Holidays Science Activities : Page 2

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

This Mother's Day, mix in some fifth grade science learning to create this fabulous fudge!

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.

Is your little scientist up for a rocky challenge? Let them make their own geode rocks using eggs and epsom salts!

The possibilities are endless with this fun Halloween-themed STEM activity! With simple supplies, your child will experiment, adapt, and use their creativity while they build structures using different specifications.

If your mom likes flowers, make her a sweet gift that she'll treasure with this fun craft, a pretty Pressed Flowers Card!

In this simple and social activity, children use size comparison skills to find objects in nature that are bigger, smaller, longer, and shorter.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Show your preschooler how to construct this very special planter for Mom. It makes a great pick-me-up, and it's easy for kids to make in a flash!

Wreath ornaments decorate your Christmas tree and act as a fun sensory craft for preschoolers. Make wreath ornaments with your child this holiday season.

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

It's food. It's Thanksgiving tradition. And guess what: Cranberry Sauce is also science! Try our simple recipe/experiment.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

Help young learners discover why catÃs eyes glow in the dark with this simple experiment

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.