Activity Type: Craft

With an old box and some markers, your child can create their own one-of-a-kind map of city streets, country roads, and everything in between. Get ready to hit the cardboard road!

Birds need food throughout the year to survive migration and the cold Minnesota weather. Hang your bird feeder on a tree branch or pole near a window and watch the birds enjoy their winter feast!

Perfect for Valentine’s Day, this activity involves dropping candy conversation hearts and Alka-Seltzer tablets into a glass of sparkling water and watching them dance amidst the bubbles. It’s the perfect experiment to teach your kids about the science of carbon dioxide, or to simple have some fun with your candy hearts stockpile from Valentine’s Day!

Kids love to draw and play with paint. This activity, based off of Eric Carle’s The Mixed-Up Chameleon, offers children a fun way to learn about colors and how they mix. Hang your finished product in the window as a colorful sun catcher!

Embrace the cold with your own ice paint! Swirl the melting paint over paper and watch the magic unfold, as the ice turns from a solid to a liquid.

It’s that time of year again—the air is cooler, fall and winter clothes are making their first appearance, and summer clothes are being stashed away. Before you throw out all those old T-shirts, try turning your kiddo’s favorite summer tee into a memorable pillow. This fun throw pillow is easy to do and requires zero sewing!

Here’s a fun activity to encourage your child to experiment with (and learn about!) light and shadows. With just a few building blocks, crayons, and some paper, kids can create and trace an endless variety of shadows and shapes. Plus, by allowing them to explore and experiment on their own, children can discover new and exciting things about the shifting nature of shadows.

With the end of summer comes an array of beautiful red and orange leaves! This project is a great way to talk about how trees transition from summer to fall. Simply use some aluminum foil and paint to make fall tree paintings with your kiddo!

With a few simple materials, you can encourage your kid’s creativity and problem-solving skills with this hands-on craft. Allow them to think like an engineer as they create and design a water wall to control water flow through straw tubes. Get ready to make a splash this summer—and have a very easy clean-up when doing this activity outside!