Life Science Arts & crafts Activities

Create Changing Leaves Scratch Art

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.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Create a Fish Art Print!

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Create a Fish Art Print!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

1st grade

Science

Activity

Give Birds a Feast with This Suet Feeder

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Give Birds a Feast with This Suet Feeder

Feed your birds from kitchen leftovers and give your first grader some excellent scientific practice in identifying our feathered friends.

1st grade

Science

Activity

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!

3rd grade

Science

Activity

Hammered Flower Prints

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Hammered Flower Prints

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

4th grade

Science

Activity

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.

2nd grade

Science

Activity

Create a Coiling Snake

Activity

Create a Coiling Snake

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

5th grade

Science

Activity

Build a Terrarium

Activity

Build a Terrarium

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

2nd grade

Science

Activity

Make a Milk Carton Bird House

Activity

Make a Milk Carton Bird House

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

1st grade

Science

Activity

Lung Model

Activity

Lung Model

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

4th grade

Science

Activity

Make Spider Web Art!

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Make Spider Web Art!

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

3rd grade

Science

Activity

Create Beetle Mania

Activity

Create Beetle Mania

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

2nd grade

Science

Activity

Crab Craft

Activity

Crab Craft

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Audubon Adventure: Record the Natural World

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Audubon Adventure: Record the Natural World

Here's an arts and crafts guide for your high-school teenager that'll help her create a naturalist drawing and painting.

High school

Science

Activity

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.

1st grade

Science

Activity

Make a Desktop Desert Terrarium

Activity

Make a Desktop Desert Terrarium

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

1st grade

Science

Activity

Alfalfa Friends

Activity

Alfalfa Friends

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

3rd grade

Science

Activity

Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model

Activity

Make a Bendable Spinal Column Model

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

4th grade

Science

Activity

Bottle Terrarium

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Bottle Terrarium

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

4th grade

Science

Activity

Soda Bottle Planter

Activity

Soda Bottle Planter

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.

4th grade

Science

Activity

Recycled Wire Hanger Bird Feeder

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Recycled Wire Hanger Bird Feeder

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

4th grade

Science

Activity

Dye Eggs with Onion Skins

Activity

Dye Eggs with Onion Skins

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

2nd grade

Science

Activity

Make Leaf Rubbing Gift Cards

Activity

Make Leaf Rubbing Gift Cards

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

1st grade

Science

Activity

Orange Bird Feeder

Activity

Orange Bird Feeder

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

3rd grade

Science

Activity

Create a Flip Book!

Activity

Create a Flip Book!

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.

Science

Activity

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