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  • Magic Milk Science Experiment

    Magic Milk Science Experiment

    This Magic Milk Science Experiment is so neat to watch! We are surprised with the color changes and designs every time we complete this activity.

    Magic Milk Science Experiment

    This Magic Milk Science experiment never gets old! This experiment is fun and easy to set up experiment for the kids. Watch our videos below to see this experiment and keep reading below for more information!

    Your kids may want to complete this experiment over and over a few times, so be prepared and have plenty of milk and supplies devoted for this experiment on hand! Try different color combinations to see what new designs you’ll get. Also, please note that your experiments will look different each time and it’s fun to see how they all turn out.

    I’ve completed this activity before with a cotton swab, but I found that when we used a cotton ball, the experiment lasted quite a white, so I definitely prefer the cotton ball method over the cotton swab method. Either is fine, having fun is the most important part!

    Don’t forget to check out our Shaving Cream Rain Science Experiment, too!







    Magic Milk Science Experiment

    Supplies:

    • 1 tsp. Dish Soap
    • Cotton ball
    • Food Coloring
    • Large Glass Plate
    • Whole or 2% Milk
    Magic Milk Science Experiment

    Directions: 

    Pour milk onto a large glass plate. Towards the center of the milk, pour about 5 drops of desired color of food coloring onto the milk leaving a space between the colors. Try not to let the colors touch, but it’s okay if they do touch. Colors may start to spread out a little and that’s fine, too.

    Place a cotton ball into the dish soap. Allow the cotton ball to absorb the dish soap.

    magic milk science experiment

    Gently place the cotton ball in the center of the colors and let go.

    magic milk science experiment

    The colors should disperse to the sides quickly and start moving around, leaving cool designs around the plate.

    magic milk science experiment
    magic milk science experiment

    If you notice the colors start to slow down with no activity, try pouring a drop of soap into the mixture or repeating the above step. You can also stir around the colors slowly to mix the colors.

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    science experiment

    Here’s a look at how the same experiment above changed over time.

    Once complete, repeat the activity if desired!

    Why does this happen when using whole milk? According to Education.com:

    “The food coloring in the whole milk bowl will move the fastest because the dish soap bonds, or holds tight, with the fat in the milk. This bond is so strong that the water and the food coloring are pushed out. Everything else has to dance out of the way to make room for the dish soap and fat bond. Since there is less fat in 2 percent and 1 percent milk, you won’t see as much movement. In the bowl of skim milk, the dish soap has no fat to bond with, so the food coloring isn’t pushed away.”

    I hope you enjoyed seeing our Magic Milk Experiment! Try to complete this activity soon and tell us how it went!

  • How to Make Floam Slime

    How to Make Floam Slime

    Learn how to make floam slime with this easy to follow recipe! Add glitter to make it a little extra!

    How to Make Floam Slime

    Does your child love making slime? If so, this floam slime recipe is definitely worth adding to your list of slime recipes!

    My girls enjoy creating a variety of slime recipes. Their favorite part about making slime is adding additional items or ingredients like foam balls and glitter to the mix! If you aren’t familiar with making floam slime, the foam balls in this recipe give the slime a really fun texture! When playing with this slime, you can squish the mixture and create fun popping noises.

    Enjoy molding this floam slime into shapes! My oldest daughter shaped her slime into a heart and a butterfly. You can also see below just how stretchy this slime is, too. I also had fun playing with this slime. I may have enjoyed it as much as my girls did. It is fun to press your hands and fingers into the slime and feel how soft and fluffy it is!

    How to Make Floam Slime

    Supplies:

    Note: Adult supervision is recommended for this activity, especially when handling the chemicals during the creation process.

    Directions:

    Pour the glue into the mixing bowl.

    Add the water and mix well.

    Add in the liquid starch. Stir. (If mixture is too liquid, add about 1/4 cup more starch.)

    Slowly pour in foam balls and mix together.

    Add in desired amount of chunky glitter.

