Fun at Home

Conduct a simple test to determine how many drops of water can be placed on certain coins before spilling over. Young and budding scientists will enjoy this super easy experiment which explores the magical phenomenon

Cloud dough is an extraordinarily fun sensory activity for children of all ages. Little hands can spend hours manipulating the dough from this recipe and it will form and then fall back away. Squeeze and build

Create a Fuzzy Chenille Tailed Squirrel out of acorns and pipe cleaner. Aspiring artists of all ages will enjoy this fun craft which turns items from nature into adorable artistic critters. In addition to being

Create your own Crazy Haired Egg Head and watch the grassy head of hair grown and grow, In this fun craft, children can hollow out an egg shell and grow grass inside the well decorated head of the eggshell. Add

Create this fun and friendly Fall themed owl out of pine cones and acorns. Children of all ages will love collecting the materials for their sweet little owls that they will be crafting. Allow them to pick a variety

Introduce kids to the fascinating science of photosynthesis and gardening with the Beans in a Baggie Experiment. This experiment is performed in a clear plastic baggie which enables young scientists to watch the

Knitting and crocheting are fun activities and can be great self confidence and skill building activities for children. The tools needed for these activities can sometimes be difficult to manipulate for tiny hands

If you are like me and have longed to explore the art of weaving, but did not have a loom, you are going to love this hula hoop loom project! Create a vibrant and one of a kind masterpiece in any size that can

Create these fun embroidery floss woven stars out of string and cardboard for a beautiful woven masterpiece. School aged artists and older will enjoy playing with design patterns by crisscrossing thin embroidery

Enjoy the playful nature of language with these hilarious animal themed riddles that your whole family will enjoy. So whether you are 3 or 103, you will definitely find lots of humor in this collection of animal

Challenge your friends and family to the task of getting an egg to float in a glass of water. Then, when they are unsuccessful and say that it cannot be done, follow the steps below to do just that. In this puzzling

When our gardens are in full bloom, we often wish that they would stay around forever. Why not preserve some of the magnificent displays of fresh flowers so that you can incorporate them into a wide variety of

Create incredibly fragrant and all natural dough ornaments and sculptures with this fascinating and unique homemade play dough. We happened upon this pleasant dough by accident when one of our children dumped

Grow your own rock crystals and geodes with this spellbinding science experiment. Geodes are pockets of crystals that form in sedimentary and igneous rocks. They start as hollow spaces in rock that is porous enough

Grab a couple of easily accessible items from your pantry and let some gummy worms give you and your family an entertaining science lesson about density and buoyancy. Kids of all ages will be intrigued by the

If your are looking for a quick and easy science experiment that will mesmerize young scientists without the mess, then try rolling a soda can using static electricity. This kind of experiment is a great way to

Children of all ages will enjoy this visually stimulating experiment which is full of foamy fun. The chemical reaction that takes place quickly before your eyes is exciting for young scientists and provides immediate

Hilarious History Jokes Add a little bit of humor to your history studies with these hilarious history jokes. School aged children and adults will definitely get some laughs as they explore periods in history accented

Create magical memories that will last when you create your own precious stepping stones. Time flies by so quickly and so many times we have such good intentions on preserving the moments that are so fleeting

Start a new tradition of riddle telling in your family. Riddles are a great way to get your family's brains engaged in a fun and entertaining way. Riddles are great to have on hand when you are travelling, during

Tantalize the brains of your family and friends with these mind thrilling riddles. Riddles challenge thinking skills and are so much fun to ask and attempt to answer. These are great to include on trips, drives

They say that laughter is the best medicine, so here is a whopping dose of hilarious family friendly jokes to sprinkle into your day. Children of all ages will enjoy these silly clean jokes. These jokes are easy

This art project is a fun way to draw in cartoon form with the concept of depth on a flat piece of drawing paper. When you trace your hands and feet, you are essentially filling in the body behind those extremities

Just for Fun Jokes Keep the laughter alive in your family with the addition of some Just for Fun Jokes that are family friendly and that children will love. Have a joke telling session on a long car ride or add

Create fabulously designed vibrant tie dye t-shirts with less mess. This fun and easy art project uses Sharpie markers and rubbing alcohol to create a beautiful design masterpiece for your wardrobe. What I like

