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Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

An hour glass, also known as a sand clock, keeps time. In this activity, your child will make her own sand clock and measure the time it keeps.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

Try this chemistry experiment with your curious kid and get some "shocking" results!

Show your kids the power of baking powder by conducting a simple experiment. Make four batches of cornbread, all identical except for one thing: baking powder!