Milk Soap Painting Experiment

Modern parents messy kids has a neat science experiment involving milk, food coloring, dish soap and a toothpick. Have the kids add food coloring to the plate of milk in separate sections like a painter's palette. Next have kids add a small amount of food coloring onto the end of a toothpick and then dip it into the food coloring. The soap reacts with the milk and the colors begin to swirl.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.modernparentsmessykids.com/2011/08/we-tried-it-milk-colors.html

Babble dabble do does her painting on paper.

Get the instructions here:
http://babbledabbledo.com/science-art-for-kids-marbled-milk-paper/ 

We made that has a tutorial as well.

Get the instructions here:
http://we-made-that.com/milk-soap-experiment/

Say yes uses almond milk.

Get the instructions here:
http://sayyes.com/2014/09/after-school-kids-crafts-how-to-make-milk-art.html

Bird and little bird examines surface tension.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.birdandlittlebird.com/blog/2012/02/kitchen-table-science-food-coloring-surface-tension.html

Seed Bombs

Fun time happy garden explosion has a great idea of how to make what they call a guerrilla garden. It does require some unique ingredients though including worm casting, which can probably be bought at any gardening store. Basically you take all of the ingredients and mix them together to make the "bombs." Your kids will love playing with the consistency. Once made you literally throw them into an empty plot of land and watch them grow. A fun way to spruce up the neighborhood and show your children cause and effect.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://funtimehappygardenexplosion.blogspot.com/2007/08/guerilla-gardening-seed-bombs.html

Gardenista uses clay powder and compost.  

Get the instructions here:

http://www.gardenista.com/posts/diy-wildflower-seed-bombs

Paperclip Ribbon Bookmarks

Altered to perfection has the cutest and simplest idea for how to make an easy, colorful bookmark. All you need are pretty, color coated paperclips and matching ribbons.

Good for ages 5 and up so they can tie the knots.

Get the instructions here: She also sells these on her Etsy shop.
http://alteredtoperfection.blogspot.com/2009/01/jumbo-clip-bookmarks.html

M&J ties her ribbons into bows.

Get the instructions here:
http://blog.mjtrim.com/2014/05/20/paper-clip-bookmarks/

Free Children's Audio Books

booksshouldbefree.com offers more than 4,000 free audio books in mp3, itunes and ipod format. You can search by title, author or keyword or browse by genre including fiction, fantasy and mystery. They even have books in multiple languages and offer a top 100 list.

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/online-storytime-books-toys/379003588 currently has videos of 17 kids story books including titles such as Pinkalicous and Where the Wild Things Are. 

Kindergarden Reading List

The Woodbridge library of New Jersey has put together a list of 100 books you should read to your kindergartener. The list is organized into different categories including topics such as silly, animals, flying and friends and family

Get the booklist here:
http://www.woodbridge.lib.nj.us/100books.htm

Free Children's Book Downloads

wegivebooks.org offers more than 500,000 free children's books online. You can browse by age range, author or topic. Ages range from 0 to teens. They also have a section for new releases, popular and classic books.

Folk Art Pens

Paper crafts for children has the most adorable idea for making colorful, folk art inspired pens using paper mache. Their painting is pretty sophisticated. But either way it makes a nice functional craft.

Good for ages 3 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.papercraftsforchildren.com/2010/07/25/papier-mache-pens/