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

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

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

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

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learning about bears and winter hibernation.

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

Study science with your first grader in this arts and crafts activity that models the reason why fall leaves change color with some paint and crayons.

Help your child build her very own science laboratory at home for experiments and science projects. This is a quick, easy, and fun educational tool!

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

Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

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

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

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Create your very own scented hand sanitizer that will help your child to keep those nasty germs at bay!

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

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

Combine science with reading and art to help your first grader create an attractive holiday gift for a beloved friend or relative.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Create a habitat for a butterfly right in your own backyard, and build your first grader's science knowledge while you're at it.

In this project, create and examine garden mulch to find out what critters live in the messy, muddy layers just above the soil.

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

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

For your budding first grade scientist, all you need is some simple, natural materials to create an amazing ant farm. Here's how to get started.

Create homemade seed packets with your kids. This activity combines your kids' love of science and the outdoors with a little writing and drawing fun.

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.

You and your child can create this beautiful butterfly mobile for hanging anywhere in the home (and learn about this magical creature while you're at it).

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.