Hello, DIYers!

You don’t have to wait for the science fair to come around to do some phenomenal science experiments! This list will have you and the family learning, laughing, and making fantastic (and sometimes messy) memories together. But trust us… the mess will be worth it! Hopefully these experiments can help to spark an interest in science! These are perfect for a snow day, a slow afternoon, or for a playdate!

Happy experimenting!

Cloud in a Bottle 

Learn all about clouds together with this fun, interactive cloud in a bottle!

Found Steve Spangler Science

Levitation Trick

This experiment is easy to do but will impress your little ones! They will love making a ping pong ball levitate mid-air!

Found Steve Spangler Science

Lava Lamp Experiment 

This homemade lava lamp is a blast and so easy to do!

Found Fun Learning for Kids 

Glowing Ice Cubes 

Use tonic water to make these awesome, glowing ice cubes!

Found Go Science Kids

Tornado In a Bottle 

This is a famous and easy experiment that you can do with kids of all ages!

Found Mott Children

Skittle Pinwheel 

This is a simple and delicious experiment that you can try different ways! Use hot water VS cold water and guess which will go faster. And how do skittles stack up against M&Ms? Find out!

Found Fun Learning for Kids 

Carbon Sugar Snake 

This is a super fun project that takes a few ingredients from your kitchen and sand. If you have a stash of sand in the garage, you’re all set to make this sugar snake come alive!

Found Kiwico

Pencils Through Bag of Water 

Is it magic… or is it science?!

Found Awesmr Pop

DIY Fossils 

Are your littles obsessed with dinosaurs?! Then they will love these fantastic DIY fossils!

Found Teaching Mama 

Rock Candy Experiment 

Grow your own sugar crystals to DIY rock candy! Science with a well deserved snack at the end!

Found Growing a Jeweled Rose 

Secret Messages 

Send secret messages back and forth by making your very own invisible ink!

Found Thought Co. 

Egg In a Bottle 

How can you get an egg inside of a bottle with a small with a small spout? That’s for you and your family to find out!

Found Left Brain Craft Brain

Learn About Sound

This great video and experiment helps you to see sound!

Found Generation Genius

Exploding Volcano 

We would be completely remiss to leave out one of the most widely popular science experiments… creating an exploding volcano!

Found Growing a Jeweled Rose

Build Your Own Spectroscope

View colors in new way by building your own spectroscope! Test things around the house and out and about!

Found Live Science

Egg Geodes

You can grow your own crystals in less than 24 hours with this awesome science experiment!

Found Art and Soul Pre-School

DIY Chalk 

The most important component of chalk is the calcium! You can make it yourself with simple items that you have at home!

Found Kidspot

Learn About PH with Red Cabbage

You and your family can test how alkaline or how acidic fluids are in your home using red cabbage!

Found Discovery Express Kids

Make Lightning

Spark an interest in weather by making this great experiment!

Found Learn Play Imagine

Easy Capillary Action Experiment

Capillary action may seem complicated to explain… but this project is so simple and easy! Learn with the rainbow!

Found 123 Homeschool 4 Me

Match Levitation 

Adult supervision is required for all of these, of course, but ESPECIALLY this one! How cool!

Found Steve Spangler Science 

Snack Pulley STEM Project

Have fun building this marvel of engineering… the snack pulley!

Found Left Brain Craft Brain 

Plastic Milk

This is such a fun project! The tutorial shows you all of the materials that you need to make and play with this fun plastic milk!

Found Science Buddies

Magnetic Cereal 

Did you know that you can find the iron in cereal with a magnet? How cool!

Found Rookie Parenting

Density Experiment

Experiment with density with this colorful and fun project!

Found Little Passports

Dissolving Egg Shell 

This is a classic! And it’s pretty simple to do!

Found Go Science Kids 

Make It Rain 

With just a couple of items you have at home, you can do this fun, raincloud experiment!

Found Mrs. Jones Creation Station 

Exploring Magnetism

Magnets can be endless fun to play with! Have fun together and see what you can get to attract the magnet in your home!

Found Go Science Kids

Mummified Apples 

Learn all about mummification while doing this fantastic experiment with apples!

Found Raising Arizona Kids 

Cleaning Coins

Which liquids do you and your family think will get your pennies looking shiny and new?!

Found GallyKids 

Celery Experiment 

What happens when you leave celery sitting in colored water? Time to find out!

Found Teaching Tiny Tots

Potato Clock

The potato clock experiment is another classic that can’t be topped! Give it a try with these instructions!

Found Thought Co.

Edible Water Bottle

How cool is this?! And it’s not very complicated! Give it a try!

Found Inhabitat

Da Vinci Bridge

This is a fantastic STEM project based on Leonardo Da Vinci’s self supporting bridge!

Found I Game Mom 

Dancing Rice 

You can make this great and easy science experiment and then have a dance party of your own!

Found Green Kid Crafts

Catapult STEM Project

This is a fantastic project that everyone in the family can enjoy! Should it result in catapulting snacks into each others mouths? Probably!

Found Go Science Kids 

Dry Ice Bubbles

Dry ice is a great way to do all kinds of great science experiments at home, just like this bubble experiment!

Found Eating Richly

Sugar and Teeth

Trying to cut back on the sugary drinks at home? This is a great experiment to help support your goals!

Found Feels Like Home Blog 

Test Melting Speed

Different colors absorb sun differently! Which helps to keep your ice cubes cooler longer, and which makes it melt faster?!

Found Curiodyssey 

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