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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

This week’s area of focus is ART, we are creating cupcake liner flowers! You’ll need: Paper Cupcake liners Crayons Glue Scissors Instructions Glue on your cupcake liners halfway up your paper. Cut out construction paper or use crayons to add in your stems and leaves. Decorate the cupcake liners to resemble your favourite flowers. Add […]

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SHOP FEATURE 5

(For the week of March 27, 2023) Check out this week’s Feature 5 – a list of top-selling products from Shop, the Children’s Museum’s gift store! Read More…  Unicorn Mini Garden Price: $15.99 each Decorate, plant, and grow your own unicorn-themed Mini Garden in an egg-shaped mini environment! Complete with everything you need to grow […]

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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

Ready to be mesmerized? Well, our Illusion Tunnel activity this week will do just that. Let’s use ART to create our own illusion spinners! You’ll need: Cardboard or cardstock Ruler Box cutter (for the adults) Penny Markers Instructions Cut out a circle from cardboard or cardstock. Trace out some lines into a design of your […]

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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

This week’s area of focus is ART, and we are creating our own stamps! You’ll need: Foam Scissors Markers Ink pads (or markers) Glue Bottle cap lids Instructions Decide what kind of fun shape you’d like to create (picking a simple outline without too much detail is best). Draw out the design on your piece […]

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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

This week’s topic is MATH. Make math fun (and tasty) with this marshmallow counting activity. You’ll need the following: Pictures of mugs (or actual mugs) A marker Marshmallows Instructions Lay out pictures of hot chocolate mugs Write numbers on them with your marker Ask your child to match the same number of marshmallows to the […]

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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

Snow, snow, snow. Let’s turn this snow into something fun and make ice marbles! These are not only fun to make, but also a pretty lawn decoration. You’ll need the following: Balloons Food colouring Water A freezer Scissors Instructions Place a few droplets of food colouring into your balloon Fill balloon with water and tie […]

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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

This week’s area of focus is ART, we are making mashed-up monsters with play dough. For this activity, your child will get to use their creativity by creating their very own pet monster. You’ll need: Play dough (Visit here for an easy home-made play dough recipe)  Googly eyes Pipe cleaners Play dough moulds Rolling pin […]

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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

Here is a game that will help to teach your child about counting and making predictions. Before we start, which colour apple do you think will win the race? You’ll need: Apple Race printout Paper Clip Fastener Pom Poms or play dough (yellow, green and red). These will be your apples. Instructions: Once you have […]

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ALL ABOARD: WE’RE GATHERING STEAM

It’s a new school year, which means a new school photo! Have your child paint and decorate this adorable school bus picture frame made from popsicle sticks to display their picture in.  You’ll need: Tacky glue Popsicle sticks  Paints (yellow, grey, black) Paintbrush Buttons or gems Paper Instructions  Start by gluing two popsicle sticks together […]

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This week’s area of focus is TECHNOLOGY, and we’re learning how to code with Legos. In this activity, children get to learn about how coding works and come up with their own secret messages to decode. You’ll need: Lego’s Lego board Coding template you can find here First, you need to decide which two colours […]

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