This was an experiment I saw online a few years back, and I've always wanted to try it. Q: How can you get an egg to fit into a bottle...

Easter will be J's first one with hard boiled eggs (again, I really don't like eating just eggs).  I decided to practice my egg maki...

As promised, Balloon Rockets , had a part 2.  Not only is it fun to watch balloons fly all over the room, it's fun to direct their path ...

Tada - homemade squeeze rocket launcher: Materials : Small water bottle Small straw (comes in a pack of 50-100 for ~$1 in most grocery ...

This is a great way to get the kids to giggle (and exercise your lungs). Take a balloon blow it up (you'll probably be doing this over...

Sorry it took two weeks to pull the (dark, sorry) video from my camera. Here's the addendum for Celebration Helicopters .  Happy New Y...

I may have stretched the science limits on boxes just a little, but I still think they are an awesome learning tool for babies and young ch...

The waitress was asking for it by putting a handful of straws in front of a group of boys. However, being a little mischievous (and bored)...

J was getting antsy and instead of letting him destroy the house, I decided to build him a quick sail car. And then he played around wit...

I initially wanted to do vinegar + baking soda power boats (which we did too - another lesson), but we had some vinegar and baking soda left...

Good to know that the fan can still keep J's interest over a year later. He's into kicking the floating ball nowadays, but he lik...

I ordered a bunch of cheap personal fans and they arrived 2 weeks later than anticipated (so I didn't have them for my  Sail Boats  acti...

I've been dying to try out Mentos and Diet Coke Geysers for years. However, Diet Coke wasn't going to get me a handful of power vo...

All you need is a paper towel tube, some packaging tape, a raised surface, and a smallish object that rolls (but not too small...don't w...

All weekend, J was running around the house saying, "Doing science!! Yay!!  Yay!!  Yay!!"  This was about as good as I could get o...

We're planning J's birthday party for this weekend. We decided to do a test-run on one of the activities, Goo! Seeing that J'...

J decided to experiment with our downed helium balloons. It was quite entertaining for the both of us.

**Edited 4-10-11 to add shadow jumping video** Not too long ago, we were complaining of 2 months of continuous rain.  We never saw the sun...

J loves hearing his voice and playing with tubes. Why is your voice louder when you speak through a tube? *The tube focuses the sound wa...

This game about Moments, which J coined "Boom Box," turns out to be pretty fun. I like to think of Moments as "What can yo...