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Making Music With Water and Bottles

Here’s a fun activity for the end of a summer dinner or picnic. Take empty glass bottles or water glasses and fill them with different amounts of water. When you tap gently on the bottles or glasses with a spoon they make a neat chiming noise. If the kids can’t manage to tap gently with a spoon try giving them a wooden spoon or stick to use, or save the activity for when they are older. I also wouldn’t do this with my best crystal. Experiment with different levels of water in the glasses.. Your children will quickly figure out … Continue reading →

More Fun Science Experiments

Here are two more fun science experiments that your kids will enjoy doing. You will enjoy watching their faces as they are awed by science. Egg In A Bottle This experiment wows me every time I do it. It still amazes me how the egg can just slip into the bottle. Your kids will be wowed too. You will need: Large hard-boiled egg with the shell removed Glass bottle/jar with an opening just smaller than the egg Matches Small piece of paper Directions: Drop the piece of paper into the bottle. Then light the match and drop the match onto … Continue reading →

Wacky and Wild Science Experiments

Get your child interested in science by doing these wacky and wild science experiments with your child. They will be amazed as a balloon blows up by itself or color magically spreads. Be sure to explain how the magic happens after you are all done, because it isn’t really magic, just amazing science at work. Blow Up A Balloon Everyone knows that you can blow up a balloon by blowing into it. By how can you blow up a balloon using baking soda and vinegar? Watch and be amazed. You will need: Balloon (6-8 inches) Baking soda Vinegar Funnel or … Continue reading →

The Week in Review: September 9-15

Good morning! I hope you’re having a great weekend. I’m introducing a new feature here in the Family Fun blog that I’ve been doing in some of my other blogs. This is the Week in Review where we’re talk about the highlights and more for the week. Please let me know what you enjoyed about this week and what articles were the most useful to you! September 9 We talked about Family Activities: Building Fun Baskets for Teachers and how you can make it a family project to honor your child’s teacher or teachers. We can do this in any … Continue reading →