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Make a batch of chocolate clay to teach kids the art of molding and sculpting. Working with their hands has never been this much fun.

Enjoy the beauty of winter from the comfort of your home with this first grade art activity: make sparkly snowflake sculptures using modeling clay and glitter.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

Winter is a great time to build a friendly snowman! Turn regular modeling clay into a glittery snowy surprise.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

This versatile clay-like material hardens if left out and can be used for building sand castles, forts, and even school projects.

Learn about the layers of the Earth and make a model! Create a earth layer book, cake, or clay diagram.

Practice counting with this winter kindergarten art project! As your child sculpts a clay igloo, he will work on math and dexterity and learn about snow.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Since every person's fingerprint is unique, a fingerprint keychain is a fun way for your kindergartener to leave her own special mark on a useful item.

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.

In this science fair project, students learn how pressure can make the minerals in a rock line up in the same direction and form bands and foliation.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

This fun arts and crafts activity will help your child learn about the colors of the different seasons through the art of relief sculpture.

Dinosaurs were huge creatures that left behind huge footprints that lasted for millions of years. In this science fair project, kids learn how dinosaur tracks were left behind!

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

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

This activity will have your child cutting and gluing to his heart's content. What's more, he'll create a pretty, mixed media plate for Seder while he's at it!

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Use dirt and different colors of craft sand to make unique layers in a clear plastic cup to represent the layers of the Earth.

Check out this fun science fair project idea for 1st grade: a solar eclipse model that demonstrates total, partial, and annular solar eclipses.

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

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.

It's a rare kid who doesn't like a sandbox. Next time you're out digging, build in some earth science, too.