I have a little boy that loves holidays. Maybe because his mom really likes holidays too. Our newest holiday STEM countdown, you guessed it, is and Easter STEM activities countdown. I have collected some of our favorite past Easter science activities along with some cool ideas we would like to try for this coming Easter. Join us for the Easter STEM countdown challenge. We have found that Holiday STEM and Science activities are a big hit here, and I bet you will have fun too.
Easter STEM Activities Countdown
STEM is science, technology, engineering, and math. All of these can be applied to our fun and easy Easter STEM activities. If you add Art to STEM you get STEAM. Love to throw a little art and design in when I can with my son. I will list the general supplies needed for each activity to get you prepared. I love to start out our countdown STEM activities with a themed Tinker Tray.
20 EASTER STEM ACTIVITIES COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE
The purple highlighted text below contains links to the activities already ready for you to check out or sample activities to see what you will be doing coming up. I will add links as we play along too.
NEW!
Click on photos! We just couldn’t decide what to try first. These weren’t on the original list!
Easter Themed Tinker Tray
We love tinker trays with a holiday theme. Check out our STEM on a budget too get some great ideas. Our previous St. Patricks Day and Valentine’s Day Tinker Trays were a big hit!
Elmer’s Washable School Glue, liquid, starch, food coloring, and water are all you need to make this awesome slime sensory activity that doubles as science!
Oobleck is a fabulous substance. Is it a liquid or a solid? Grab a box of cornstarch and water to find out.
One neat use for rain gutters, Easter STEM activities! You can of course make your own ramps, but the plastic rain gutter was rather inexpensive and can come in handy for other activities.
Do plastic egg sink or float? Can you make them sink or float? Grab a bunch of plastic eggs, pennies or marbles and a container of water.
Plastic Egg Baking Soda Eruptions
Every holiday needs a bang soda and vinegar eruption. All you need is baking soda, vinegar, plastic eggs, container or egg crate, and eyedroppers.
Growing crystals is actually easier than you think. Borax, water, and egg shells!
This is a classic STEM challenge, but we took it down a notch for the preschool/kindergarten level. Though this year we may just have to try it another way!
Whoa a rubber egg! What happened to the shell? It’s not really just hardboiled? Yep. It’s gone. No it’s not hardboiled. This is pretty darn cool. Though you need to allow 7 Days for the experiment to do it’s magic.
This was a fun project last year. How many ways can you launch an egg. Build your own egg launcher!
Wobble Eggs
Easter Sensory/ Science Bottles
Easter sensory bottles are like science you can hold and see but can’t feel. We love the VOSS plastic water bottles, but any clear bottle will do. Check out our St Patricks Day Science Bottles to get some ideas.
Build An Egg Pulley
A pulley system that can lift an egg up without breaking or dropping it. Doesn’t have to be very high. Check out our Paper Bag STEM challenges. We are going to use one of the challenge ideas to build a pulley system. Recycling bins are a great place to find materials.
Suspend an Egg
Check out our guide to inexpensive STEM materials to gather supplies for your STEM challenges
LEGO Easter Builds
2D, 3D LEGO Easter eggs. It is your choice. Build a basket or a bunny. I haven’t quite decided which ones we will do yet. Gather your LEGO!
Wind Powered Egg Car
Build a car for an egg {real or plastic} and use wind power to move it.
Make a Real Egg Float
Build something to keep your egg from sinking. You can also check out this classic salt water density science experiment on the floating egg.
Bunny Hop Coding Game {without a computer}
Computer coding is the newest thing for kids and young kids can learn all about it too with basic programming skills. We made a very large superhero coding game on pasteboard that was super easy to die you an example. This time we will do something just a little different!
MAKE A SIMPLE LEGO EASTER EGG HUNT!
Split a LEGO set between a bunch of different eggs. Have your kids find the eggs and put the set together. That will keep them busy. If you have multiple kids and want to do multiple sets, you can color code the eggs or really give them a run for their money and have them figure it all out. Hint: Make sure you know how many eggs you put out, just in case! This is also fun indoors any time. Last year we did a minifigure surprise and a small polybag set. This year we are going to be trickier!
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