10 Ways to Use Candy for Learning

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Kids love candies! I mean who doesn’t, right?

Candies are not just sweet, yummy, and gummy but they can be a great tool for learning too! Be amazed by these 10 ways we’ve gathered on how you can use candies for learning…

Go ahead and read to know more about these 10 awesome and fun ways to use candy for learning! — Let’s get the candy fun learning started!

These 10 super fun ways to use candy for learning are going to be epic! Your kids will not just satisfy their sweet tooth, they’ll also be able to have fun and learn too!

Be sure to replenish your pantries for these 10 fun ways to learn with kids using candy. Let’s go!

Easy and Fun Ways to Use Candy for Learning

1. BALLOON EXPERIMENTS WITH CANDY

Try this awesome balloon experiment with candies by Learn Play Imagine and it will be an instant favorite! All you need to have is some balloons in different colors, soda, Nerds, and Pop Rocks, and you’ll be able to teach kids simple Science in a fun way!

Indoors or outdoors, you’ll never get bored doing this Science experiment with candy again and again.

Have fun with this awesome balloon experiment with candy, again and again! — Inflating balloons can never be this easy!

2. CANDY BINGO

Make your afternoon play more fun by trying out this candy bingo game by Kids Activities Blog. It’s always cool to add a “candy” twist to your play!

You might need a lot of candy reinforcements for this game in case more kids come in to play!

Try to use candies when you play Bingo as shown in these super awesome Candy Bingo game! — Remember to play bingo not to eat the candies…

3. CANDY CHROMATOGRAPHY

Let’s learn science with this fun and awesome candy chromatography experiment by Mama Miss. What does chromatography mean? Chromatography is a technique for separating different substances.

For this experiment, you’ll need to prepare the following:

Plastic tray – to keeo all the water contained
One box of Nerds cany – this works best!
Droppers
Coffee filters – you can get one in Amazon
Small bowl of water
Paper towels

Just follow all the steps on the link above and make sure to have fun!

Learn this super fun and awesome candy chromatography with your kids! — Look at those cool colors!

4. M&M CANDY EXPERIMENT

Let’s dissolve the M off of an M&M candy with this awesome M&M candy experiment by Coffee Cups and Crayons. All you need to have is a bowl of water and M&Ms!

This simple Science experiment is absolutely for keeps! Yay!

Have fun with this super awesome Dissolve the M off an MM science experiment! — Where did the ‘M’ go?

5. SINK OR FLOAT CANDY EXPERIMENT

There will be no boring moments with this fun and awesome sink or float candy experiment activity by Reading Confetti! And it’s so simple too!

All you need to have is just a pen and paper and a selection of candy bars, of course.

Kids will learn about forming hypotheses and testing their ideas. How cool is that?

Which do you think will float or sink on this super awesome and fun candy bar experiment! — Which candy bar do you think will sink?

6. ERUPTING ART WITH CANDY

Kids will surely love this super fun and awesome erupting art candy activity by Learn Play Imagine! All you need to have is a clear soda, Mentos, tempura paint, and watercolor paper.

Watch as different small geysers form in different colors as you do this candy activity. It will be a treat to your kids for sure!

Try this super awesome, fun, and colorful erupting art candy experiment with your kids! — Why don’t you try the color blue? or yellow? pink!

7. THE GROWING GUMMY CANDY EXPERIMENT

Got leftover gummies from Halloween and Easter parties? Worry no more! Try this super fun and awesome growing gummy candy experiment by Mama Smiles.

Microwave these gummies to melt, stir them up, then watch what happens the next morning! Hmmm…

Let your gummy bear grow bigger with this super fun and awesome growing gummy candy experiment! — Did my gummy grow bigger?

8. BUILDING STUCTURES WITH CANDY PUMPKINS

Enhance your kid’s creativity with these super fun and easy building structures with candy pumpkins by Lemon Lime Adventures! Imagine the different forms and structures that your kids can create as they do this activity.

Toothpicks and candy pumpkins are just the cost to start. Fun!

Build amazing structures with this super fun and easy building structures with candy pumpkins! — Look at that amazing 3D structure!

9. SINKING MARSHMALLOW EXPERIMENT

Naturally, marshmallow floats because they are filled with air. Can you make them sink? Learn from the results of this sinking marshmallow experiment by Parenting blog. It’s super easy, that it can be done in just 5-10 minutes! You just need to prepare the following:

Mini marshmallows
Bowl of water
Cornstarch

Make sure to do the experiment on a flat surface and you may use a spoon if needed.

Watch if a marshmallow really sinks on this fun and awesome sinking marshmallow experiment! — Wait, what did just happen?

10. CANDY CANES

What a fun and awesome way to use leftover candy canes in a science experiment by A Mom With A Lesson Plan.

While kids develop curiosity about what will happen with the candy canes as they go along with the experiment, informal teaching and bonding moments happen too! Awesome right?!