• 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015

Projects from 2014

Salt Dough Decorations

Fri, Dec 19, 2014

Make salt dough. Cut out shapes. Bake or air dry. Paint! more...

Nature Wreath

Fri, Dec 12, 2014

Collect objects from outside and glue them on a wreath. more...

Gingerbread Shadow Box

Fri, Dec 5, 2014

Press objects into puff paint. What do they look like? How do they feel? more...

Buried Treasure (Part 2/2)

Fri, Nov 21, 2014

Bury food, toys & trash in the ground. Dig up 2 months later. What do you see? more...

Harvest Day

Fri, Nov 14, 2014

Compare vegetables from your garden to those from the store. How do they look, feel, smell and taste? more...

Build Teepees

Fri, Nov 7, 2014

Build a teepee with sticks. Tie it together with string. Wrap it in a blanket. more...

Draw with Rocks

Fri, Oct 24, 2014

Use different rocks to draw on different surfaces. What does it look like? more...

Let's Make Mud!

Fri, Oct 17, 2014

Mix soil and water to make your favorite kind of mud! How does it feel? more...

What's Eating Our Plants

Fri, Oct 3, 2014

Look for parts of plants, in our garden, that have been eaten. What ate it? more...

Acorns and Worms

Fri, Sep 26, 2014

Collect acorns. Divide acorns up by those that sink or float. Leave acorns alone for a week. Have worms burrowed out? more...

Buried Treasure (Part 1/2)

Fri, Sep 19, 2014

Wrap objects in plastic netting bags. Bury them. Dig them up two months later. What happened to the objects? more...

Potato Trap Hunt

Fri, Sep 12, 2014

Carve out a potato. Hide it outside, overnight. Check on it the next day. What is inside? more...

Fall 2014 Garden

Fri, Sep 5, 2014

Plant seeds or transplants. Paint a rock with your name on it, to mark your spot. more...

Shaffer's Bend

Fri, Jul 25, 2014

Go to the Colorado River at Shaffer's Bend in Marble Falls. Hike and swim! more...

Chalk Ridge

Fri, Jul 11, 2014

Go to Chalk Ridge Falls State Park. Hike to the creek, climb under the cliff and cross the rope bridge. more...

Austin Nature Center

Fri, Jun 20, 2014

Go to the Austin Nature Center. Check out the wildlife exhibits, creek, dino pit and Trade Counter. more...

Tejas Park

Fri, Jun 13, 2014

Go to the river at Tejas Park in Liberty Hill. more...

River on a Tray

Fri, May 30, 2014

Fill a tray or gutter with sand. Pour water into the sand. How does the water change the the sand pile? more...

Squishy Sensory Bags

Fri, May 23, 2014

Pour hair gel in a Ziploc bag. Add small objects. Seal bag. Squish it! How does it feel? more...

Puffy Paint

Fri, May 16, 2014

Mix a recipe for puffy paint. Paint with it! How does it feel? more...

Dirt Detectives

Fri, May 9, 2014

Collect dirt. Pour it on a tray and poke around. What do you see and smell? more...

Drop! Splat!

Fri, May 2, 2014

Dip pom-pom in paint. Drop on white paper. What does the splat look like? more...

Bouncing Blobs

Fri, Apr 18, 2014

Fill a small plastic bottle with half water and half baby oil. Tip the bottle. What do you see? more...

Magic Unfolding Flower

Fri, Apr 11, 2014

Cut a flower of paper. Fold petals inward. Float flower in water. Can you see the petals unfold? more...

Kite Day 2014

Fri, Apr 4, 2014

Fly kites! What do they look like? How do they fly? more...

Cloud Dough

Fri, Mar 28, 2014

Mix flour and oil to make a dough. How does it feel? more...

Funnels, Bowls and Marbles

Fri, Mar 21, 2014

Drop a marble through a tube into a bowl or funnel, and watch it swirl around. more...

Rock Day

Fri, Mar 14, 2014

Look at rocks. Get them wet. How do they look, feel and smell? more...

Color Shadows

Fri, Feb 28, 2014

Shine light through colored water bottles. Shine light through colored plastic dividers. What do you see? more...

Spectroscope

Thu, Feb 27, 2014

Make a spectroscope from a cardboard box and CD. Look through it in different types of light. What do you see? more...

Sand Art Pendulum

Fri, Feb 21, 2014

Suspend a funnel. Fill funnel with sand. Swing funnel and release sand onto posterboard. How does sand appear? more...

Spin Art

Fri, Feb 14, 2014

Place paper on spin art tray. Spin tray as you squeeze paint or draw with markers! more...

Marble Run

Tue, Jan 14, 2014

Create a marble run by using cardboard tubes, cereal boxes pop-toobs and funnels. Where can your marble travel? more...