The Kid Should See This.

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There's just so much science, nature, music, art, technology, storytelling and assorted good stuff out there that my kids (and maybe your kids) haven't seen. It's most likely not stuff that was made for them...

But we don't underestimate kids around here.

Kid-friendly not-made-for-kids videos for all! Collected by Rion Nakaya and her three four year old co-curator.

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We love when kids take science and the art of making into their own hands. This kid made his own balloon-powered boat!

Related: Inexpensive balloon-powered boat kits found online and DIY Ideas on How to Make Balloon-Powered Vehicles!

Job, Joris & Marieke created The Tumblies as a children’s series. The characters are made from discs, which gives them a lot of chances to fall apart and switch around as they figure stuff out. In addition to Balloon, you can also watch Telephone and Doors. Super cute!

via The Curious Brain.

Make a very lovely hovercraft! This super awesome DIY project requires a bit of parent or teacher supervision (sharp needle needed to make a hole), but overall, it answers all of my wishes: Not only does it teach about physics and get kids making things that are fun, but it gives us a great use for the old CDs that we have in boxes around the house! (And there are quite a few.) That alone makes this project a gem in my book.

YAY, Toys from Trash! We’ll definitely be seeing vids from Team Arvind Gupta here again…

Time-lapse hot air balloons inflating for launch and then, one by one, taking off into the sky. 

via The Awesomer.

Of all of the fun things about how they make balloons, it was really the tilted brushes to roll up the balloon ends that got us. So simple!

Aerostat — a lovely video of a balloon and video camera’s journey high enough to see space where it recorded an enviable sun flare shot — reminded me of this video shown above: Homemade Spacecraft/Space Balloon. 

Launched by a father and his seven year old in August, 2010, their homemade balloon and video camera set up (housed in a takeout container) also got to see the curve of the Earth, climbing 19 miles high before the balloon burst. It includes a bit more nitty gritty from their experiment, with lots of onscreen notes. Great stuff if you’re itchin’ to DIY with your own weather balloon, video camera and iPhone. 

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