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Have you ever wanted to know how experts identify fingerprints? This quick activity will make your fingerprints giant, to make clues easy to spot!

The soma cube is a tricky puzzle! First, you’ll glue some cubes together into strange shapes. Then see if you can get those shapes to come together!

This cardboard doll loves to leap! It takes a bit of crafting, but the results will make you jump for joy.

Unripe bananas are green, ripe ones are yellow and overripe bananas are brown. But can you make a banana that’s half brown and half yellow?

Oranges are delicious and packed with vitamin C. Their peel is also packed with a flashy, flammable chemical secret!

Rulers are great at measuring straight lines, but how do you measure a curvy line? Here’s one way, using a wonderfully messy diagram!

Do you have a favourite mug? This is my favourite. Not only does it hold my hot chocolate, it has a wicked tricky puzzle on it!

Here’s an old game with a modern twist! Compete with your friends to pop the last bubble.

By Beth Askham Why not try your hand at some food science? It’s as easy as apple pie to make these fruit straps. Then, pop the fruits of your work in your lunchbox as a sweet and delicious snack.

Most people are a lot larger than a piece of paper. But in this activity, you’ll be able to squeeze through a hole in a sheet of paper. With practice, you might even be able to fit through a hole in a business card!