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

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

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.

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

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

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

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

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

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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

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

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

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

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!