Get ready for Diwali with this sweet kitchen science make! Children aged 6-11 can make delicious Pink Coconut Barfi while learning how evaporation helps it set as it cools. Takes about 40 minutes with adult help. 🪔 #Diwali #KitchenScience
Pink Coconut Barfi
Children help make coconut barfi, a sweet fudge-like treat often shared with family, friends and neighbours at Diwali. They see how gently heating condensed milk and coconut drives off water so the…
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November 2, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Get ready for Diwali with this sweet kitchen science make! Children aged 6-11 can make delicious Pink Coconut Barfi while learning how evaporation helps it set as it cools. Takes about 40 minutes with adult help. 🪔 #Diwali #KitchenScience
Get ready for Bonfire Night with some tasty kitchen science! Children aged 8-12 can learn about the 'hard crack' sugar stage while making shiny, red toffee apples in just 45 minutes. Perfect warm-up activity for 5th November. 🍏 #BonfireNight #KitchenScience
Crackly Bonfire Toffee Apples
Makes the traditional Bonfire Night treat of apples coated in shiny red toffee. Children see how heating sugar and water boils the water away until the sugar reaches the 'hard crack' stage and sets…
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October 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Get ready for Bonfire Night with some tasty kitchen science! Children aged 8-12 can learn about the 'hard crack' sugar stage while making shiny, red toffee apples in just 45 minutes. Perfect warm-up activity for 5th November. 🍏 #BonfireNight #KitchenScience
Celebrate Bonfire Night with a cozy kitchen science project! Kids aged 4-8 can create a colourful Firework in a Jar in just 15 minutes while learning why oil and water do not mix. 🎆 #BonfireNight #KitchenScience
Firework in a Jar
Drops of food colouring are stirred into oil and floated on top of warm water, where they sink and burst into silent, swirling firework trails. Children learn that oil and water do not mix, and that…
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October 25, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Celebrate Bonfire Night with a cozy kitchen science project! Kids aged 4-8 can create a colourful Firework in a Jar in just 15 minutes while learning why oil and water do not mix. 🎆 #BonfireNight #KitchenScience
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October 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Professor O and Captain A are exploring states of matter with delicious melting chocolate bark! A tasty kitchen science project for ages 5-11. Part of our JunkyCraft membership. 🍫 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Melting Chocolate Bark
Children watch a solid melt into a liquid and set solid again when cooled — a tasty first look at how chocolate changes state with heat.
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October 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Professor O and Captain A are exploring states of matter with delicious melting chocolate bark! A tasty kitchen science project for ages 5-11. Part of our JunkyCraft membership. 🍫 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Create a mini swirling vortex in 15 minutes! Kids aged 5-11 can explore kitchen science with just a plastic bottle, water and washing-up liquid. 🌪️ #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Tornado in a Bottle
Swirling the water makes a spinning funnel (a vortex) so air can rush up as water pours down.
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October 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Create a mini swirling vortex in 15 minutes! Kids aged 5-11 can explore kitchen science with just a plastic bottle, water and washing-up liquid. 🌪️ #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Brew up some spooky fun this Halloween! Kids aged 4-10 can make a fizzing Bubbling Cauldron Potion in 20 minutes while learning about chemical reactions. 🧪 #HalloweenCrafts #KitchenScience
Bubbling Cauldron Potion
Mixing bicarbonate of soda with vinegar makes a gas called carbon dioxide, and a squirt of washing-up liquid traps it in bubbles so the potion foams up and over the cauldron like a witch's brew.
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October 15, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Brew up some spooky fun this Halloween! Kids aged 4-10 can make a fizzing Bubbling Cauldron Potion in 20 minutes while learning about chemical reactions. 🧪 #HalloweenCrafts #KitchenScience
Blow up a balloon using kitchen science! Kids aged 5-10 can watch carbon dioxide gas inflate a balloon using just baking soda and vinegar. Quick 20-minute fun with minimal mess. 🎈 #KitchenScience #StemForKids
Baking-Soda Balloon
Vinegar and baking soda make carbon dioxide gas, which fills the balloon on its own.
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October 8, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Blow up a balloon using kitchen science! Kids aged 5-10 can watch carbon dioxide gas inflate a balloon using just baking soda and vinegar. Quick 20-minute fun with minimal mess. 🎈 #KitchenScience #StemForKids
Make a simple paper plate sundial and turn sunny days into a science lesson! Children learn how shadows move as the sun crosses the sky. Quick 20-minute outdoor project for ages 6-12. ☀️ #KidsCrafts #KitchenScience
Simple Sundial
The sun moves across the sky, so shadows move too — you can tell the time by them.
