A quick craft using kitchen foil to make a dream come true toy for Max.

Why not to start a solid foundation in physics in a single afternoon activity learning to balance counterweights? DIY tutorial for making scale using hanger and plastic bottles.

Another way to paint for my young artist Alex - Blow Painting!

You'll need pegs, marker and paper to make this activity.

Check out this fun ready-to-zoom-into-space DIY toy that we made.<br/>

This is, perhaps, the simplest and the funniest magnet fishing game with paperclips! I taped a magnet to a pipe cleaner and attached it to the front of a cap with a clothespin. After that, boys were ready to catch colourful paperclips...

I love Ferrero Rocher empty boxes, perhaps, even more than chocolates. We use them a lot as trays and for different mess-free activities. Here is a quick tutorial for a homemade toy. I used different colours marble for challenges I plan...

Checking if interference between the contradicting information can cause problems for Alex to do a simple task - naming the colours! Try doing it yourselves! Pause the video and name colours, not the words.

After Easter egg hunt we were left with loads of plastic eggs. So I made this Montessori-inspired sound set. Max had to match sounds, pairing every red egg with one green egg.

Nuts and bolts aren’t something you would first think to offer your kid to play with. But they are great for developing fine motor skills and just super fun.

Alex coloured paper with oil pastels and covered it with black paint mixed with a bit of dish soap for this DIY project. He had fun scratching his colourful drawings all over the page using a wooden skewer. I cannot describe how...

We already know how to poke a balloon without popping it, but this time we are making a hole in a bubble. We have prepared a bubble solution by mixing water and washing up liquid, made a frame from a wire and tied a piece of a thread in...

Is it possible to make natural paints from food ingredients at home and make no mess? Max has proven it is. However, he had some help from an inappropriately white apron, convenient Plenty Handy Towels and his inherent precision. We used...

Use your hands to make animals shadows and amuse your little ones tonight. Look through the video to see how to put your hands together to make shadows look like the following animals: elephant, deer, chicken, bird, crocodile...

5 simple ways to turn toilet paper into beautiful flowers

Here is a different way to draw with markers Max was very excited to try: How to draw multiple objects at the same time. When I was making this, it was a bit of a challenge to align all four markers so that they touch paper at the same...

Get outside and try these incredible projects with children!

I have planned this activity for quite some time and the day has finally come for my boys to play with magic water repellent sand. It is difficult to determine what type of activity it is - a bit of art, a bit of science, but what I can...

For this fun experiment, we have transformed our kitchen into a laboratory. We put on our lab coats, gloves and safety glasses to observe this amazing reaction that produces a lot of foam and a bit of heat too.



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How fun is this breakfast trick?! It's magically spinning eggshell on a plate! The secret ingredient is water. I have dipped eggshell in water, and now it rotates instead of just sliding every time we tilt the plate. If instead of making...

We are comparing how difficult it is for Alex to draw a picture of his brother using his hand versus his foot.

When people ask me about how we live at home without a TV, I reply that there are plenty of other mesmerizing things to look at. Here is a good example of that. We used a balloon, marble, rubberband and a glass to quickly make this toy.

Halloween is just around the corner. It is time to Turn your home into a haunted house with some spooky DIY decorations. Making a spider web from a bin bag and a spooky spider from a bulb. Decorating a wall with paper bats and floating...

Don't worry about the evenings getting longer. Collect horse chestnuts (conkers) and enjoy making these awesome autumn crafts with your children! We are making sea turtles, zebras, owls, spiders and cute little colourful snails. So if...