Step 1: Fill your bowl up halfway with water  

Step 2: Using a piece of aluminum foil (try starting with an approximate 12 inch square,) fold the aluminum in half and then fold up each of the four sides to have a lip around 1 inch tall. Experiment with how many times you fold the foil sides (Do more folds make them stronger? What makes the boat heavier? Are taller or shorter sides better?) 

Step 3: Wrap tape around the edges to see if sealing the sides helps keep water out.

Step 4: Place your Cargo Ship into the water in your bowl

Step 5: Choose some items to place in your ship. You could start with cotton balls first. How many cotton balls will your ship hold?

Try paper clips next…

How about coins?

Does your boat hold more pennies or more quarters?

How many coins does your ship hold before it sinks?

Try this experiment with a friend and see whose ship holds more cargo!

Step 1: Make Homemade bubble solution: ½ cup dish liquid (we recommend Dawn), 1 ½ cups of water, 2 teaspoons sugar. Gently mix together 

Step 2: Use your various “wands” to see which makes the best bubbles.

• Plastic cups, punch a hole through the bottom to blow through, dip the top end into solution
• Kitchen funnel, dip the large end into solution, blow through the small end
• Drinking straws; try taping a group of drinking straws together for multiple bubbles
• Pipe cleaners, bend into fun shapes and dip into the solution
• Kitchen Fork, dip prongs into solution and blow on them to see what you get!
• Your choice! Can you invent a better bubble wand using items you find in your house?

Step 1: Measure 1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide, and carefully pour it into the bottle.

Step 2: Add a big squirt of dish soap into the bottle, and swirl gently to mix.

Step 3 (optional): If you want to make your foam a color, add a few drops of food coloring directly into the hydrogen peroxide, and swirl the bottle gently to mix. 

Step 4: In a measuring cup mix together one tablespoon of yeast and three tablespoons of warm water. Stir for about 30 seconds. 

Step 5: Pour the yeast mixture into the bottle then quickly step back, and watch for the chemical reaction to push the “elephant toothpaste” out of the bottle!

For example, our buddy Dax had to find:

D: a smooth stone

A: an ant bed

X: something that smells bad 

Step 1. Stack a few popsicle sticks together (about 6 sticks works well) and wrap rubber bands around each end. 

Step 2: Combine two more popsicle sticks and wrap another rubber band around just one end.

Step 3: Slide the larger stack of popsicle sticks, in between the open side of the other two sticks. 

Step 4: Secure the two parts together with another rubber band by wrapping it across the spot where the two sets of sticks meet so the rubber band makes an X.

Step 5: Secure a plastic spoon onto the arm of your catapult with another rubber band.

Step 6: Place a marshmallow on the spoon, pull down, and let go to send it soaring!

Step 1: cut out a large window in the pizza box lid 

Step 2: cover bottom inside of pizza box with black paper

Step 3: Glue aluminum foil onto the inside of the new lid

Step 4: Lift new lid and cover the remaining lid shell opening with plastic wrap and tape to the edges

Step 5: line both lid and inside of the box with aluminum foil

Step 6: glue in place the second layer of black paper on top of foil inside the box (the oven area)

Step 7: prop the lid open at a 90-degree angle with wooden sticks

Step 8: Place food item inside (S’mores)

Step 9: Place in a sunny spot until melty & warm

Step 10: Enjoy! 

Step 1: With a parent’s help, cut off the top of the bottle about 2 inches from the top.

Step 2: Turn the piece you just cut off upside down and place it back inside the bottle making sure the top edges are flush. 

Step 3: Using the ruler, mark off lines at one-inch intervals from the bottom all the way to the top. Draw lines around the bottle at each of those one-inch intervals. Additionally, add marks at each half inch and quarter inch. (No need to draw lines all the way around for those measurements)

Step 4: Place your new rain gauge outside in an area free from trees and other overhangs where the rain can fall directly into it. 

*Note: to keep heavy rain or winds from blowing it over you can secure your rain gauge between flower pots, or use duct tape to affix it to a stick in the ground, etc…

Now have fun waiting for the rain!

Step 1: Pour ingredients into the smaller bag: 1T sugar, 1/4t vanilla, ½ cup milk (or half n half, heavy cream, etc..) 

Step 2: Add 4 cups to the gallon-sized bag, then add ½ cup of salt to the same bag

Step 3: Place the smaller bag with liquid into the middle of the ice in the larger bag.

Step 4: Wrap bag with a towel and shake it around for about 5 minutes. Check very few minutes to see your progress.

Step 5: Ice cream is ready when it had reached your desired consistency

Step 6: Grab a spoon and enjoy!

Step 1: Brainstorm 6 specific movements that would be fun, and slightly challenging to your child. Or choose from our list!* 

1. Jumping jack
2. Hop on one foot
3. Spin in a circle
4. Bunny hop
5. Banana split step (one foot in front of the other as far as you can go without putting hands on ground)
6. Crab walk (put your hands on the ground behind you and without letting your backside touch the ground walk on all fours)

    

More Examples: 

• Burpee (jump up, then crouch down, walk your hands out to a plank position, then walk your feet up to meet your hands and stand up)
• Backward Step*

   

Step 2: Write the six movements down on a piece of paper, assigning them each a number between 1-6. 

Step 3: Determine a Starting point in an area and mark it with tape or chalk. Then, count off 15-20 giant steps and mark a “Finish” line with the tape or chalk. 

Step 4: Roll the first die to see what movement* you get, and then roll the second die to see how many of those movements you must do in order to move toward the finish line.

For example: Rolling a #5 and a #6 would mean you take 6 Banana Split steps forward.

*Note: (some of the moves can create forward progress, some will keep you in the same position, and others could push your position back)

Step 1: Cut poster board into a (determine appropriate size here) rectangle/square 

Step 2: Draw a 2-inch border and cut out the inside to create a “frame”

Step 3: Mark off every 2 inches (or so) around the square

Step 4: Color OR glue the BLUE paint samples in each square arranging the colors from lightest to darkest around the frame. (Side A)

Step 5: Repeat on the backside with the GRAY grouping of colors. (Side B)

Step 6: Once dry, Hold the window up to the sky and find your color match! 

Step 7: Make an observation: Is today’s sky a bright clear blue (like a color on Side A?) A milky white? An Ominous dark gray (like a color on Side B?)