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Flowers will brighten up anyone's day! Share the joy of spring by making a picture of a vase with fun 3-D flowers that will never wilt.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

St. Patrick's Day may be all about the 'luck" of the Irish, but this project encourages your child to share her personal experience with luck.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

This project determines whether Styrofoam, paper, or plastic cups are best for preventing ice from melting.

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

It's rhyme time! With this science fair project idea, your child will find out which words can be considered easy rhyming words, and why.

How does water pressure change with depth? Kids learn how pressure works underwater with this cool and easy demo.

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!

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Replace the butterfat and sugar of ice cream with the sublime sweetness of a frozen chocolate-covered banana.

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Looking for interesting craft projects using pipe cleaners? This easy art project will encourage the sculptor in your child.

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Help your child score points with a personalized message of her own. All it takes is a set of handmade letter tiles to create some word wall art.

Brrrrr! It's chilly outside. Now's the perfect time to create a snow globe. But, don't worry, you don't need glass for this dome.

Light up your home with this lightning bug craft that will keep glowing even after summer's gone!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

Wake up and create a fun, healthy snowman with your learner! As a family, create a snowman on your plate with yogurt, add some snowman accessories, and design a snowy environment.

Take your child outside during winter time and have them observe the leafless trees before having them make a watercolor of a tree or trees using masking tape. They’re sure to love their winter tree painting, plus they make lovely decorations in the home!

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

With a few creases and crimps, you can turn regular old aluminum foil into tin foil art!

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

This science fair project idea investigates if webbed feet help a duck (and others) swim.