You can make the pretty flowers at home to bring some handmade beauty to the home décor or for a party table too. Here are these cute spring flowers that you can make with the scrapbook paper and green straws. The scrapbook paper is turned into flowers with the cookie-cutter shape with straw working as the stem of these flowers. Pour the red water into the sink. Dispose of the cups and the straws in the trash. You can dry your modeling clay and reuse it. What Happened? The little girls love to make pretty and colorful bracelets and this time you can make these drinking straw bracelets. So get your hands on some colorful straws and cut three to four pieces out of one straw then work up these straw pieces through the colorful thread with a wooden bead clasp and your bracelet is ready. Details here! Have your partner sit or stand still, so you can listen to their heartbeat. Place the stethoscope's sensor heard or one end of the cardboard tube on your partner's chest, slightly to the left. Place the earpieces in your ears. Or, if using a cardboard tube, put your ear up to the other end of the tube. Listen carefully. Do you hear a steady beat? Move the tube around until you can find the heartbeat. In a pitcher, mix your water and food colouring to create your “red blood”. The exact amount of water is not important.

In the heart model, the mason jar is already filled with blood. When you press down on the balloon, or the muscle of the heart, blood squirts out. After you find your pulse, count the number of taps you feel in 10 seconds. Then simply multiply that number by 6 to calculate your heart rate per minute. My kids have been interested in the heart ever since we made the DIY stethoscope. This working pumping heart model was a great follow-up to the heartbeat activity! Here is another fun project to do with your kids for a fun summer day. They can have any near lying square-shaped box and then cover it with the colorful straw pieces. Cut the mini colorful pipe and cut them into small pieces and then glue them all over the box. They can use this box as a lovely keepsake for the pencils, colors and so much more.Try taking the closed balloon valve off the end of the straw and pump again, what happens? Why would this cause problems if it happened in a real heart? Research leaky heart valves, explore their consequences and how they are repaired. Once you have found a steady heartbeat, set the stopwatch for one minute, and hand it to your partner. Start counting your partner's heartbeats as soon as your partner presses 'Start' on the stopwatch. Now it's your turn to exercise! Do the same activity that your partner did for 15 minutes without stopping for a break.

Exercise makes our heart beat faster. When our bodies are working harder, we need a steady blood supply. Did you know that your heart is made up of muscles? Not just any muscles, though! The muscles that keep your heart pumping are called cardiac muscles. They are particularly strong and can work constantly without becoming tired or sore the way other muscles often do. Before each heartbeat, the heart fills with blood. Then its muscles contract and squeeze blood into the arteries, the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. Straws can be so much fun for art and craft purposes too. Here is this lovely woven drinking straw heart to make and have some fun with the kids. Grab some cute and colorful straws and with a few folds and twists, you have a heart ready. This woven drinking straw heart is going to be a fun project for the family weekend. Make a pretty heart straw hanging for your walls to bring some fun and chic vibes to your home décor. So grab cardboard and cut a heart shape out of it. Then get some colorful paper straws and paste them over this heart and with the help of the ribbon you can hang it over the walls. Details here!The heart is a special muscle that sends blood around your body. How exactly does the heart pump blood?