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

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

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.

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.

Making your own glass cleaner is easy, effective and inexpensive!

By using static electricity generated from their body, a child can cause a small fluorescent lamp bulb to light up!

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.

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

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

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

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Teach your kids about entropy with this fun, easy exercise, and teach your money to dance while you're at it!

How sensitive is your skin? Here's a fourth grade science experiment that lets your child figure it out.

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Help your second grade scientist explore the timely topic of wind speed using a version of the classic Beaufort Scale.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

The next time you've got a restless second grade earth scientist on your hands, use this experiment to demonstrate crystals and make a tasty treat, too!

How to test for acids and bases? In this activity you and your child can make your own indicator from red cabbage!

Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!