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October 6, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Make a simple paper plate sundial and turn sunny days into a science lesson! Children learn how shadows move as the sun crosses the sky. Quick 20-minute outdoor project for ages 6-12. ☀️ #KidsCrafts #KitchenScience
Whizz up a tasty treat with Professor O and Captain A! Kids can measure and roll these No-Bake Cocoa Energy Balls in 25 minutes. Great for hand strength and early maths. 🥣 #KidsCrafts #KitchenScience
No-Bake Cocoa Energy Balls
Rolling and measuring builds hand strength and early maths, and children see how sticky oats and honey bind a mixture together without any cooking.
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October 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Whizz up a tasty treat with Professor O and Captain A! Kids can measure and roll these No-Bake Cocoa Energy Balls in 25 minutes. Great for hand strength and early maths. 🥣 #KidsCrafts #KitchenScience
Whip up a delicious Sunshine Berry Smoothie with the kids in just 10 minutes! Children learn how ingredients blend and balance sweet and tangy flavours. Perfect for ages 4-11. 🍓 #KitchenScience #KidsCooking
Sunshine Berry Smoothie
Measuring and blending shows how separate ingredients mix into something new, and tasting as you go teaches children to balance sweet and tangy flavours.
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October 4, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Whip up a delicious Sunshine Berry Smoothie with the kids in just 10 minutes! Children learn how ingredients blend and balance sweet and tangy flavours. Perfect for ages 4-11. 🍓 #KitchenScience #KidsCooking
Make an Under-the-Sea Jelly Aquarium! Children aged 5-10 learn how warm liquids set into solids while suspending fruit 'fish' in tasty jelly layers. Takes about 40 minutes. Available now for JunkyCraft members. 🐠 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Under-the-Sea Jelly Aquarium
Making jelly shows how a warm liquid sets into a wobbly solid as it cools, and suspending fruit 'fish' introduces the idea of setting things in layers.
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October 4, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Make an Under-the-Sea Jelly Aquarium! Children aged 5-10 learn how warm liquids set into solids while suspending fruit 'fish' in tasty jelly layers. Takes about 40 minutes. Available now for JunkyCraft members. 🐠 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Is it a solid or a liquid? Magic Cornflour Gloop is a fascinating sensory project for children aged 3-6! Takes just 15 minutes to mix up and play. 🥣 #KitchenScience #SensoryPlay
Magic Cornflour Gloop
Gloop is a wonderfully strange mixture that feels solid when you press it fast but runs like liquid when you hold it gently, giving children a first, hands-on taste of how materials can behave in…
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October 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Is it a solid or a liquid? Magic Cornflour Gloop is a fascinating sensory project for children aged 3-6! Takes just 15 minutes to mix up and play. 🥣 #KitchenScience #SensoryPlay
Ghostly science for Halloween! 👻 Rub a balloon on your jumper to make tissue ghosts dance with static electricity. Perfect spooky fun for ages 4-10 in just 20 minutes.
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Dancing Tissue Ghosts
Rubbing a balloon on hair or a woolly jumper builds up static electricity, which pulls the tiny tissue ghosts up off the table so they seem to rise and dance on their own.
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October 3, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Ghostly science for Halloween! 👻 Rub a balloon on your jumper to make tissue ghosts dance with static electricity. Perfect spooky fun for ages 4-10 in just 20 minutes.
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Rescue creepy spiders from a frozen monster hand! A fun Halloween kitchen science activity where kids aged 4-9 test how salt and warm water melt ice. Great sensory play in about 40 minutes. 🎃 #HalloweenCrafts #KitchenScience
Frozen Monster Hand Rescue
Children rescue toy spiders trapped in a frozen monster hand, finding out that salt and warm water melt ice faster than cold water. It is a sensory way to explore melting, temperature and testing…
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October 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Rescue creepy spiders from a frozen monster hand! A fun Halloween kitchen science activity where kids aged 4-9 test how salt and warm water melt ice. Great sensory play in about 40 minutes. 🎃 #HalloweenCrafts #KitchenScience
Turn a plain t-shirt into a colourful masterpiece with surgical spirit and permanent markers! Children aged 6-12 learn how liquids carry colour through fibres to make firework patterns in 35 mins. 🎨 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Marker-Pen Tie-Dye Shirt
Watching marker ink spread through fabric with a splash of rubbing alcohol shows how liquids carry colour along fibres, making swirling firework patterns.
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September 30, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Turn a plain t-shirt into a colourful masterpiece with surgical spirit and permanent markers! Children aged 6-12 learn how liquids carry colour through fibres to make firework patterns in 35 mins. 🎨 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Transform a simple glass jar and foil into a glowing star projector! Children aged 6-11 can explore how light travels in straight lines while creating a starry planetarium in 30 minutes. 🌟 #KidsCrafts #KitchenScience
Star Projector Jar
A small light inside a pricked foil jar throws tiny beams onto the walls, showing how light travels in straight lines and turning your room into a peaceful planetarium.
