Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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

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!

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

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.

Try this fun and simple activity to help nurture your child's observation skills and nourish a growing love of science!

This activity will introduce your child to the four different components of blood and give him a fun way to visualize its properties.

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

Understanding absorption means understanding why certain fibers and materials can absorb water! Kids will see absorption in action in this simple project.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

In this game, players will learn interesting facts about animal adaption and practice them using a fun matching card game!

Kids conduct a simple birdseed experiment to figure out what kinds of birds live nearby in this fun science activity.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

For a fun family activity to introduce your child to genetics, have your child go on a search for dominant and recessive family genes!

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.

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Cherries usually burst with flavor, but in this science experiment they burst with osmotic pressure. This science activity will blow your curious kid's mind!

Kids will conduct a cool limewater carbon dioxide test that can be performed with common household materials to learn about the chemistry of this common gas.

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

This cool and easy elementary school science fair project idea provides the basic information on the use of our senses to experience the world about us.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

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!

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

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.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Sink or swim? Calculate the density of various fruits and vegetables using water and a kitchen scale.

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.