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This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

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

Teach your child how to make her own buzzer using only a button and a string.

Make a kaleidoscope at home to teach your child about the color spectrum and mirror science.

This fun craft is perfect to do in the spring, and opens up the opportunity to teach your child about birds.

Teach your kids about colors and patterns while creating a beautiful work of art.

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

Teach your fourth grader how to craft her own decorative felt eggs, a perfect way to symbolize spring and new beginnings!

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Create a herd of pachyderms to parade across a dresser or tabletop and take the opportunity to teach your kid a little bit about these majestic mammals.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

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

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.

Make a batch of chocolate clay to teach kids the art of molding and sculpting. Working with their hands has never been this much fun.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Here's a salt dough recipe that can be used to make ghostly character sticks for fun Halloween decor.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

This valentine bag craft makes a chic little pouch that holds cards and treats. Fall in love with this valentine bag craft this February.

Kids can celebrate Veterans Day by making a mosaic American flag out of jelly beans in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this second grade shamrock tote bag craft.

Your preschooler or kindergartener will learn about Thanksgiving and the symbolic Fall cornucopia with this festive homemade decoration activity!

Create a piece of public art on a movable wall. This scrap paper mosaic is made on a board that can be displayed just about anywhere.

Keep your child active this summer by transforming old milk jugs into scoops and newspaper into a ball with this exciting game of catch!