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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

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

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

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

In this activity, your child will learn about a style of gardening that uses moss, also called "kokedama."

In this design thinking activity, your child will choose an animal to research, learn about the animal’s habitat, and then replicate the animal's habitat using household items.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

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.

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

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.

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

Study the life cycle of the common blowfly as it relates to forensic investigation. Record the first time you see flies, maggots, and eggs.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

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

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!

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

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.

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.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

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

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

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.

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

In this outdoor science activity you'll find tips on how to create a nature journal by choosing a native plant or animal and tracking that species.

Nature is the greatest teacher, and you can help facilitate the lesson! Here's how to create a supply backpack to get your kid ready for science action!