathered a collection of projects, inspiration, and articles that will spark imagination and provoke thinking around early childhood education. Art and Science Activities for Preschool Children You’re also invited to join our popular ArtStart Challenge for 5 days of process-based art prompts for […]
Process art is all about creating something new by experimenting with different materials and seeing what happens. Even the process itself is the final piece. Here's how to make it work.
When friends and readers talk to me about TinkerLab, they almost always ask me about science projects. And with that, process-based experiments like the following magic potion lab inevitably come up. When my three-year old woke up the other day, she asked if we could do an experiment together, and by that she meant setting […]
Watching how children create and easily tap into their natural abilities as creators is a wonderful reminder that those same skills are inside of us, too!
Over time, I've done a few color mixing activities to help my children learn about the primary colors and how they combine to form secondary colors. We previously did a simple color theory activity using
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This Stop Motion Animation project is easy to set up in minutes, and a great way to encourage STEAM concepts with children.
Click on a book to learn more. TinkerLab: a hands on guide for little inventors tinkerlab art starts: 52 projects for open-ended exploration creative adventures in cursive: write with glue, string, markers, paint, and icing
If you’re looking for joyful preschool activities that nurture young minds, we gathered a collection of projects, inspiration, and articles that will spark imagination and provoke thinking around early childhood education. Art and Science Activities for Preschool Children You’re also invited to join our popular ArtStart Challenge for 5 days of process-based art prompts for […]
The art and creativity club for kids, 3-8, with hundreds of inventive projects to inspire curious kids, homeschoolers, teachers, and families.
The art and creativity club for kids, 3-8, with hundreds of inventive projects to inspire curious kids, homeschoolers, teachers, and families.
Click on a book to learn more. TinkerLab: a hands on guide for little inventors tinkerlab art starts: 52 projects for open-ended exploration creative adventures in cursive: write with glue, string, markers, paint, and icing
These simple printmaking projects for kids use everyday supplies and won't break your budget. Sure to please!
Get the world-famous elephant toothpaste formula recipe at Steve Spangler Science. Find instructions for our popular Elephant Toothpaste Experiment here!
Looking for some spring themed science for kids? You’ll definitely want to explore chromatography using coffee filters and markers. The results from this science experiment can even be used to create a colorful butterfly craft for kids! Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! This post was originally posted February 26, 2014 and has since …
Find out how to make a bottle rocket and learn about air pressure and Newton's Third Law as you launch the water bottle rocket into the air.
This water whistle experiment is good to do if you have 5-10 minutes spare. EC and I had a go making between finishing homework and a music lesson.
These twelve science fair project ideas encourage children to test, tinker with, experiment, hypothesize, and evaluate various properties and phenomena.
Click on a book to learn more. TinkerLab: a hands on guide for little inventors tinkerlab art starts: 52 projects for open-ended exploration creative adventures in cursive: write with glue, string, markers, paint, and icing
The art and creativity club for kids, 3-8, with hundreds of inventive projects to inspire curious kids, homeschoolers, teachers, and families.
Amp up the fun and have the kids learn about electricity with this experiment! Use homemade electric play dough - conductive and insulating - to create circuits that light an LED.
Learn how to make your own egg geodes experiment from egg shells and a few common kitchen ingredients. This would be a lot of fun for a science fair.
The art and creativity club for kids, 3-8, with hundreds of inventive projects to inspire curious kids, homeschoolers, teachers, and families.
The art and creativity club for kids, 3-8, with hundreds of inventive projects to inspire curious kids, homeschoolers, teachers, and families.
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The art and creativity club for kids, 3-8, with hundreds of inventive projects to inspire curious kids, homeschoolers, teachers, and families.
Simple science experiments for kids :: the naked egg experiment form Tinkerlab.
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These twelve science fair project ideas encourage children to test, tinker with, experiment, hypothesize, and evaluate various properties and phenomena.
It’s summer and we’ve been doing a lot of citrus juicing in our home. Between my 4-year old expert juice squeezer and my almost 2-year old juice taster, our simple and inexpensive juicer has been hard at work. While little Rainbow napped, Nutmeg and I gathered materials and set up the project. We talked about […]
Art Projects for Kids, Science Experiments, and all things Creativity.
While we make a lot of art in our home, I cherish any project that develops creative and critical thinking skills. I’m attracted to fun activities with an experiential twist, and I’ve noticed lately that we’ve been dabbling in the worlds of science, literature, and dramatic play, as much as we have in that of […]
Here’s a fun collection of light science for kids! You’ll find light science experiments about both light refraction and light reflection in this science roundup. Follow our Science for Kids Pinterest board! Because we have been having so much fun with our most recent light science activities, I decided to round up some more …
Tinkering Spaces: A Series of Informative and Inspiring Makerspace Tours and Interviews with Makers, Educators, and Parents | TinkerLab.co
Create & Connect Family Workshop Explore two quick and easy ideas with your little maker. For kids ages 3 and up. Feel organized with a plan of two video lessons and PDF downloads. We’ve done all the prep for you! Experience the connection and excitement of open-ended, process-based art and science activities $7. Join the […]
Where to find the best tinkering, science, and art supplies for creative hands and minds.