Turn trash into treasure and create fun and beautiful garden art out of recyclable plastic water bottles. This fun project is suitable for all ages to enjoy so even the littlest artists can join in on the fun

Create a masterpiece of abstract art that you will be proud to display by using painter's tape and acrylic paint on canvas. This is a great art project for all ages to enjoy. You can be as detailed as you would

Create your own watercolor painted stationary, postcards, or lovely visual art by using doilies and watercolors to make lovely stenciled artwork. This art project is very easy to do and produces magical results

Gather a whole bunch of common objects from around your home or yard and perform the Float or Sink Experiment with your little ones. In this experiment, children can make predictions about whether or not an item

Get your kids outdoors this summer and scavenging for the abundant treasures that they will find in nature. Armed with a well thought out list of items to find in their outdoor environment, they'll eagerly look

Quell boredom with this easy to set up and play Marshmallow Launch Game. This is a game where flinging food is actually encouraged. Players are divided into teams of two where there is a launcher and a catcher

Enjoy the fun non-competitive game of Sounds Charades. This game is a fun and interesting twist on the classic game of charades, except that you can make sounds instead of body motions. Players of all ages will

Make ping pong balls dance and do-si-do in mid air when you perform this fun Dancing Ping Pong Ball Experiment. In this experiment, you will be exploring the Bernouli Effect in which the faster air flows, the

Mix things up out in the yard today with a game of Crab Soccer. Crab soccer follows similar guidelines to the traditional game of soccer, except for the silly positioning that the players must remain in during

Try to figure out these fun brain challenging puzzles and share them with your friends and family. Brainteasers are a great way to bend your mind a bit and give your brain a little bit of a workout. Fun questions

Get a real bang out of this fun Exploding Baggie Science Experiment that will have the kids wanting to perform again and again. This is an outside experiment that should only be performed outside and care should

Aspiring young magicians will love this Math Themed Card trick which relies on a simply math problem for its accuracy. While the number equation of cards appears random to your audience, the answer will always

Add a little bit of mathematical magic to your next magic act or simply slip this trick into regular conversation and wow your friends and family. These are exercises that are mental math tricks where the outcomes

Try playing The Blindfolded Artist Drawing Game for family game night tonight. In this game one person from each team tries to draw the word he or she sees on a card while he is blindfolded. The members of both

Sidewalk chalk is such a fun and calming activity, yet it sometimes leaves you at a loss of what to draw. Try making Chalk Body Tracing Portraits with your friends and family members and marvel at the chalk masterpieces

Stay cool and have lots of laughs on a hot summer day when you play the Dump the Cup and Pass the Water Game. This game is a great boredom buster on a warm day that will certainly jazz up the mood on any low energy

Enjoy the What Am I Guessing game with your family and friends. In this hilarious game, everyone playing will know the answer to what the guesser is, except for the the guesser himself. This game is fast paced

Play a game of Monkey See Monkey Do and see just how sly and sneaky you can be. This game is much like the game of Simon Says except that players more discreetly follow the lead of the selected monkey and there

When the weather is nice and the kids want to get outside and play and schoolwork still awaits them, try out a game of Spelling or Vocabulary Building Baseball. This activity is played out similarly to regular

Have family members and friends partner up for this classic backyard game. Wheelbarrow races are best described as a two-member team race in which one team member holds the legs of the other, as if they are holding

Create your own finger paint for your next art project using items right in your own kitchen. This great concoction recipe for Cornstarch Finger Paint will definitely have you saying yes more when the kids come

Challenge family members to a fun family game that uses pool noodles and balloons. This game is intriguing to watch, as the instructions and the competitive nature of any contest reveals a definite struggle in

Making your own paint is half of the fun as the artwork you will create when you use this recipe for making your own Flour Based Finger Paint. Finger painting is messy and fun for all ages to enjoy and is very

Make a gorgeous bouquet of ribbon flowers with this fun and easy craft that kids of all ages can make. Children will delight in the fact that they can do most of the steps needed to make these vibrant flowers

Create a volcanic eruption right in your own backyard when you Build a Backyard Volcano. Enjoy the science of acids and bases and make fun use of the chemical reaction that occurs between baking soda and vinegar