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With Valentine’s Day coming up, plus it being Heart Month, it only made sense for us to create a hearts themed catapult STEM game. The best part is the giggles and laughs and pure joy on the kids faces when they play with a game they created from scratch. Assembling the catapults: Putting the stickers and the final touches on the Valentine’s Day Conversation Heart Catapult: The finished product: Valentine’s Day Conversation Heart Catapults! Launching Conversation Hearts: Trying to launch the candy into cups: Doing candy comparisons. Which launches further, the Conversation Hearts or the M&M’s? With just a few supplies, kids can build a catapult that really launches. It’s an engineering project little scientists will beg to build over and over again. To boot, it’s a perfect STEM challenge for Valentine’s Day! Snag your set below and then hop over and grab even more STEM challenges kids will LOVE with our Epic STEM Challenge Bundle! 1. Candy Heart Catapult Challenge; 2. Fizzing Heart Science Experiment; 3. Invisible Ink Valentines; 4. Valentine’s Day Coding Activity; 5. Geometry Valentine’s Day Cards; 6. Floating Candy Heart Experiment; 7. Heart Parachutes; 8. Valentine’s Day Bridge Challenge; 9. Valentine’s Candy Diffusion; 10. Candy Heart Math Catapult Challenge - hearts flying through the air and cupids arrows hitting the target -- this is what Valentine’s Day dreams are made of and a catapult STEM challenge makes it happen! This STEM challenge involves engineering, geometry, ratios, critical thinking, and teamwork! Valentine’s Day Craft Stick Catapult Create a heart-themed craft stick catapult to explore engineering and physics while celebrating Valentine’s Day. Launch candy hearts, pom-poms, or paper “love notes” and test how design changes affect the performance of your festive catapult. Nairn noted that around Valentine's Day, it's easy to find deals on activities for couples, such as dance classes. So get out and salsa , Nairn said. "It doesn't necessarily feel like exercise," she said, but dance is a great cardio activity. The most loved STEM challenge in our classroom is building catapults! While catapults were originally invented as weapons of war, this Valentine’s Day themed catapult challenge comes with a message of spreading love. As a class, we discuss the different necessary components of catapults and how they work (resources provided in our product Turn an everyday item into something heart-shaped and fun this Valentine’s Day with these creative binoculars made from toilet paper rolls! This craft is a playful way to recycle and create something your kids will love to use. The heart-shaped viewfinders add a special touch to the binoculars, making them perfect for Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be all about hearts and candy. Give the kids a fun science project that makes them work for the treats with this cute handmade catapult. Instructions are included on making one from basic office supplies or popsicle sticks. Which one will launch candy hearts further or faster? 14-Day Valentine’s Day STEM Activities Countdown: Choose one activity each day for continuous excitement! Incorporate into Lesson Plans : Add these into your STEM bundle for structured learning. Encourage Collaboration : Activities like building a tower of love or solving binary codes foster teamwork. Learn how to engineer candy heart catapults out of popsicle sticks today! Happy Valentine's Day! This video is part of our "Learn to love STEAM" series. STEA Here’s a quick video showing the catapults using large popsicle sticks. Pin Now, Save for Later. Once students have built their catapults, we draw the design and write about how the catapult works. Then it’s time to test the catapult with the recording page! After launching, engage in discussion about this simple machine. Little scientists can build a popsicle stick catapult that really launches. This is an engineering project kids will beg to build over and over again. 20 Valentine's Day activities for kids: STEAM arts & crafts, candy heart activities, hands-on math, and science experiments for February. Tiffany Warrington People with a similar taste Heart Bubble Wrap Printing: Paint a heart onto bubble wrap (bubble side up), and add as many colors or patterns as desired. Press a piece of paper on the heart and carefully peel it away. Alternatively, you can draw a large heart on paper and press sections of painted bubble wrap onto the heart outline like a stamp. Looking for a fun class Valentine's Day Party activity? Check out this easy Valentine's Day Conversation Heart Catapult where the kids can launch candy! Valentine’s M&M’s or other Valentine’s candy; Jumbo craft sticks; Rubber bands; Plastic spoons; Plastic cups (optional) Masking tape (optional) Sharpies (optional) For younger patrons, have students gather into groups of two or three and create one catapult based on this design by Devin Collier. Once students have created their catapults Little scientists can build a popsicle stick catapult that really launches. This is an engineering project kids will beg to build over and over again. Valentine’s M&M’s or other Valentine’s candy; Jumbo craft sticks; Rubber bands; Plastic spoons; Plastic cups (optional) Masking tape (optional) Sharpies (optional) For younger patrons, have students gather into groups of two or three and create one catapult based on this design by Devin Collier. Once students have created their catapults
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