Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

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.

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

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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

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

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

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

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

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

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

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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.

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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 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!

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.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

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

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

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