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A knight made of tin foil battles a dragon drawing on a blue background with the word "create."
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How to Design Your Own Armor
Design and create a suit of armor using household materials.
June 5
A person stares into a chemical flask filled with a green liquid and three angry monsters.
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Poisonous Colors in Art
Beauty is pain? Meet the scientist who invented a green pigment that turned out to be deadly.
June 5
A sparkling, silver suit of armor with a box of onlookers in the background.
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How Did Armor Protect Knights?
What makes a helmet so strong and durable? Learn the tricks of the trade behind knights’ shining armor.
June 5
A tie-dye colored monster with drawn-on features on a green background with the word "create."
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How to Make a Color Monster
See where color comes from, then make like Dr. Frankenstein and create a color monster!
June 5
Illustration of screaming mandrake on a dark background with flowers.
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Are Magic Plants Real?
Some medieval people believed plants had magical properties. Is there a seed of truth hidden in these legends?
June 5
A page of pressed flowers and a drawing of medieval botanists examining plants on an orange background with the word "create."
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How to Make a Magic Garden
Travel back in time to invent your own magical plants and herbs.
June 5
An audience of horses in a theater watching a horse on a screen framed by red curtains.
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Was this the First Motion Picture?
Let’s roll back the tape to learn the history of the earliest moving images.
June 5
Colorful Post-It notes drawn with flora and fauna on a gray background with the word "create."
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How to Make a Flipbook
Become a film director and create your own mini motion picture.
June 5
A spotlit, blue-green beetle poses on a carpet.
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Art and Fashion Made from Bugs
Learn how artists were inspired by jewel beetles and the unexpected places we can find them at The Met.
June 5
A magnifying glass and drawings of flora and fauna surround the word "create" on a red background.
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How to Make Rainbow Art
Create iridescence at home using nail polish.
June 5