Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Use the activity below to help your child create bath salts as she observes how a solid changes when placed into a liquid.

This simple and creative arts and crafts activity is great for preschoolers or kindergarteners and uses recycled magazines or newspapers.

This arts and crafts activity will help your kindergartener with shape and color recognition.

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

Recycle your cereal boxes and engage your child's creativity with this fun arts and crafts project.

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

Create colorful paintings using the turntable on an old record player, and help your child experiment with color and movement!

Save money and get creative by helping your preschooler create and make her own unique sketchbook to put her art in.

Help your child get creative and collect leaves of various sizes and textures that she can use to make animal art.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

This little bumble bee is the perfect springtime party table decoration and is great practice for pattern-making, folding and cutting.

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

Kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school will love turning flower pots into homemade musical instruments in this fun and simple activity.

Help your fifth grader or middle school teenager transform spice tins into fridge magnets and pencil holders in this arts and crafts activity.

Your child can re-purpose any used (and cleaned) can into a colorful container to hold Dad's pens and pencils on his desk!

Inspired by colorful African drums and crafted from recyclable materials, these pencil holders will make a bold and charming addition to any desk set.

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

Party noise makers help you ring in the New Year loud and proud. These party noise makers are eco-friendly and festive for your holiday celebration.

Help your tween un-clutter her room with this fun project! Recycle and old pair of jeans and make an organizer to hang on the wall.

Using just a deck of old playing cards and some general craft supplies, you can create a unique and fun Valentine's Day decoration that's made with love.

In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.

This recycled craft makes a great addition to the dress-up box and is a two-in-one activity and party favor for princess-themed birthday parties.

Design and throw a boomerang in this exciting craft project!

Kids can put old magazines and unwanted clothing to good use by creating an Earth Day-themed multimedia collage in this eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

If you're trying to teach your child about waste and its impact on the environment, why not repurpose a plastic milk jug and make your own sandwich container?