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Halloween Science Experiments at Spangler Science

Before we get over-whelmed with Christmas the silly season let’s take a quick step in to the dark side for Halloween. Are you hosting a Halloween party this year? Every year we go trick or treating with friends with my house being the starting point. I stuff the children with savory Halloween food before letting them loose out in the to streets for dessert candy.  I don’t spend a lot of time decorating as the children are not even going to be at my house for very long. One problem I always find is when they are arriving at my house. We Always seems to be waiting for a handful of “late” people. I love the idea of these Halloween science packs that come in a Party size. Each child could be making, learning and doing something whilst we wait for everyone else to arrive so we can go trick or treating.

Halloween Party Kits for Kids and Adults from Steve Spangler Science

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I hope if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere that it’s getting warm enough where you live to add in some outdoor activities with the kids. It’s easy to do a lot of learning outside when the weather is nice; my daughter has a fond memory of doing long division in sidewalk chalk at her school. But if you need some more specific ideas, here are some fun and educational spring outdoor activities for kids to do at home or at school.

Gather some glass bottles, rocks and other natural materials to make a garden xylophone with these instructions from The Moments at Home. This looks so fun, and you can use this idea to make musical instruments with other objects you find around the home/classroom/playground too. 

This post from Child’s Play ABC has a lot of great outdoor learning ideas for kids, but the one I wanted to highlight is going on a rainbow scavenger hunt. Kids can collect things of different colors and see if they can make a rainbow (or just sort things by color). Check out more ideas for scavenger hunts.

Another good activity to do with things you collect from outdoors is making natural paint brushes. Get the instructions from Messy Little Monster, and of course you can test them out by painting outside, too.

Speaking of art, have you ever made paint from dandelions? (I dyed yarn with dandelions once, and it was a lot of fun.) Learn how from Little Cooks Reading Books, and then you can use your natural paintbrushes along with natural paint!

You can also paint with mud, like in this post from There’s Just One Mommy. Or make an outdoor, garden themed sensory bin with real dirt like this one from Mess for Less.

Or kids can gather materials to help them build their own nests as they learn about how birds and other animals build nests. The Crazy Outdoor Mama has a printable and post that will help.

What activities do you love to do with kids when it’s nice outside?