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

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

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

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

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!

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

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.

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

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.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

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

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

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

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

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

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

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

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

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

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.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

Kindergarten algebra is a lot different than high school. In kindergarten math, algebra means grouping like things, or noticing what doesn't belong in a set.