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51 projects for age 6 · page 2 of 5
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Glowing Jack-o'-Lantern Jar
Turns an empty jam jar into a pumpkin lantern and shows the difference between translucent materials, which let light glow through, and opaque ones, which block it and make the face shapes.
Shoe Box Eclipse Projector
Children explore optics and astronomy by discovering how light travels in straight lines through a pinhole to project a safe, clear image of the Sun during an eclipse.
Layered Edible Worm Cup Parfait
Young children practice fine motor layering, counting, and simple culinary assembly skills.
Recycled Tube Kaleidoscope
Children learn about light reflection and optical symmetry by creating repeating mirrored patterns.
Moon-Crater Impact Tray
Dropping balls into a tray of flour shows how meteorites smashing into the Moon made its craters, and lets you test how the size and drop height of a space rock changes the crater it leaves.
🔒 PremiumCardboard-Loom Woven Mat
Weaving over-and-under on a homemade loom teaches the basic structure of all woven cloth and builds rhythm, focus and fine motor control.
Star Projector Jar
A small light inside a pricked foil jar throws tiny beams onto the walls, showing how light travels in straight lines and turning your room into a peaceful planetarium.
Astronaut Helmet
Making a wearable helmet from a box teaches you why real astronauts need a sealed helmet to breathe and stay safe in space, where there is no air.
Marker-Pen Tie-Dye Shirt
Watching marker ink spread through fabric with a splash of rubbing alcohol shows how liquids carry colour along fibres, making swirling firework patterns.
Vegetable-Print Tote Bag
Dipping cut vegetables in fabric paint and stamping them shows how a shape can be printed again and again, and reveals the surprising patterns hidden inside everyday veg.
No-Sew Knotted Fleece Cushion
Tying fringes into knots to join two layers shows how fabric can be fastened without any sewing at all, and builds neat, patient finger work.
🔒 PremiumUnder-the-Sea Jelly Aquarium
Making jelly shows how a warm liquid sets into a wobbly solid as it cools, and suspending fruit 'fish' introduces the idea of setting things in layers.