Elementary School Arts & Crafts Science Activities

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

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.

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!

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

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

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.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

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

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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!

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

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

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

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.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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.

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

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

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

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

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.