Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Help your kindergartener develop his sequencing skills in this activity that teaches him about a story's beginning, middle, and end.

This project explores whether plants can live and grow when "watered" with juice, soda, or milk.

This is a quick, easy science fair project that conveys the idea of density to preschool and early elementary children.

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

In this project children discover, identify, and sort seeds from a variety of fruits and vegetables

In this science project, young children observe, record, and create collections of colors in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Stamp out the sameness of learning the ABC's for your kindergartener. Make 26 letter sponge stamps and create projects with him to practice.

Could your child’s room use a little bit more firecracker sparkle? Add an explosion of glow-in-the-dark color with this spectacular mason jar craft.

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

This paper project is sure to hit a home run with your sporty kid.

In this science fair experiment, children demonstrate the relationship between the amount of stuff and the amount of pressure in a closed system.

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

In this science fair project, kids observe the expansion of liquids when frozen and determine if some liquids expand more than others in the freezing process.

This science project teaches young students about germs, bacteria, and the importance of washing their hands. Students will test what is the best way to wash.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Help your child explore their imagination and self-image with a larger-than-life-size self-portrait!

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

Add a little island flavor to your next lazy afternoon with a Hawaiian arts and craft project!

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Looking for a funky new way to paint? Try paint dough, a sparkling pasty paint made from just three kitchen ingredients!

What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using their fingerprints!

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Looking for a last minute gift? This homemade candle holder is a breeze to make, and its pretty glow really brightens up a room. A great craft project.