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Follow Darwin and Newts on epic adventures to figure out how things work. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
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Follow Darwin and Newts on epic adventures to figure out how things work. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
Darwin & Newts Digital Parent and Child craft ideas
Episode # |
Craft or experiment |
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Make a firefly night light |
6 |
Paint a rainbow on a paper plate |
7 |
Make animal prints from a potato stamp |
8 |
Make a catapult form popsicle sticks |
9 |
Make a floating sail boat from corks |
10 |
Make a red light for nighttime exploring |
11 |
Make mud bricks out of an ice tray |
12 |
Make your own simple periscope using a toothpaste box and old CD |
13 |
Make a camouflage art work with leaves and green paper |
14 |
Create a winch styled pulley from a cotton spool, string and a plastic cup |
15 |
Paint and create a symmetrical monarch butterfly |
16 |
Create a fun frog and tadpole game for 2 players |
17 |
Create a parachute for your toys |
18 |
Make a three-tiered sand castle |
19 |
Make a simple bird feeder |
20 |
Make a marble run from cardboard tube |
21 |
Create your own craft paper caterpillar |
22 |
Create a spider webs from sticks and wool |
23 |
Create three Colour wands with cellophane in primary colours |
24 |
Create a music machine from items around the house |
25 |
Make mini ice blocks |
26 |
Make a kite from a plastic bag |
27 |
Make a balloon powered car |
28 |
Make a kiwi finger puppet |
29 |
Make your own dinosaur fossils from dough |
30 |
Make jumping frogs from corrugated cardboard |
31 |
Make a pirate eye patch |
32 |
Create mystery bottles to test on your friends – guess the sound to identify what’s in each one when you shake them |
33 |
Make foam |
34 |
Make a puppet theatre |
35 |
Make a bubble gun using a bunch of straws |
36 |
Make gold stones and play with sifting |
37 |
Make a paper tree model to show a tree in four seasons |
38 |
Make a watering can from a plastic bottle |
39 |
Make a lemon volcano |
40 |
Make a bug hotel |