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

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.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

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

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

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

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!

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

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.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

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

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

This fun marbled paper craft uses things you're likely to have around your house, and it teaches kids some simple chemistry too!

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

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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

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

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

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

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.

If your mom likes flowers, make her a sweet gift that she'll treasure with this fun craft, a pretty Pressed Flowers Card!

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

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