Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

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.

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

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.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

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!

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.

Trick your eye with this easy-to-make animation flip book! It's a fun way to learn about persistence of vision and is creative enough to entertain anyone.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

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

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.