DIY Glove Box Kids Activity

We are going on a mission to investigate a suspicious meteor rain to support the launch of the new Thunderbirds Are Go toy range. I am building a glove box so we could study what has fallen from the sky.

Get a toothbrush and start getting ready for Valentine's day!

Dive into the fascinating world of science with everyday materials. This experiment is a thrilling educational experience that everyone can participate in. Little ones will be amazed to see an LED light up using simple items, and older kids can take part in setting up the experiment themselves!

Here is a fun way to reuse old or broken items from around the house and create something new and wonderful. This DIY is known as upcycling and it’s a fantastic way for parents and children to spend some time together as they make something fun. We are using old colouring pencils (but any sort of...

Children are fascinated with snowflakes and this snowman paper snowflake is just beautiful and easy to make!

Let me show you how to make a melting snowman experiment that is both simple and festive. The first step is to mix one glass of baking soda with 1 tbsp of salt, 2 tbsp of hand wash and 4 tbsp of water. Next, mould three balls and stack them. Then decorate the snowman with paint, twigs and a paper...

Have an abundance of pine cones this fall? Here are 5 creative pine cone crafts for your kids to make! Learn how to make a spider on the web, flowers with pinecone, simple and cute hedgehog and beautiful swans

Don't worry about the evenings getting longer. Collect horse chestnuts (conkers) and enjoy making these awesome autumn crafts with your children! We are making sea turtles, zebras, owls, spiders and cute little colourful snails. So if you are looking for something easy to do with your kids, these...

With the changing of the seasons comes a changing of the leaves! It is so wonderful to observe how the colours change day by day and how the cool breeze makes them dance to the ground. If you have beautiful autumn leaves lying around, here is five simple crafts ideas you can do with your children...

We collected a variety of objects from around the house and built balance scales using LEGO DUPLO bricks for this simple preschool activity we called: What Is Heavier? Our explorations concluded that bigger object is not always heavier one

Weekly our postman delivers loads of boxes to us, so I have to come up with creative ways to reuse all that cardboard. Here is a simple recycling idea! I use cardboard to make a simple fraction toy. What do you do with cardboard?

Watch your kids play and learn with this easy to make DIY Chameleon educational toy! It’s also a great toy to get your child involved in the process of creating it. Chameleons are fascinating creatures. They can change colours depending on their mood and the environment. But they’re not just cool...

Let’s build a space game with cardboard! This is a scrolling game where you have to fly your spaceship by avoiding crashing it into asteroids, dwarf planets and perhaps some flying saucers. Ready, set, launch!

Shoot and score with your very own air hockey table! Now you can bring your favourite arcade game into the comfort of your own home. Using the power of your hands and elastic bands, try to get all of your pucks onto the opposing side to win!

Discover the world of DIY Art Robots with this comprehensive Vibrating Artist Bot tutorial! In this video, we'll walk you through the entire process of building your own Vibrating Artist Bot from scratch, perfect for creating one-of-a-kind, mesmerizing drawings. No previous experience is necessar...

Whether you're looking for a new fun activity to do with your kids or just want to have a cool new toy, this balance game is it! This DIY balance game is made out of just a few materials: cardboard, string and coloured paper. It's easy to make, and it's just as much fun as expensive, store-bought...

Today, we are making a simple experiment with diving jellyfish in a bottle. It is also called a bottle diver.

National Gallery is a quick train ride from us and this book "Discover Art with Katie" is a perfect way to get ready for that trip to explore the world of art. Katie is a character in the book that guided Alex thru the whole book, showing wonderful paintings from the gallery, telling him to pay a...

Try it only with adults supervision!!!
For today's experiment, we will explore the science of fire and learn some fire safety along the way.

Dinosaurs In The Wild

Have you got lots of broken crayons? Bored of colouring in? Let’s try something different and turn them into a mystical magic trick? This idea can help you turn unused items into lots of fun. The instructions are simple to follow, and you won’t need to worry about buying any items. So find out ho...

We’re planning Alex and Max’s joint birthday celebration, in collaboration with LEGO. This LEGO Foundation activity, using six LEGO DUPLO bricks, makes a fun party game! Roll the dice to see how many studs to cover with the next brick. If you roll a five, cover the whole brick.

This relatively simple demonstration of the mechanical paradox is a great way to get young kids to think about physics principles. I used Polydron Sphera to make a cylinder and a bicone (two cones joined together at their bases). The cylinder rolls downhill, but bicone rolls towards the upper end...