Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

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

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

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

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

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

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.

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

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

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!