We have made a butterfly with Max from a piece of hard paper that can balance on a tip of a pencil. Now Max is looking for magnets to explain why it doesn't fall.

Experimenting with plastic bottles, straws and water

How fun is this easy-to-make straw spinner! You need one normal straw, one wider one, tape, a small ball of blue-tack and only a minute of your time.

A quick craft using kitchen foil to make a dream come true toy for Max.

Why not to start a solid foundation in physics in a single afternoon activity learning to balance counterweights? DIY tutorial for making scale using hanger and plastic bottles.

Another way to paint for my young artist Alex - Blow Painting!

You'll need pegs, marker and paper to make this activity.

Check out this fun ready-to-zoom-into-space DIY toy that we made.<br/>

This is, perhaps, the simplest and the funniest magnet fishing game with paperclips! I taped a magnet to a pipe cleaner and attached it to the front of a cap with a clothespin. After that, boys were ready to catch colourful paperclips...

Alex coloured paper with oil pastels and covered it with black paint mixed with a bit of dish soap for this DIY project. He had fun scratching his colourful drawings all over the page using a wooden skewer. I cannot describe how...

I love Ferrero Rocher empty boxes, perhaps, even more than chocolates. We use them a lot as trays and for different mess-free activities. Here is a quick tutorial for a homemade toy. I used different colours marble for challenges I plan...

In this simple presentation, we see how siphons work. I asked Alex and Max to pay attention and tell me at what level should be water so that it starts going through the straw. So they did, had fun and learned something new.

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We already know how to poke a balloon without popping it, but this time we are making a hole in a bubble. We have prepared a bubble solution by mixing water and washing up liquid, made a frame from a wire and tied a piece of a thread in...

Is it possible to make natural paints from food ingredients at home and make no mess? Max has proven it is. However, he had some help from an inappropriately white apron, convenient Plenty Handy Towels and his inherent precision. We used...

Use your hands to make animals shadows and amuse your little ones tonight. Look through the video to see how to put your hands together to make shadows look like the following animals: elephant, deer, chicken, bird, crocodile...

5 simple ways to turn toilet paper into beautiful flowers

All ideas could be easily recreated with materials you already have a home. Try these activities and let me know if your child liked them. Toodlers can blow a funny glove, mix play dough with your feet, collect pasta with pegs, make...

Here is a different way to draw with markers Max was very excited to try: How to draw multiple objects at the same time. When I was making this, it was a bit of a challenge to align all four markers so that they touch paper at the same...

Get outside and try these incredible projects with children!

I have planned this activity for quite some time and the day has finally come for my boys to play with magic water repellent sand. It is difficult to determine what type of activity it is - a bit of art, a bit of science, but what I can...

For this fun experiment, we have transformed our kitchen into a laboratory. We put on our lab coats, gloves and safety glasses to observe this amazing reaction that produces a lot of foam and a bit of heat too.



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How fun is this breakfast trick?! It's magically spinning eggshell on a plate! The secret ingredient is water. I have dipped eggshell in water, and now it rotates instead of just sliding every time we tilt the plate. If instead of making...

We are comparing how difficult it is for Alex to draw a picture of his brother using his hand versus his foot.

When people ask me about how we live at home without a TV, I reply that there are plenty of other mesmerizing things to look at. Here is a good example of that. We used a balloon, marble, rubberband and a glass to quickly make this toy.