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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

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

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

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