Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

No big beach party or a sudsy seafood feast should be without this bright, colorful tablecloth!

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

Get your child in the mood for a season full of lazy days at the beach with this colorful summer centerpiece art project!

This seashell necklace lets you keep a piece of the beach with you. Help your crafty kid create this seashell necklace, the perfect summer keepsake.

Can't make it to the beach? Bring the science of ocean waves home with this fun earth science-related craft.

Take a beach ball, a marker, and a first grader. What do you get? An outdoor activity that works on reading comprehension, in the midst of a game of catch!

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

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

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

Let your imaginative kid pretend she's a mermaid as she dives into her food with some charming kelp utensils!

Add a smattering of beachy fun to a regular paper plate with this simple and adorable seashell craft!

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

Your child will have a blast developing their fine motor skills and working on shape recognition with this bright and cheery crab decoration.

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

Teach your kids about colors and patterns while creating a beautiful work of art.

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

In this activity, your child will develop her sensory awareness and build important math skills while having fun outdoors.

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

If your child aspires to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright, we've got some tips on building sand castles that last.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Learn how different types of soil affect how animal tracks form in this experiment!

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Try making your own conch planter in this decorative shell.

This fun, summery arts and crafts activity is a great project to do with your child. She'll express her creativity while she revamps some old flip flops.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?