Create a herd of pachyderms to parade across a dresser or tabletop and take the opportunity to teach your kid a little bit about these majestic mammals.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

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

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

Make a kaleidoscope at home to teach your child about the color spectrum and mirror science.

Create this homemade slinky snake from recycled materials. It can move and slither about like the real thing!

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

Learn about dehydration with a wonderful craft project that you can do together, and enjoy this unique doll for years to come!

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

This nature craft is a great way for your child to learn about the fall season and make a festive decoration to display in your home.

Take a look at this oogly-googly eye Halloween craft! Have your child tweak the design to learn about balance and counterbalance with this crazy-eyed creature.

Make a paper jack-o'-lantern treat bucket this Halloween! While crafting, your kid will learn about the process of creating self-standing sculptural objects.

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Forget toy stores! Show your first or second grader how to make a vehicle out of fruit from a neighbor's tree or local farmers' market.

Help your child make her very own clock with a recycled, thrift store find to give as a gift or keep for yourself!

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

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.

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!

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

Build a paper boat that's modeled on the ones used to cross the Nile River in ancient Egypt!

Keep your child active this summer by transforming old milk jugs into scoops and newspaper into a ball with this exciting game of catch!

Your third grader will love both recreating and dressing up as his favorite reptile with this frightening crocodile jaw costume!

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

Make a Duct Tape Wallet: This activity provides kids great practice in following directions and makes for a fun homemade gift.

Here's a salt dough recipe that can be used to make ghostly character sticks for fun Halloween decor.

Your child will have a blast creating this adorable black cat with a cardboard tube and some pipe cleaners. A perfect craft for Halloween decorating!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year by making your very own lucky pot of (chocolate!) gold in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.