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Two-Ingredient Sensory Dough

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Two-Ingredient Sensory Dough

Pre-K

Life Science

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

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Two-Ingredient Sensory Dough

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Two-Ingredient Sensory Dough

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

Pre-K

Life Science

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Corn Maze STEM Challenge

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Corn Maze STEM Challenge

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

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Corn Maze STEM Challenge

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Corn Maze STEM Challenge

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Earth and Space Science

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Third Grade

Earth and Space Science

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Make Scented Pumpkins

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Make Scented Pumpkins

Pre-K

Handwriting

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

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Make Scented Pumpkins

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Make Scented Pumpkins

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Pre-K

Handwriting

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Create a Hibernating Bear Den

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Create a Hibernating Bear Den

Kindergarten

Measurement

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

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Create a Hibernating Bear Den

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Create a Hibernating Bear Den

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Kindergarten

Measurement

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How to Make a Bouncy Ball

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How to Make a Bouncy Ball

Third Grade

Physical Science

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

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How to Make a Bouncy Ball

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How to Make a Bouncy Ball

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Earth and Space Science

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Fourth Grade

Earth and Space Science

Engineering and Science Inquiry

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

Pre-K

Engineering and Science Inquiry

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Third Grade

Physical Science

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Build a Popsicle Stick Bridge

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Build a Popsicle Stick Bridge

Third Grade

Physical Science

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

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Build a Popsicle Stick Bridge

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Build a Popsicle Stick Bridge

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Third Grade

Physical Science

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Make a Self-Portrait from Nature

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Make a Self-Portrait from Nature

First Grade

Earth and Space Science

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

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Make a Self-Portrait from Nature

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Make a Self-Portrait from Nature

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

First Grade

Earth and Space Science

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

This homemade parachute toy is incredibly easy to build. Plus, it gives kids an excuse to investigate and experiment...the backbone of kindergarten science.

Kindergarten

Physical Science

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Make Four Season Trees!

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Make Four Season Trees!

Pre-K

Earth and Space Science

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

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Make Four Season Trees!

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Make Four Season Trees!

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

Pre-K

Earth and Space Science

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Earth and Space Science

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Pre-K

Earth and Space Science

Earth and Space Science

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Pre-K

Earth and Space Science

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Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon

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Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon

Third Grade

Physical Science

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

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Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon

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Vinegar and Baking Soda Balloon

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Third Grade

Physical Science

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Dinosaur Skeleton Hunt

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Dinosaur Skeleton Hunt

Third Grade

Life Science

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

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Dinosaur Skeleton Hunt

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Dinosaur Skeleton Hunt

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Got a young scientist at home? Try this project with him!Create your own molecule design with this home-made clay recipe and some toothpicks!

Got a young scientist at home? Try this project with him!Create your own molecule design with this home-made clay recipe and some toothpicks!

Physical Science

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Make Like a Bird and Nest

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Make Like a Bird and Nest

Kindergarten

Life Science

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

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Make Like a Bird and Nest

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Make Like a Bird and Nest

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Make a Handprint Butterfly

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Make a Handprint Butterfly

Kindergarten

Life Science

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

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Make a Handprint Butterfly

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Make a Handprint Butterfly

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

Second Grade

Life Science

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Create a Weather Mobile!

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Create a Weather Mobile!

Pre-K

Earth and Space Science

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

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Create a Weather Mobile!

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Create a Weather Mobile!

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Pre-K

Earth and Space Science

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How to Make a Water Wheel

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How to Make a Water Wheel

Fourth Grade

Physical Science

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

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How to Make a Water Wheel

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How to Make a Water Wheel

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Fourth Grade

Physical Science

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about arts & crafts science activities

On Education.com, arts & crafts science activities guide students in exploring scientific concepts through creative projects. These activities include experiments like baking soda volcanoes, growing salt crystals, chromatography art, magnet painting, and building balloon-powered cars. Each lesson combines hands-on materials with learning objectives that promote curiosity and enhance understanding of STEM principles in an engaging way.

Educators and parents can access printable worksheets, step-by-step guides, project ideas, and classroom resources that make STEM learning accessible and fun. These materials help structure science activities so children can experiment, observe, and analyze while doing creative crafts and art projects. Using these resources supports hands-on learning and encourages problem-solving, critical thinking, and scientific exploration.

By providing ready-to-use activities and demonstrations, students gain practical application of scientific concepts while expressing their creativity. Teachers and parents can enrich lessons with engaging projects that solidify learning and foster a love of experimentation. These resources make it easy to combine art and science, turning STEM education into an inspiring and educational experience.

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