If you’re not a fan of Halloween or need some inspiration for using up leftover pumpkins, we’ve got some fun ideas to help you out! Fun things to do with leftover pumpkins Make a fizzy pumpkin Add baking soda, dish soap ( washing up liquid ), food colouring and water to the middle of a…
Looking for a fun and educational activity for your kids? Making circuits with playdough is one of the best. Kids get to learn about electricity and circuits, while creating their own sculptures that light up. These mini light-up pumpkins are a fun idea for a Halloween science activity. What do you think? The idea of…
This is a super simple, fun Halloween density investigation that is perfect for introducing the concept of liquids having different densities and for practising making and testing predictions. All you need to do is set up an easy density jar with oil and water and try to find a spooky object for each layer. Halloween Density…
I’ve run a few sessions in schools recently talking about bones and without a picture for the children to look at it’s very difficult for them to visualise what their bones actually look like. This skeleton puzzle from Learning Resources is a brilliant addition to my resource collection and I can’t wait to use it in…
Stick Man by Julia Donaldson is one of my favourite children’s books. I think partly because it reminds me of Autumn and Christmas, which are my favourite times of the year. Stick Man has inspired a lot of fun activities in our house recently. We hope you like them, and do let us know if…
We’ve been collecting lovely Autumn leaves over the last few weeks and noticed how they seem to curl up and become crunchy after just a few days, so we thought we’d try a few different methods to learn how to preserve leaves. How to preserve leaves Fresh leaves PVA glue Sticky back plastic Anything else…
Rugby World Cup fever seems to have taken over our house in the last few weeks so we’ve developed some fun rugby themed science activity ideas to keep everyone busy in between matches. First up is this LEGO rugby pitch. It’s built as much to scale as we could manage. We also engineered a kicking…
I was searching for small motors for a STEM project when it occurred to me that I could use a Hexbug instead, which has the big advantage of no wires whilst still vibrating brilliantly. I’ve got lots of ideas for fun things we can make, but first up are these spinning pens. We also tried a…
We’re very lucky in that Learning Resources sometimes send us their great products to test out. Did you see our post about the Volcano where we made multi coloured lava? Next up for us to to test is this brilliant Primary Science Lab Set, my favourite thing about the whole Primary Science range from Learning Resources…
One of the activities my children ask for over and over again is a bowl of cornflour gloop. It’s so easy to make and keeps everyone happy for hours, although it is a little on the messy side, so I’d definitely set it up outside if at all possible. To make the gloop even more…
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