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!

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

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

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

This craft is an excellent way to learn about African-American history, and it also provides fine motor practice.

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!

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

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

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

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

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.

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

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

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

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).

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

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.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.