This year we were able to celebrate Christmas early with my family. It was nice to not have to worry about shipping gifts since we went out to Utah to see everyone for my brother's wedding over the weekend. Here is one of the homemade gifts that we came up with. A SUPER Science Kit for my sister's family! 
I went to this site and found a bunch of projects that I thought would be fun to try. They were all found under the "reactions" page. Then I made "recipe" cards, laminated them, and put them on a ring.
Each card matches a ziploc bag with all of the supplies needed to do the experiment. There were 12 or so projects.
Some of the ones we included were:
(click below to be linked to each experiment)
We spend an evening trying these out ourselves and had a great time!
Goggles, and some fun candy! Have you seen the fizzy Skittles? They don't taste that great, but do fizz up in your mouth. My kids liked that.
I grabbed this Mystical Tree and Lakeshore Learning. We picked one out for ourself. The kids had a great time watching it grow and it made for some pretty fall decor.
This was such a fun gift to put together. A little time consuming, but so worth it. My sister's family is so creative and active. We couldn't think of a more perfect family to make this for.
How does one wrap a huge cauldron? This is all I could think of without using an entire roll of wrapping paper ;)
What a great gift! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMy son has been begging for a detective/spy kit... thanks for sharing im going to use lots of these ideas!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I'm going to do this for Brayden! We buy him a new science kit each year and he loves everything from them. It will be really fun to have all the stuff in bags all ready for him to do! Thanks! Actually, I may have to make one for each of the kids because they are always wanting to see what his experiements are. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh this is the BEST idea yet for my boys!! I will be doing this as well. Thank you for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun gift! I love that idea!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is a FANTASTIC idea for a gift. I love how you grouped everything and labeled it for easy use!
ReplyDeleteAnd the cauldron? GENIUS!
Love every bit of it.
I'm definitely including this post in my weekend round up on Saturday!
Thanks for the tip!
always a fan of your cute ideas! featuring you again on crazydomestic tomorrow! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! :)
ReplyDeleteI love it! I love how you have the kit together and all the ingredients!
ReplyDeleteLove it! I love gift ideas for the whole family! Great job!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! You probably provided hours of fun for this family!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Really clever. Btw you can buy large gift bags at the dollar store. It comes with string to tie it and a gift card. Just for future reference if you ever need to "wrap" something giant without using up all the paper. =)
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect gift for a young boy. I think they are the hardest to please. You are so clever.
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic idea. I have loads of nephews, so this will have to be on my to do list for this year. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat's an awesome gift ... what kid wouldn't love a ready-made science kit? I love that you have all the supplies included ... makes it so much easier for mom too!
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I found you through the Handmade Gifts link party.
ReplyDeleteI might have to copy this idea. What a cool kit!
I LOVE your science kit gift idea and want to use it for my nephew. Would you ever consider sharing your typed up instructions? Thanks!! gentzkelly at hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteHey...YOU are the one I was inspired by! It was bookmarked on my old computer that crashed and I was never able to find my inspiration again.....I will go back in my old post and update that right now so that I can link back to you! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you SO much for this awesome idea! I was stumped when it came to buying a gift for my nephew's birthday, mainly because he already has everything! This was the PERFECT answer to my dilemma. I couldn't find the right sized cauldron so I used a big black bucket instead (only $2!) and I covered the top of it with a mound of bubble wrap to make it look like it was bubbling over.
ReplyDeleteI gave you credit for the idea when I posted my pics on facebook. :)
Oh me, oh my, you are my new favorite! A science kit for Christmas? I'm so promoting this on my STEM Mom site! My son, and my nephews are getting these for Christmas! Anytime we can encourage exploration and make science fun, we should!
ReplyDeleteThis is the PERFECT gift and I have time to assemble it all before Christmas!
Yeah, I'm the cool aunt! (he-he)
Darci