Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

This is a fun and inexpensive project and it's a great way for your child to build basic geometry skills, like shape recognition and pattern/angle familiarity.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

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

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

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.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!