Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

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

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Create a bee garden to help shelter bees in your area.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

Create your own cloud with an activity that will explain how important concepts such as evaporation, condensation, and precipitation work.

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

Who says snow globes are just for winter? Help your child create a summer version with this fun art project!

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

Science fair project that helps you create your own compost pile in order to test the efficiency of different methods of composting.

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

In this cool project, create a lighted, scale model of the different layers of the Sun, including the core, radiation and convection zones, and photosphere.

Your child can use leaves and grass to create his own outdoor art in celebration of Earth Day...all he needs are is the great outdoors and some creativity!

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!