Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

The garden is the perfect place to practice math and science with preschoolers. Get digging (and counting, sorting, observing at the same time!)

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

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.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

This super fun science project, perfect for young children, combines crafts, dressing up as animals, outdoor play, and life science learning.

Have your kid build an ice sculpture in this activity that's so fast, fun, and messy it's the perfect way to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be!

It's easy to plant your own in-home container garden! This planter contains pizza-themed herbs and is a perfect early gardening activity for kindergarteners.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

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

Help your child hunt and capture bugs to observe to practice important science skills and satisfy her curiosity simultaneously!

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

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

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

Help your preschooler practice observing and experimenting with this exciting activity where they'll get to examine objects below the water's surface!

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

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!

Help your preschooler craft a homemade wind spinning device--a surefire to make your backyard sparkle, and teach her a bit about weather!

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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.

Plant a mini herb garden and teach your child about science and nature.

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).

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Get ready for a yummy taste test! Just pour the milk -- and make sure you have some chocolate chip cookies on hand.

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

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

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!