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November 3, 2014

10 Ways to Learn with Candy

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Stop! Don’t eat all that candy in your house. Save some of it to learn with!

Candy is very motivating for kids and can be a great learning tool–it just makes learning more fun!

10 FUN Ways to Learn with Candy Activities!

How to Learn with Candy

There are tons of ways to learn with candy. We done a number of candy activities over the years and here are some of our favorites!

Candy Corn Science Experiments

Grab your candy corn and get ready for fun! These simple candy corn science experiments are sure to wow your kids.

Simple Skittles Science

This two ingredient science experiment is very cool. Watch what happens to skittles in water!

Candy Bar Sink or Float

Chart your candy bars’ buoyancy during this fun activity from Reading Confetti!

Spelling with M&Ms

Inspiration Laboratories created fun spelling activities using M&Ms. That is definitely more fun than writing your words three times each.

Take the M off an M&M

This is one of our favorites–take the M off an M&M with something you already have in your house! It’s so cool!

Mentos and Diet Coke Geyser

It’s a classic for a reason! Your kids will shriek as the candy and soda explosion occurs.

Candy Balloon Experiments

If you have Nerds or Pop Rocks then you have to try this balloon experiment from Learn Play Imagine–it’s so much fun!

Gummy Bear Science

Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails (one of our fab contributors!) experimented with gummy bears. Another super easy and super cool activity. A great one to use to get kids to make observations.

Candy Corn Counting

Who wouldn’t love to play with candy corn trees? I know I would! Reading Confetti even has another fun candy activity perfect for preschool and kindergarten kids.

Exploding Peep Geysers

Exploding anything is sure to grab kids’ attention! Housing a Forrest experimented with ghost Peeps for this fun candy geyser activity, but any of the Peep varieties work too. Try it today!

FUN Candy Activities for Kids that are FULL of Learning!

Go on! It’s okay to play with your food when there’s learning involved!

What is your favorite candy activity? We are definitely partial to the candy science experiments!

Don’t let the fun and discovery stop there!

We have TONS of science experiments your kids will love on our Super Cool Science Experiments for Kids page! 

The most fun science experiments for kids ever!

Take me to the experiments –> Super Cool Science Experiments for Kids

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Comments

  1. Lorie says

    November 3, 2014 at 8:05 am

    Thanks for including us, Megan! We are drowning in candy here, so this list will come in handy!

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      November 3, 2014 at 11:08 pm

      Us too!!!! Hope you are doing well!

      Reply
  2. Megan Sheakoski says

    November 4, 2014 at 10:55 am

    Thanks Ashu!

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