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Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

This first grade science activity brings the green grass of early spring inside while teaching your child about the cycles of growth.

Make your own marshmallows and mix up some very interesting third grade chemistry lessons while you're at it!

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

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

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.

Give your child an introduction to food preservation by making and canning your own yummy, homemade pasta sauce!

Could there be toxic chemicals lurking in the cupboards and closets of your home?

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective 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!

Show your fourth grader how to see her heart in action. Make a simple device out of a drinking straw and clay to help her spot the movement of her pulse!

Clouds are formed when warm and cold air meet. Here's a way for kids to see it all up close!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

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.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

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

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

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.

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

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.

Invite your third grader to do taste test science to observe how a strawberry tastes when it is paired with various condiments. The results may be surprising!

In this project, you'll build a model of the earth, complete with all seven continents and four major oceans.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

This taste buds science experiment demonstrates how strongly our sense of smell controls what we taste.

In this science fair project, students create their own miniature salt flats at home.

In this insulation experiment, you'll learn which clothes keep you warm in the cold, and which make you shiver.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

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