    Mix the slime together with your hands until you get the right consistency.

    When you are finished playing with the slime, store the slime in an air tight container. I also recommend washing your hands well soon after you finish playing with the slime.

    This floam slime has a super fun texture that makes popping noises when you squish it around with your hands!

    This slime is also very stretchy — a win for us!

    Fluffy Unicorn Slime Recipe

    Fluffy Winter Polar Bear Slime Recipe

    Halloween Floam Slime Recipe

    How to Make Green Slime

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  • How to Make Edible Marshmallow Play Dough

    How to Make Edible Marshmallow Play Dough

    A play dough recipe you can eat?! I’ll have some of that!

    There are a variety of ways to make play dough. Our favorites include marbled play dough and silky cloud dough. The best part about creating your own play dough recipes is that you can get as creative as you want! You can experiment with different ingredients or by adding items to experiment with different textures!

    This Edible Marshmallow Play Dough Recipe below is completely edible! This means that if your kids are curious about the taste and want a little nibble while they are creating this recipe, they can try it if you allow it! My kids ate some of our marshmallows and sprinkles when we were creating this play dough recipe.

    Check out how to make this edible play dough. We really enjoyed adding the metallic sprinkles to this recipe for a cool effect! At the bottom of this post, you can see how we created pretend play dough cupcakes, cookies, and pancakes!

    How to Make Edible Marshmallow Play Dough

    Supplies:

    • 2 cups of marshmallows
    • 3 tbsp. coconut oil
    • 1 1/2 cups of powdered sugar
    • sprinkles
    • microwave safe mixing bowl
    • spoon

    Directions:

    Add marshmallows to a microwave safe mixing bowl. Microwave for 40 seconds.

    Pour the coconut oil into the bowl of marshmallows.

    Mix the coconut oil and marshmallows together.

    Slowly add the powdered sugar. We used a small scoop and added the sugar one scoop at a time. Stir the mixture together until you get the consistency you’d like. We use at least one cup of powdered sugar to our recipe. Check the consistency after one cup and add the remaining powdered sugar if necessary.

    Knead the dough together with your hands.

    Add the sprinkles. For this recipe, we used cool metallic sprinkles for a neat look!

    This recipe does use coconut oil, so it’s normal to get some of the oil on your hands.

    Get creative with your dough. Check out our ideas below. We made dough cupcakes.

    We also made Marshmallow Play Dough cookies.

    Make a stack of Marshmallow Play Dough pancakes if you’d like!

    We love the cool effect that the sprinkles give when mashed into the play dough.

    We really enjoyed this recipe. The best part is that you can get creative with your recipe by adding a variety of different sprinkles or edible ingredients.

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    How to Make Cloud Dough

    How to Make Marbled Play Dough

  • How to Make Cloud Dough

    How to Make Cloud Dough

    Learn how to make How to Make Cloud Dough with this easy to follow step-by-step photo tutorial below!

    how to make cloud dough

    Cloud dough has become one of our favorite recipes to make! One of the reasons why we love cloud dough so much is because it’s super easy to make and requires very few ingredients.

    The other reason we love this cloud dough recipe is because it’s super soft and silky smooth once you are ready to play with the dough!

    This dough recipe includes two ingredients that you may already have at home — corn starch and hair conditioner. Corn starch is a super soft ingredient and conditioner makes your hair soft and silky smooth, so imagine when you combine these ingredients together what you will get!

    Today we share a super simple cloud dough recipe with a fun twist at the end — adding iridescent glitter to give the dough a beautiful, shimmery look.

    How to Make Cloud Dough

    Ingredients:

    Directions:

    Gather your ingredients and supplies. Add the corn starch to a large mixing bowl.

    How to Make Cloud Dough

    Add the hair conditioner to the corn starch.

    Combine the hair conditioner and the corn starch.

    Mix the mixture with your hands until the dough has a soft and silky smooth texture.

    Divide the dough if you plan to do more than one color for the dough. You can keep the dough white, or you can add the food coloring.

