Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

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

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

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

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

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

Help your child create a garden journal sketchbook as she observes and records the natural world through the changing seasons.

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Who knew that nature could get so crafty? Show your kindergartener how to collect and morph pinecones into a whole team of personalized pinecone people.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

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

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

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

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.

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

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!