I don't have a linen closet. If you come to my house, I won't be able to open one magically closet door and get you the towels and sheets you need.

Whew . . . that felt good to get off my chest.

Why don't I have a linen closet, you ask?

Because I stock my linen closet with science and homeschooling supplies - call it the hazards of the job.

It won't always be that way - one day my babies will graduate and I will ball as I put the towels and sheets back into the linen closet, but that's not what this post is about.

This post is about filling a shelf {or a closet} with science supplies.

In this month's homeschool science tip, I shared my number one tip for experiments - have the supplies you need on hand - and I suggested that you keep a science supply cabinet.

But what should you stock that cabinet with? Here are 100 ideas to get you started!

100 Useful items for a science supply cabinet

1. 6-volt light bulb
2. Alligator clips
3. Aluminum pans
4. Aquarium Tubing
5. Balloons (Round, Tube-shaped, and with a globe on it)
6. Bandana / Blindfold
7. Batteries (6-volt, 9-volt, and D-cell)
8. Beads
9. Beady eyes
10. Beans
11. Bird Seed
12. Blank Notebooks
13. Blue Gel Glue
14. Borax
15. Bottle caps
16. Bouncy balls
17. Bubbles
18. Buttons
19. Candles
20. Carbon Paper
21. CDs
22. Chalk
23. Chocolate bars
24. Chopsticks
25. Clothespins
26. Coffee Filters
27. Colored Pencils
28. Combs
29. Compass
30. Copper wire (Bare and Insulated)
31. Corks
32. Cotton balls
33. Cups (Clear Plastic and Paper)
34. Curling Ribbon
35. Detergent (Powdered)
36. Dimes
37. Dissection Kit Tools
38. Dowel Rods
39. Dryer Sheets
40. Epsom Salts
41. Erasers
42. Eye droppers
43. Felt Squares
44. Flashlights (Mini and Full Size)
45. Foam balls
46. Foil muffin cups
47. Food coloring
48. Forks
49. Funnels
50. Glitter
51. Gloves
52. Golf balls
53. Hydrogen Peroxide
54. Iodine swabs
55. Iron nails
56. Jars with lids (Plastic and Glass)
57. Liquid Bluing
58. Magnets (Bar, Horseshoe, and Neodymium)
59. Magnifying Glasses
60. Marbles
61. Matches
62. Measuring tapes
63. Mentos
64. Mirrors
65. Mist bottle
66. Modeling Clay
67. Needles
68. Paper clips
69. Pebbles
70. Pens
71. Pencils
72. Pennies
73. Permanent Markers
74. pH paper
75. Pins
76. Ping-pong balls
77. Pipe Cleaners
78. Plaster of Paris
79. Plastic Baggies (Large and Small)
80. Rock Salt
81. Rubber bands
82. Rubbing Alcohol
83. Safety Glasses
84. Slides with Cover Slips
85. Sponges
86. Spoons
87. Steel Wool
88. Straws
89. String
90. Suction Cups
91. Tape
92. Tennis balls
93. Thermometers (Instant and Student)
94. Test Tubes
95. Toothpicks
96. Tweezers
97. Wooden Spools
98. Wool
99. Yarn
100. Yeast

Need some help with experiments?

Check out the following posts:

• 5 Tips for doing experiments at home
• Do I really have to do experiments?