    Add the food coloring to the dough.

    Fold the food coloring in to the dough and mix well until the dough is colored.

    Add the purple food coloring to the other half of the dough.

    Mix the dough well with your hands until the dough is completely colored.

    Sprinkle desired amount of iridescent glitter to the dough.

    Mix the glitter into the dough.

    We hope you enjoy this activity! Let us know below if you plan to make this or how your recipe turned out!

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    Check out these fun activities:

    How to Make Cloud Dough

    How to Make Marble Play Dough

    Fluffy Unicorn Slime Recipe

  • Glow in the Dark Sensory Bottle

    Glow in the Dark Sensory Bottle

    This glow in the dark sensory bottle is entertaining for children! Learn how to create your own bottle today!

    glow in the dark sensory bottle

    Sensory bottles are a great way for kids to use their senses to make sense of the world around them. Sensory bottles are containers filled with a variety of materials for non-messy play!

    Get as creative as you’d like with your sensory bottles. You can make them just about any time of the year and change up the themes. My toddler enjoys playing with sensory bottles. They have become a regular playtime activity for my tot!

    Benefits of Sensory Bottles

    Today I’ll be showing you how to make a Glow in the Dark Sensory Bottle! Glow in the Dark toys are a big hit with kids. This tutorial below is simple to make and will provide great entertainment for your toddler!

    We have a few holiday themed sensory bottles that you can take a look at below. You can see how easy it is to create holiday themed bottles with a few supplies!

    More Sensory Bottles:

  • New Year’s Sensory Bottle

  • Valentine’s Day Sensory Bottle

  • St. Patrick’s Day Sensory Bottle

  • Patriotic Sensory Bottle

  • Christmas Sensory Bottle

    • Check out our full collection of sensory bottles here.

    glow in the dark sensory bottle

    Glow in the Dark Sensory Bottle

    Supplies:

    For this project, we used:

    You can also try Glow in the dark glitter for this sensory bottle!

    Empty one bottle of glue into the bottle. 

    Fill the empty glue bottle about half full with warm water (about ¼ cup) and seal with the lid. Shake well to combine the remaining glue with the water. Pour into jar with glue and shake or stir to combine.

    If you are adding glitter or toys, add part of the glitter and toys into the glue mixture.

    Seal the jar and shake well.

    Add more warm water if the glitter or confetti does not move easily. If the glitter or confetti moves too quickly, add additional glue. Continue adding in layers with the glitter and toys until you achieve your desired effect. Leave room for the glow sticks.

    When you are ready to achieve the glow in the dark effect, activate the glow sticks and place the glow sticks into the bottle. Note: Replace the glow sticks as desired when they run out of glow.

    When the contents of the bottle move according to your preference, seal the bottle to avoid spills.

    If desired, cover the lid with duct tape or additional decorations.

    Your bottle is ready for sensory play! Go into a dark room and watch this beautiful glow in the dark sensory bottle in action!

    glow in the dark sensory bottle

    This sensory bottle is a favorite of ours! Look at how beautiful it turned out!

    glow in the dark sensory bottle

    Here are a few great articles to read on the importance of sensory play for kids:

    Find more sensory bottle ideas here.

    Don’t forget to stock up on your sensory bottle supplies before you leave!

  • Fun Activities for Parents and Teens to Do Together

    Fun Activities for Parents and Teens to Do Together

    Are you looking for fun activities for parents and teens to do together?

    Summer is a great time to reconnect to your teen. But many parents wrongly assume that teens would rather spend time doing just about anything else than hanging with their parents. Not true! They may act like that, but in reality they a probably eager to spend quality time together or re-establish a relationship if you have drifted apart. Here are some ideas on how to make your time together memorable. You might even want to combine a few together in one day.

    Fun Activities for Parents and Teens to Do Together

    Movie night

    Either in or out, movies are a great way to spend time together. Let your teen do the choosing: you might be surprised that you actually like their selection! Or rent some movies and each of you can pick your favorites. Your teen might surprise you by actually liking that old musical you’ve seen fifty times.

