Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

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.

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.

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.

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

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.

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

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!

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

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

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

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

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.

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.

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

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

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 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.

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

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.