Creative activities

Mix up some magic! Pour, mix, and then add color, bubbles, or powder for exciting endings. Play Potions »

Have fun growing plants in a window box and sharpen your design skills. Play Window Boxes »

Play with color, symmetry and rotation as you choose colorful, translucent shapes to make a virtual kaleidoscope. Play Kaleidoscope »

Explore color combinations and the relationship between foreground and background as you paint with Matisse-inspired shapes. Play Matisse Cut-outs »

Combine different bodies and wings to design your own butterflies; then animate them in one of several beautiful scenes. Play Designer Butterflies »

Expand your imagination and express your uniqueness.

Play with a variety of instruments and sounds to compose your own beautiful pentatonic music. Play Pentatonic Scales »

Describe a memorable moment and learn about syllables by composing haiku. Play Haiku »

Choose a portion of the night sky, then connect-the-dots to make your own updated constellations. Play Stars »

Crack the code of facial expressions as you create your own emoticons! Play Emoticons »

Explore line, shape, and space while arranging decorated tiles into an abstract picture. Play Mural »

Flex your problem-solving muscles and spark your inventiveness.

Compose your own gymnastics routine on the uneven bars. Will you stick your landing? Play Uneven Bars »

Have fun assembling pipes and avoiding leaks as you move water from faucet to spigot. Play Plumbing Pro »

Connect the tubes to let gravity take a marble from top to bottom. Play Marble Drop »

Experiment with some of the surprising shapes two hands can make. Play Shadowcasting »

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