    Make-a-pizza night

    Everyone likes to eat, adults and teens included! Shop together for ingredients, and make your dough from scratch. Step outside your comfort zone and indulge, even if your teen wants to try some strange combinations.

    Game night

    You may think that anything but video games would be boring to teens, but you’d be surprised. Dust off those old board games and challenge your teen to a round of one of your favorites. Card games are also often a big hit. It will give you the chance to talk while having fun.

    Gardening

    A long-term project that will have you reaping the rewards of your hard work for months to come. Maybe you want to select some rose bushes for the side of your house, or even start a vegetable garden. Involve your teen in every part of the process, including the decision-making. Not only are you teaching teamwork, but you’re also modeling how to delay gratification.

    Scrap booking

    Pull down that box of family photos and get to work. If your teen is creative, this could be the perfect activity. Basic scrapbooking supplies can be found inexpensively at most craft stores, and you don’t need much to get started. This can be a great opportunity to talk about family history, and for your teen to ask questions about her heritage.

    Home improvement projects

    Have a room that needs painting or wallpapering? How about an old dresser you found at a flea market that you’d like to refinish? Teens who are creative and enjoy working with their hands might really enjoy such a project.

    Staying in shape

    Take a class together at the Y, join a softball team, or start walking every night after dinner. You’ll enjoy the time together and reap the health benefits from exercise as well. You might even start a positive new habit that you can enjoy together long after summer is over!

    With a little creativity, you can make this summer a memorable one for you and your teen!

    Do you have a teenager? Find more tips for teenagers here.

  • Games for Tween Girls to Play

    Need fun ideas for tween girls? Here are ideas for games for tween girls to play!

    Whether the event is a sleepover, a birthday party or an afternoon playdate, girls love to play games.

    Board games or outdoor relays are always fun, but to really get the girls giggling, concentrate on offering up the materials and directions for some goofy games that will appeal to all the children.

    These games are also great icebreakers for kids who are just getting to know each other.

    Games for Tween Girls to Play

    Foil Fashion Game

    Girls get a kick out of this game that features fashion designing at its most ludicrous. Depending on the number of kids, the fashion foil game can be played individually or in teams.

    Give each player a roll of aluminum foil and put string and rubber bands in the center of the game area. The object is to use the foil to create the most memorable outfit – complete with accessories like shoes, sunglasses, hats and purses within 15 minutes. Make sure to take pictures.

    Hula Hoop Relay Game

    This activity is most fun with teams of 5 or more girls.

    Have a hula hoop on hand for each group. Divide the kids and instruct each team to hold hands and stand in a line. The object is for the girls to pass the hula hoop down the line and back without letting go of each other’s hands.

    If anyone becomes disconnected during the process, their team has to start over. The team who passes the hoop the fastest wins a prize. After a few rounds, have all the kids put on blindfolds and give it another try.

    Blind Makeover Game

    Most girls love to play with makeup and this silly game lets them do just that, often to hilarious results.

    Make sure to have plenty of cosmetics on hand – blush, lipstick, eyeliner, eye shadow and mascara are a great start. The idea is to host a “beauty” contest where all of the kids must apply their own makeup without using a mirror. The winner is the girl who looks the worst.

    The Telephone Game

    Since girls love to communicate, this classic camp game is always a lot of fun.

    The more kids who play, the more interesting the game becomes, and it’s really most effective with at least 7 players. Have everyone sit in a circle and choose one person to be the telephone caller. The caller will whisper a secret into the ear of her neighbor and the neighbor will, in turn, whisper the secret into the ear of the next girl.

    Keep going until the secret has been passed from ear to ear all the way around the circle. The last person tells the secret to the girl who started it, and she announces whether it’s the same thing she said originally. Each girl gets a turn to be the caller.

    Girls have the most fun when they get to play games tailored towards their interests and age groups, so keep that in mind when planning a get together.