Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

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

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

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

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

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

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

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

The pinwheel is a simple toy that has been around for years and uses the wonders of the wind to spin it and delight kids of all ages!

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

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

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

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

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

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

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

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

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