Power Up
Your Kids

Recipe archive

All the Fuel

Every recipe, lunchbox idea, and how-to guide — freshest first.

Kids launching popcorn with craft stick catapults at a Thanksgiving table Kitchen Lab Thanksgiving Popcorn Catapult: Launch Popcorn and Measure the Distance Build a craft-stick catapult, launch popcorn into a "turkey" bowl, and learn how levers work. A perfect kids'… Three rows of cookies baked with baking soda, baking powder and both, showing different spread and color Kitchen Lab Christmas Cookie Chemistry: What Baking Soda vs Baking Powder Does to Your Cookies Bake one dough three ways and let kids discover why some cookies spread, some puff and some turn… Pumpkin pies cut into halves, quarters and eighths for a fractions lesson Kitchen Lab Pumpkin Pie Math: Fractions With Pie (Then Eat the Answer) Halves, quarters and eighths make sense when they're slices of pie. Kids cut, share and compare fractions with… Homemade rock candy crystal ornaments hanging on a Christmas tree Kitchen Lab Grow Your Own Rock Candy Christmas Ornaments (A Week-Long Crystal Experiment) Start now, hang them on the tree in December: kids grow sparkling sugar crystals on string over a… Child bouncing fresh cranberries for a Thanksgiving science experiment Kitchen Lab Why Do Cranberries Bounce? A Cranberry Experiment (and Easy Cranberry Sauce) Fresh cranberries bounce, float and pop. Kids drop, float and slice cranberries to find their secret air pockets,… Child eating a bowl of homemade snow ice cream by a snowy window Kitchen Lab Snow Ice Cream, Explained: Why It Works (and How Much of Snow Is Really Air) The easiest snow day treat, with a science lesson built in: kids measure how much water is really… Kids shaking a jar of cream to make homemade butter for Thanksgiving Kitchen Lab Homemade Butter in a Jar: Shake-It Science for Thanksgiving Rolls Pour cream into a jar, shake for 10 minutes and watch it turn into whipped cream, then butter.… Kids testing graham cracker gingerbread houses on a baking tray for a STEM earthquake challenge Kitchen Lab Gingerbread House STEM Challenge: Can Your House Survive the Earthquake Test? Turn gingerbread house decorating into a real engineering challenge. Kids design and build graham cracker houses, then put… Child watching candy canes dissolve in three glasses of water next to a mug of peppermint hot cocoa Kitchen Lab The Disappearing Candy Cane Experiment (Then Turn It Into Peppermint Hot Cocoa) A five-minute Christmas science experiment: which water makes a candy cane vanish fastest? Kids predict, watch and record,… Smoothies, heathy and packed with fiber Gingerbread Smoothie – A Cozy, Spiced Treat You Can Sip Craving something sweet, creamy, and a little nostalgic? This Gingerbread Smoothie brings all the cozy flavors of a…
Power Up Your Kids
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance (opens in a new tab)
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.