Make Your Own Wind Anemometer
Make Your Own Wind Anemometer Reward: Shake Up Silver! Make Your Own Wind Anemometer Materials Instructions Materials 4 Paper Cups Corrugated Cardboard Thumbtack Hot Glue Gun or Stapler Scissors Colorful Tape Your Choice of Items for Spinning Portion (See directions below.) To make your homemade wind gauge, begin by cutting your corrugated cardboard into […]
Making Invisible Ink Appear
Making Invisible Ink Appear The way invisible ink works depends on the method used to make it. There are several ways to make invisible ink and below you will find some recipes for making your own invisible ink and how it works. Reward: Shake Up Silver! Making Invisible Ink Appear Invisible Ink the Lemon Way […]
Make Your Own Sundial
Make Your Own Sundial Following the movement of a shadow during the day is a way to track time. Try it yourself by making a sundial. A vey long time ago (long before there were digital clocks and mobile phones), people used a sundial to tell time. A sundial may consist of a round […]
Learn Plant Science Through Colored Leaves
Learn Plant Science Through Colored Leaves You’ve watered plants before, right? You know how it works: You plant something, give it some water, give it some light, give it some time and voila! Beans! Or broccoli! Or flowers! But . . . how does it work? How does the water go from the dirt into […]
Paper Spinner Toys
Paper Spinner Toys Reward: Shake Up Silver! Paper Spinner Toys Materials Instructions Materials Paper Card String Pens Scissors Glue stick Optional – free templates Instructions Either print out two circles from the templates above OR get a small paper plate (approx 10-12cm in diamater and draw two circles). Colour in your circles any way you […]
Paper Plate Mask
Paper Plate Mask Reward: Shake Up Silver! Paper Plate Mask Materials Instructions Materials Printable Paper Plate Oil Pastels Water Colors and Brush Scissors Craft Utility Knife Hole Punch Elastic, Yarn or Pipe Cleaners Instructions Print and cut out the Paper Plate Mask Template. Then roughly line the curved top of the template to the curved […]
Four Seasons Tree Craft
Four Seasons Tree Craft Reward: Shake Up Silver! Four Seasons Tree Craft Materials Instructions Materials Print the Four Seasons Tree Craft template Coloring medium (crayons, markers, pencils…) Glue Scissors Optional: other materials like pom poms, scrap fabric, puffy paint… Instructions Print out the craft templates. You will need 4 trees for this craft. Once you […]
Bookmark Ideas
Bookmark Ideas Reward: Shake Up Silver! Bookmark Ideas Create these adorable, customizable children’s bookmarks with cardstock of different colors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzbmEL31eQo
HOW TO PAINT WITH BUBBLES
How to paint with bubbles Reward: Shake Up Silver! How to paint with bubbles Art supplies The painting process Art supplies To begin, you will need the following supplies: small plastic containers to hold the paint mixture tempera paint in a variety of colors liquid dish soap water straws a push pin small pieces of […]
Handprint Flamingo Card Craft
Handprint Flamingo Card Craft Reward: Shake Up Silver! Handprint Flamingo Card Craft Supplies Directions Supplies Colored cardstock (in pink and yellow) Scissors Glue stick Pencil Directions Draw the flamingo heads on yellow cardstock and draw the beaks on pink card stock. Cut out the number of flamingo necks and beaks you need. Fold a piece […]