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.

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

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 periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.

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.

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

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.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

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

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.

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

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

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!