STEAM Themed Crafts for Preschool Storytimes

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Right now my library is working on a STEAM grant that we got for 2018, and one of my tasks to help the team is to gather up ideas for STEAM elements to be added to our rotating storyboxes. Storyboxes are bins that get sent weekly from one library branch to another, sharing books, DVDs, CDs, flannelboard sets, song lyrics and craft ideas around a theme. Librarians and techs use the materials in the boxes to put together their storytimes for the week. For 2018, we want our storyboxes to reflect our library's STEAM emphasis. So I'm working on finding ideas that librarians and tech specialists can use when putting their bins together.

Here's what I've got so far:

Seasons, Trees: Make Four Season Trees!
https://www.education.com/activity/article/Make_Four_Season_Trees/

Sound: Paper cup string phone
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/talk-through-a-string-telephone-bring-science-home/

Nutrition: Healthy Food Hunt and Paper Plate Collage
https://www.education.com/activity/article/healthy-food-hunt/

Wind: Paper Plate Wind Spinner
https://www.education.com/activity/article/construct-paper-plate-wind-spinner/

Weather: Make a Weather Mobile
https://www.education.com/activity/article/weather-mobile-kindergarten/

Insects: Praying Mantis anatomy
https://www.education.com/activity/article/human-bodies-insect-bodies/

Space: Alphabet Spaceship
http://theinspiredhome.org/space-books-for-preschoolers/

Physics: Balloon Rockets
Just need a balloon, a straw, a string and some tape. Fill balloon with air, watch the force of air pushing out of the balloon cause the balloon to fly in the opposite direction. Shows Newton’s Third Law.
http://krokotak.com/2013/04/balloon-rocket/

Static Electricity: Make a butterfly hug a balloon
Need tissue paper, regular paper, cardboard or cardstock, balloon, glue
http://iheartcraftythings.com/static-electricity-butterfly-experiment.html

Human Body: put parts where thye’re supposed to go on a large drawing of a body
http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/all-about-me-preschool-science.html

Arachnids: make spiders with cupcake liners (or paper) and googly eyes and string
http://iheartcraftythings.com/cupcake-liner-spider-craft-for-kids.html

Crabs/Ocean Animals: Cupcake Liner Crabs
http://iheartcraftythings.com/cupcake-liner-crab-craft-kids.html

Jellyfish/Ocean: Paper Plate and String Jellyfish (you could also use strips of tissue paper)
http://nontoygifts.com/paper-plate-jellyfish-craft-kids/

If there is anything you think I am missing, please comment below! I'm looking for more ideas. Thanks!

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