Cosmic Crafts: The Trash Masters

Your kids will love creating and playing with these miniature action figures. To create the green illuminater, slide the cut-off bottle bottom from the Two-liter Transporter over a battery-operated touch lamp (available at drug and discount stores). To make a space-case backpack, tape a pair of twist-tie straps to the back of a dental floss […]

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Cosmic Crafts: Junkmobile

Drive the sturdy, smooth-riding Junkmobile around the neighborhood on regular collection days, or park beneath the Waste Shooter for a quick fill. 4 plastic lids, cardboard liners removed (we used peanut butter jar lids) Axles: 2 bamboo skewers or wooden dowels, 1/8 inch thick and a few inches longer than your truck body is wide […]

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Cosmic Crafts: Two-Liter Transporter

It’s the fastest way to travel this side of the universe. Just give the Two-liter Transporter a quick turn, and the Trash Master or robot inside “disappears” behind a trick piece of silvery paper.   2-liter plastic bottle Craft knife Clear tape Shiny paper Use a craft knife to slice off the bottom 2-1/2 inches […]

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Fun with Foil

Foil Sculpting Here’s a fun activity that keeps children busy and encourages them to use their imaginations. It’s a great activity to do in the car on a long road trip, or just something fun and different to do on a rainy day. All you need is a roll of cheap aluminum foil and some […]

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Web of Life

Web of Life – C:\Users\Public\Documents\Max & Baby\Science\3_WebOfLife.pdf Pre-K to first Students construct a food web to learn how all living things in an ecosystem are interconnected and energy for life comes from the sun. Objectives: 1. Show how plants and animals get energy, by telling other students which plants and animals are eaten by other animals. […]

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Make a PVC Sand Table for Children

    If you look in any preschool, water and sand tables for sensory manipulation seem to be all the rage. Sensory tables emphasizes learning through the five senses.   Water Tables Emphasizes: Learn Measurements through comparison and trial Develop Hand/Eye Coordination by pouring Discover the properties of water Experiment with mixing different colors (provide […]

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Homemade Mini Pinatas

Making individual piñatas for your kidlets for Cinco de Mayo. These are great party favors since each wee one gets to keep what’s inside and also, this way, each wee one gets the same amount of stuff. No head injuries involved! *brown paper lunch bags (though any color will do) *oodles of tissue paper *scissors […]

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Build the Perfect Sandbox

The perfect sandbox is one that draws a crowd of kids all summer and that calls to mind the greatest of all play sites: the beach. What makes the difference between a good sandbox and a bad one? Be sure the site is right. Build it big. Add wide seating. Hide the toys. Cover it […]

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