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

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!

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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.

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

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!

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

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.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Your 1st grade scientist will improve her observation skills as she's encouraged to eat healthy by comparing the dry and fresh fruit in this experiment.

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!

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

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!

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.