This area contains a sampling of fun and educational activities for kids in preschool, kindergarten & elementary school. Many of these activities are designed for classroom use by teachers, but parents can also utilize them to keep their own kids entertained.
Free fun & educational activities for kids
Choose from the following selection of free activities for kids:
Scented Bubbles Activity
Mix bubble formula with cheap perfume to make scented bubbles. You can blow the bubbles and have the kids chase them, trying to burst each bubble on the tip of their nose to smell the fragrance inside. For the most fun, create several different bubble mixtures scented with different perfumes, and alternate between the different scents. It’s a great way to teach about sense of smell or simply spice up a fun, everyday activity!
Split Personality Pictures (All Ages)
Look through magazines for large face portraits (fashion magazines work the best), pulling out whatever faces you see that are around the same size. Then divide each face in half and cut it down the middle. Set the pieces out at a table, and have kids mix and match the different halves to put together funny faces with “split personalities.” For added fun, have them talk about how the two personalities might interact together. You can also turn this into an art/writing project by having kids glue their own split facial portraits on a paper and then writing a story about this new creation.
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