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Celebrate the blooming season with your kid by showing him how to make a magical spring mosaic out of all natural materials!

What better way to nurture your child's imagination than by making a fairy house out of materials found in nature!

Celebrate the coming of Spring and Earth Day with this 3-D art project that makes use of recycled materials.

In this art project, eight petals of a flower are painted in watercolor paint using different techniques, colors, and patterns.

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

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

Have your child build his own mini waterfall, and help him develop his planning, problem solving, and architectural skills.

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

Help your kindergartener identify and sort eight different kinds of common seeds on this "seed wheel" plate you can use all growing season.

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Use sticks and stones to create create an outdoor version of tic-tac-toe!

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

What better dessert to serve on April Foolâs Day than cookie fish sticks? Make this fish stick meal for an unforgettable reaction.

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

Make cards this May Day celebrating the arrival of springtime.

This fun craft is perfect to do in the spring, and opens up the opportunity to teach your child about birds.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

This flower necklace will have your child practicing patterns, repetition and tracing. Plus, it's so colorful and cute that it makes the perfect gift.

Stock up on the colorful jelly beans available around Easter and put them to work in a piece of jelly bean art!

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

Make this spring break a memorable one by creating a "growth" flower with your child, also great for your second grader's writing practice!

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

Embroidery ain't your grandma's art anymore...it can be adapted to a number of cool designs Jazz up a traditional fabric embellishment with sparkly beads!

Invite the hungry caterpillar over to your house by creating a larger-than-life, colorful caterpillar friend out of balloons!

Show your fourth grader how to make a delicate, dried flower bookmark with flowers native to their neighborhood.