Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

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

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

Hunt for natureâs treasure, the many different products made by trees!

This season is a great time to explore the many shapes, sizes, and species of evergreen trees. Download our "field guide" activity and learn more!

In this science fair project, young children notice and track changes in trees throughout the year.

Your child will create her own falling snowflakes using white paper and glue them over a tree, so it appears as if they are falling from the sky.

Climates with more snowfall have more coniferous forests and fewer deciduous ? Learn about how pine trees in a coniferous forest adapted to withstand snow.

Gymnosperms are coniferous trees that reproduces using pine cones to spread seeds. Check out this simple pine cone experiment to learn about the process!

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Make edible amber fossils with your second grader to explore the fascinating world of science!

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

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!

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

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

Creating a home for a toad is an easy and fun project for kids. Here's how to make your very own toad abode.

Hatch a praying mantis egg case in a homemade habitat with your child's help! This is an amazing experiment in science and nature for kids of any age.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Build a bird feeder science craft that brings birds to your yard, and a smile to the whole family's face.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Take to the air with science by experimenting with helicopter seeds right in your own backyard!

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

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

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

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

Take a trip to the pet store and then make a scrapbook to help your kindergartener learn the difference between living and non living things!

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