Maker Monday: Ice Boat Racers
This outdoor Maker Monday activity — Ice Boat Racers — helps cool off energetic kids with an icy splash.
Maker Monday: Best Bubbles
Summer and bubbles are a natural fit. We pulled together three of our favorite bubble-related Maker Monday activities to take advantage of outdoor play.
Maker Monday: Yarn Art
Yarn Art is a fun way to learn about colors, develop fine motor skills and explore creativity.
Maker Monday: Nature Treasure Bag
Whether your outdoor adventures take place in neighborhood woods or on sandy beaches, it’s always helpful to have a Nature Treasure Bag on hand.
Maker Monday: Summer Fireworks
Kids love watching the night sky light up with cracking fireworks. This week’s Maker Monday offers a fun way to paint a Summer Fireworks landscape using an unusual, homemade paintbrush.
Maker Monday: Floating Parachute
Kids can make their intrepid thrill-seekers from pipe cleaners, then launch them to sail in the breeze before gently landing back on earth.
Maker Monday: Glow-in-the-Dark Balloons
Outdoor concerts. Watching movies in the park. Backyard cookouts with lots of neighborhood kids. To make those nights even more special, add a bright element of fun with Glow-in-the-Dark Balloons.
Maker Monday: Blow-up Balloon
Playing outdoors is loads of fun when the play includes interactive STEM activities, like this week’s Maker Monday experiment, a Blow-up Balloon.
Maker Monday: Dino Skeletons
Junior paleontologists will have fun constructing Dino Skeletons in this week’s Maker Monday activity.
Maker Monday: UFO Hovercraft
Maker Monday moves into outer space with this fun STEAM project. The air-propelled UFO Hovercraft sets imaginations on overdrive as it scoots across a table or floor.
Maker Monday: Robot Hand
Kids can consider their skeletal structure when constructing a Robot Hand, this week’s Maker Monday project.
Maker Monday: Bubble Pipe
This week’s Maker Monday project gives kids a chance to create a Bubble Pipe that produces clouds of bubbles that rise with the breeze.
Maker Monday: Rain-Making Experiment
With shaving cream representing clouds and food coloring giving a visual of rain sinking through via gravity, kids can learn a lot about weather.
Maker Monday: Mad Scientist Color Wheel
Kids will have fun learning about colors with this STEAM Maker Monday project.
Maker Monday: No-Sew Fan Pillow
This week’s Maker Monday project celebrates sports with No-Sew Fan Pillows made from T-shirts.
Maker Monday: Paper Puppets
Maker Monday visits the art of origami to create fun Paper Puppets. Moms will likely remember the basic folds from their younger days making Fortune Tellers or Cootie Catchers.
Maker Monday: Bath Bombs
A hot bath can be more fun by tossing in a couple of Bath Bombs and watching them fizz for a luxuriously scented soak. Kids can have fun making Bath Bombs themselves, measuring ingredients, mixing and molding.
Maker Monday: Bird Seed Cakes
These decorative Bird Seed Cakes hang outdoors on tree branches, offering delicious snacks for birds that stick around all winter long.
Maker Monday: Pine Cone Owls
Maker Monday combines artistry with nature in Pine Cone Owls.
Maker Monday: Glowing Olympic Torch
This week’s Maker Monday activity is a Glowing Olympic Torch so kids can join the Opening Ceremonies at home in front of the TV.