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!

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

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 water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

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.

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

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.

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

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

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.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

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

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

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