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

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Make meringues with your first grader and see how states of matter can transform before your very eyes. Here's how:

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

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Chemistry is a blast with this backyard bomb made from a sandwich bag. All you need are ingredients from the pantry to create a satisfying, and safe, explosion.

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

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.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

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.

Make some easy homemade yogurt with your young scientist, and see what a few 'live' bacteria can do in the right conditions!

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

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

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Learn how to grow an avocado plant indoors with your 1st grader in this hands-on gardening activity.

Kids will explore the corrosiveness of soda in this cool science fair project by leaving pennies submerged in soda overnight.

In this science fair project, you'll make a "ghost" appear in a test tube, and learn about what happens when hot water and cold water interact.

Check out this silly game that will put your kid's animal habitat knowledge (and acting skills) to the test.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

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.

With this cool floating rocks project, your child will get some hands-on experience with buoyancy and learn why certain rocks like pumice are able to float.

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