Tag: #austin

Halloween Ghost Sun Prints

When the temperature lows start to get down to 98 here in Austin Texas, I know Fall has arrived.  I welcome it with a cup of pumpkin spiced something or other and get totally focused on Halloween and everything that comes a long with it.  Decorations, costumes, and Halloween crafts. […]

52 Ways to Excite Kids and Banish Boredom

Do you have a STEAM Kid?  Not yet? Well, do you think it is important for a child to: question like a scientist design like a technologist build like an engineer create like an artist deduce like a mathematician – and – play like a kid??? Yes?  Then you are […]

Tips For Acquiring Inexpensive STEAM Materials

-This post contains affiliate links as well as super informative links.- I am a bit of a collector — some may say hoarder — of craft supplies or anything that I think my kids, myself, or my students can create or build with.  I love to hunt for cool items […]

Cloud Soap Experiment

If you are looking for a fun, easy, and cheap experiment…HERE IT IS!   It is so much fun to watch a bar of Ivory soap expand and cloud up in the microwave.  My boys were amazed. All you need: bar or more of IVORY soap a comparison soap bar a […]