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Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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.

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Here's a great early reading and science activity for curious children. Learn how to plant your child's name in seeds for a growing writing activity!

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

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

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

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

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

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

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.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Bring the fun of gardening indoors! By stuffing a simple pair of pantyhose with a few grass seeds on top, your child can grow her very own plant pet.

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!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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.

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.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

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.

Here's an easy experiment that lets your first grader practice the scientific method, while watching a caterpillar eat.

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.