Hands-On Learning At Home
Play Packs are all-in-one kits created by our museum educators to provide hands-on learning at home! Presented by GEICO Cares, each Play Pack contains multiple activities and easy-to-follow instructions. We provide the tools—your child’s creativity and imagination brings it to life! In addition to the main activities provided in your kit, we extend the fun by providing bonus activities, related videos, and exclusive content in our Play Pack Pals Facebook group.
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New: Magical Mysteries
Welcome to The Iowa Children’s Museum Academy of Magical Mysteries! Grab your wand and cauldron (and don’t forget your magical pet!) as we learn enchanting spells, complete bewitching activities, and discover the magic all around us.
This peculiar parcel contains everything your child needs for a magical adventure, including four magic-themed activities and bonus content that explores art and science concepts. Easy-to-follow instructions and creative prompts will help the children in your life conjure up their own fun!
Activities:
- This Wand Has Chosen You: Start your magical adventure by assembling your Magic Wand and Book of Lore.
- Pick Your Pet: Discover animals with a magical history and create one of your very own.
- Rainbowl Revealium: This magical potion creates a swirling rainbow before your eyes!
- Reducto Redinko: Learn this enchantment to shrink magical objects.
For a limited time, you can receive all four magical activities as well as bonus content for just $40 thanks to support from GEICO Cares. Don’t let this magical adventure disappear; keep your wand at the ready as we solve Magical Mysteries!
Purchasing with an ICM electronic gift card? Click here
Crash Course in Engineering
Let’s go to dizzying heights, get lost in puzzling mazes, and build your child’s knowledge of STEM concepts! This Play Pack gets kids’ gears turning about what it means to be an engineer.
We provide everything your child needs for screen-free learning and STEM-related fun. This Play Pack has four engineering-themed activities that spark creativity while exploring the basics of physics, construction, and problem solving. Easy-to-follow instructions provide guidance while also allowing each child to be the engineers of their own fun.
Activities:
- DIY Roller Coaster: Create twists and turns in your very own marble run roller coaster!
- Tallest Tower: Learn about structures, then use cups, blocks, and other craft supplies to build the tallest tower.
- Engineer a Bridge: Be a civil engineer! Design and construct a bridge that bears weight.
- Puzzling Mazes: Make and master a maze that will puzzle your friends.
For a limited time, you can receive all four activities as well as bonus content for just $40 thanks to support from GEICO Cares.
Purchasing with an ICM electronic gift card? Click here
Out of This World
Is your little astronaut ready to look to the skies, explore our universe, and discover what it takes to spend a day in space? We “launched” our Play Pack program with an Out of This World theme and exploring the mysteries of the universe.
This kit has everything your child needs for a cosmic adventure. As your child completes their missions, they will learn how to communicate ideas, gain motor coordination, express themselves through art, build problem solving skills, and more!
Activities:
- Train to be an Astronaut: Explore the ins and outs of a day in the life of an astronaut as you conduct experiments and complete zero-gravity tasks.
- Star Stuff: Explore constellations and use chalk to discover the stars through the lens of artist Vincent Van Gogh.
- To the Moon: Create your own lunar module and help astronauts safely land on earth’s natural satellite—the moon!
- Make Your Own Flight Deck: Control your very own space mission with this DIY flight deck creation.
For a limited time, you can receive all four activities as well as bonus content for just $40 thanks to support from GEICO Cares.
Purchasing with an ICM electronic gift card? Click here!
Coming Soon: New Play Pack Themes
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