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September 30, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Transform a simple glass jar and foil into a glowing star projector! Children aged 6-11 can explore how light travels in straight lines while creating a starry planetarium in 30 minutes. 🌟 #KidsCrafts #KitchenScience
Turn flour and cocoa powder into a mini lunar surface! Kids aged 5-12 can drop marbles to test how real meteorites made craters on the Moon. Takes 30 mins (wrap in newspaper!). 🌕 #KitchenScience #SpaceCrafts
Moon-Crater Impact Tray
Dropping balls into a tray of flour shows how meteorites smashing into the Moon made its craters, and lets you test how the size and drop height of a space rock changes the crater it leaves.
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September 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Turn flour and cocoa powder into a mini lunar surface! Kids aged 5-12 can drop marbles to test how real meteorites made craters on the Moon. Takes 30 mins (wrap in newspaper!). 🌕 #KitchenScience #SpaceCrafts
Turn a humble shoebox into a working solar oven with Professor O and Captain A! Kids can melt marshmallows while learning about renewable energy and reflection. Ideal for ages 7-12. ☀️ #KitchenScience #StemForKids
Shoebox Solar Oven
Children explore renewable solar energy and heat absorption by building a simple oven that traps light and converts it into thermal energy. This introduces fundamental thermodynamic concepts such as…
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September 29, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Turn a humble shoebox into a working solar oven with Professor O and Captain A! Kids can melt marshmallows while learning about renewable energy and reflection. Ideal for ages 7-12. ☀️ #KitchenScience #StemForKids
Bring kitchen science to life with our Bottle-Top Volcano! Children build a cardboard mountain and trigger a fizzy chemical reaction using bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. Perfect for ages 4-9 (takes 40 mins). 🌋 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Bottle-Top Volcano
A chemical reaction: an acid (vinegar) and a base (baking soda) make carbon dioxide gas, which is the fizzy foam.
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September 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Bring kitchen science to life with our Bottle-Top Volcano! Children build a cardboard mountain and trigger a fizzy chemical reaction using bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. Perfect for ages 4-9 (takes 40 mins). 🌋 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Grow a glittering crystal garden using just salt or sugar and a jam jar! Professor O and Captain A show ages 8-12 how saturation and evaporation work in this kitchen science project. Part of JunkyCraft membership. 🧪 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Salt or Sugar Crystal Garden
Dissolving, saturation and evaporation - crystals form as water leaves behind the salt or sugar.
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September 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Grow a glittering crystal garden using just salt or sugar and a jam jar! Professor O and Captain A show ages 8-12 how saturation and evaporation work in this kitchen science project. Part of JunkyCraft membership. 🧪 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Explore friction with Professor O and Captain A by building a gliding Balloon Hovercraft! Perfect for ages 7-12, taking about 30 minutes with low mess. Available now for JunkyCraft members. 🎈 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Balloon Hovercraft
A cushion of escaping air reduces friction, so the disc glides almost freely.
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September 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Explore friction with Professor O and Captain A by building a gliding Balloon Hovercraft! Perfect for ages 7-12, taking about 30 minutes with low mess. Available now for JunkyCraft members. 🎈 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Turn a plastic bottle into a working water filter! Children aged 8-12 learn how sand, gravel and cotton wool trap dirt in this 45-minute kitchen science experiment. Part of the JunkyCraft membership. 🧪 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Water Filter from a Bottle
Filtering removes bits from dirty water; layers trap different sizes of dirt (but don't make it safe to drink).
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September 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Turn a plastic bottle into a working water filter! Children aged 8-12 learn how sand, gravel and cotton wool trap dirt in this 45-minute kitchen science experiment. Part of the JunkyCraft membership. 🧪 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Make real ice cream in 25 minutes using just milk, ice, and salt! A tasty kitchen science project for ages 5-11. 🍨 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Ice Cream in a Bag
Salt makes ice melt at a colder temperature, pulling heat from the cream so it freezes.
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September 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Make real ice cream in 25 minutes using just milk, ice, and salt! A tasty kitchen science project for ages 5-11. 🍨 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Write secret messages using lemon juice! Kids aged 5-10 can discover a gentle heat reaction as their hidden writing appears when warmed. A quick 20-minute kitchen science experiment with low mess. 🍋 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts
Invisible Lemon Ink
Lemon juice browns faster than plain paper when warmed, revealing the writing - a gentle heat reaction.
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September 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Write secret messages using lemon juice! Kids aged 5-10 can discover a gentle heat reaction as their hidden writing appears when warmed. A quick 20-minute kitchen science experiment with low mess. 🍋 #KitchenScience #KidsCrafts