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Two-Ingredient Sensory Dough

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Two-Ingredient Sensory Dough

Pre-K

Life Science

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.

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Two-Ingredient Sensory Dough

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Two-Ingredient Sensory Dough

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.

Pre-K

Life Science

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Make Scented Pumpkins

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Make Scented Pumpkins

Pre-K

Handwriting

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

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Make Scented Pumpkins

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Make Scented Pumpkins

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

Pre-K

Handwriting

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Create a Hibernating Bear Den

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Create a Hibernating Bear Den

Kindergarten

Measurement

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

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Create a Hibernating Bear Den

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Create a Hibernating Bear Den

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

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!

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!

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Make Like a Bird and Nest

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Make Like a Bird and Nest

Kindergarten

Life Science

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

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Make Like a Bird and Nest

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Make Like a Bird and Nest

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

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

Trick your eye with this easy-to-make animation flip book! It's a fun way to learn about persistence of vision and is creative enough to entertain anyone.

Trick your eye with this easy-to-make animation flip book! It's a fun way to learn about persistence of vision and is creative enough to entertain anyone.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

Second Grade

Life Science

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Create a Shoebox Habitat

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Create a Shoebox Habitat

First Grade

Life Science

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

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Create a Shoebox Habitat

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Create a Shoebox Habitat

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

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.

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.

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!

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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!

Pre-K

Life Science

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!

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Make a Plastic Cup Monster!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Second Grade

Life Science

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Build a Pine Cone Bird Feeder!

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Build a Pine Cone Bird Feeder!

Kindergarten

Life Science

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

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Build a Pine Cone Bird Feeder!

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Build a Pine Cone Bird Feeder!

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

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

Pre-K

Life Science

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

Second Grade

Life Science

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

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

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Craft a Butterfly and Chrysalis

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

Second Grade

Life Science

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Make a Milk Carton Bird House

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Make a Milk Carton Bird House

First Grade

Life Science

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

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Make a Milk Carton Bird House

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Make a Milk Carton Bird House

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

First Grade

Life Science

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Watch Your Garden Grow

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Watch Your Garden Grow

Kindergarten

Life Science

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.

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Watch Your Garden Grow

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Watch Your Garden Grow

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.

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

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

Third Grade

Life Science

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Make Rose Petal Beads

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Make Rose Petal Beads

Third Grade

Life Science

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

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Make Rose Petal Beads

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Make Rose Petal Beads

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Third Grade

Life Science

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Make Your Own Edible Play Dough

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Make Your Own Edible Play Dough

Pre-K

Life Science

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

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Make Your Own Edible Play Dough

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Make Your Own Edible Play Dough

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

Pre-K

Life Science

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Praying Mantis Anatomy

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Praying Mantis Anatomy

Pre-K

Life Science

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

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Praying Mantis Anatomy

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Praying Mantis Anatomy

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

Pre-K

Life Science

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Fruit and Vegetable Prints

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Fruit and Vegetable Prints

Kindergarten

Life Science

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

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Fruit and Vegetable Prints

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Fruit and Vegetable Prints

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Chromatography for Kids

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Chromatography for Kids

Kindergarten

Life Science

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

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Chromatography for Kids

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Chromatography for Kids

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

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Make a Soda Bottle Greenhouse

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Make a Soda Bottle Greenhouse

Kindergarten

Life Science

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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Make a Soda Bottle Greenhouse

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Make a Soda Bottle Greenhouse

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Dinosaur Skeleton Hunt

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Dinosaur Skeleton Hunt

Third Grade

Life Science

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

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Dinosaur Skeleton Hunt

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Dinosaur Skeleton Hunt

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

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

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

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

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

First Grade

Life Science

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Make a Magnet Painting

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Make a Magnet Painting

Kindergarten

Life Science

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

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Make a Magnet Painting

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Make a Magnet Painting

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

Kindergarten

Life Science

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Make a Handprint Butterfly

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Make a Handprint Butterfly

Kindergarten

Life Science

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.

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Make a Handprint Butterfly

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Make a Handprint Butterfly

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.

Kindergarten

Life Science

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About Arts & Crafts Life Science Activities

On Education.com, arts & crafts life science activities combine creativity with biology, offering hands-on projects that explore concepts like animal anatomy, plant growth, human body systems, and ecosystems. Resources include printable lesson plans, activity guides, and classroom ideas that make abstract scientific concepts tangible and engaging for students. These materials are designed to enhance both scientific understanding and artistic expression, encourage exploration, and support experiential learning in a structured classroom or at home.

Arts & crafts life science worksheets and math exercises often incorporate hands-on experiments, model-building, and plant or animal studies to connect scientific principles with artistic projects. Educators and parents can access templates, craft instructions, and observation lessons that foster problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity while making science fun and accessible. These resources also provide adaptable activities suitable for different ages and learning environments.

By using onsite arts & crafts life science activities, teachers and parents can save planning time and access structured resources that support hands-on exploration and experiential learning. Materials are designed to make science education engaging, accessible, and practical, encouraging learners to observe, experiment, and create while deepening their understanding of natural sciences.

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