Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

This fun first grade activity will make your child love vegetables (well, racing them anyway). Build a racecar from a zucchini and challenge the whole family!

Have a young architect or designer on your hands? Here's an easy activity for him to learn the basics of landscape and architecture while having fun!

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

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

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Building a rocket ship is a great way for kids to learn about measuring and construction. It'll fuel their creative side too!

Want to capture this year? Make a time capsule of this period in your child's life! You may just be surprised at what you find, when you dig it up next year...

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Your third grader will delight in making this creepy night-flying creature using a simple pom pom!