Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

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

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.

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.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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.

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

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.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

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.

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

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

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

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.