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!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

This craft is a great way to explore the fascinating world of spiders and their webs as you collect spider webs from around your house with your third grader.

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

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.

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.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

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

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!