Crafts for Kids

Focusing on simple, fun and family-friendly projects, this weekly series encourages parents to spend meaningful time with their kids making crafts. Many of the projects include recyclable materials, things you already have in your home, and feature PBS KIDS characters.

DIY Rainstick

1m 10s

Turn a paper towel roll into a colorful rainstick with this fun and easy craft.

Episodes

  • Hide and Seek With Camouflaged Animals: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Hide and Seek With Camouflaged Animals

    S2 E70 - 2m 22s

    Elinor and her friends notice animals that look the same as the places where they hide. Help your child understand camouflage with a game of hide and seek.

  • Observe With a DIY Magnifying Glass: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Observe With a DIY Magnifying Glass

    S2 E69 - 2m 8s

    When Elinor notices something interesting, she likes to get a closer look. Help your child get a closer look with a DIY magnifying glass.

  • Digit’s Pear Paradise: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Digit’s Pear Paradise

    S2 E68 - 1m 15s

    Alex from “Cyberchase For Real” teams up with renowned chef, Marcus Samuelsson to make a dessert that’s out of this world: Digit’s Pear Paradise! This recipe can be adapted using fruits that are locally available in your area and is a great opportunity to learn and create at home.

  • Encouragement Jar: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Encouragement Jar

    S2 E66 - 1m 48s

    Daily encouragements help kids learn to support themselves when the going gets tough, as well as start the day off right! Your child can pull a card from their jar every morning or whenever she needs a boost.

  • Play a Storytelling Game: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Play a Storytelling Game

    S2 E65 - 1m 34s

    Each roll will designate an image on each of the three dice, which will become your story elements. Take turns telling a complete story by combining the three story pieces in any creative way you can.

  • Make a Hero Self Portrait: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Make a Hero Self Portrait

    S2 E64 - 1m 2s

    In each episode of Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum, Xavier, Brad, and Yadina travel back in time to meet real-life historical figures when they were kids themselves. Just like the historical figures in the series, your child has heroic qualities! Help your child understand what it means to be a hero and that there is a hero in every one of us.

  • Moon Rock Painting: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Moon Rock Painting

    S2 E63 - 44s

    In this activity, your child will recreate the texture of regolith and then use it to paint a paper moon.

  • Magnet Fishing: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Magnet Fishing

    S2 E62 - 57s

    In this simple investigation, you and your child will explore small, common items in your house and determine if the magnet will stick to them.

  • Friction Racing: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Friction Racing

    S2 E61 - 1m 21s

    In this activity, your child will build a ramp and then use a toy car to test which of two surfaces has the least amount of resistance or friction.

  • Exploring Gravity with a Catapult: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Exploring Gravity with a Catapult

    S2 E60 - 59s

    Use a combination of simple machines, a lever, and an axle to build a catapult, and then use the catapult to conduct a simple investigation showing that when things go up, gravity will bring them back down.

  • Shadow Play: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Shadow Play

    S2 E59 - 1m 3s

    Your child will use a flashlight to explore how blocking a light source can create different sizes of shadows, and then use this new knowledge of shadows to put on a shadow play.

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