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

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

Instead of the traditional egg hunt, try this creative variation that will result in a beautiful Easter garden.

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

Challenge your learner to design and build a city of their own in this creative engineering activity.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Use the textures found in nature to create your own stationery! This fun, outdoor activity will no doubt inspire your child's creative side.

Here's a great activity that uses corks and toothpicks to create a fleet of floating boats. Which design makes for the most seaworthy vessel?

This science project lets students explore the number of spots on a ladybird and how to treat ladybugs with respect.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

In this design challenge, your child will create a parachute for a small toy using typical household items.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

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

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

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!

This science fair project idea explores how enzyme inhibitors, active sites, non-competitive enzyme inhibitors, and substrates work.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Here's a science activity that lets a first grader use an empty dish detergent bottle to create his own fountain as he explores air pressure.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

First graders are learning basic addition and subtraction math facts. Practice in the sandbox with this fun outdoor math activity!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Crayons aren't just good for creating colorful masterpieces -- they're also great for science!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

This activity is a great way to stretch the boundaries of your child's imagination and build up important critical thinking skills.