Elementary School Construction & Sculpture Science Activities

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

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

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