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Celebrate Earth Day with a decorative tree made out of strictly reused and recycled materials.

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!

Give your child some practice with even numbers, while creating a cute Christmas keepsake. Create this skip counting book.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

No need to head to the toy store for her next stuffed animal once she has the skills to create her own!

This rainbow collage activity is a great way to practice using different materials to create texture. The completed craft is sure to brighten up any space.

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

Your child will have fun creating an Earth Day Plate that he can eat off as often as he likes!

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.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Checkerboard play challenges students to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking.

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

Not only will you and your kindergartener create a beautiful photo keepsake, you'll also have the chance to spend time together and relive special memories.

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

Have the kids make Mom a wooden "Love Box" for Mother's Day (or any other day!) to show her how much she means to everyone.

This science fair project demonstrates the magic of arches by challenging students to stack telephone books on top of eggs without breaking them.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

Your fifth grader will have a blast sewing this plush neck pillow--and he'll sure be glad to have it on long car or airplane trips!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

Give your science savvy kindergarten a lesson in plant science with this fun carnation experiment.

Create equations in this strategic math card game. Your second or third grader can practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in a new way!

These science fair experiments demonstrate the chemistry of rust and the oxidation process.

The objective of this science fair project is to experiment with balancing everyday objects and observing the the effects of gravity on materials.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

This science experiment tests whether warm or cold water works best in making cut flowers last longer.