Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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

Teach your child about healthy foods and how to make a meal that is good for them with this fun activity that you both can do together.

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 activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

Your fourth grader will be astonished to discover the significance and intricacies of his spine as he builds a model of a human vertebral column.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

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!

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

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.

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

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

Your child will decorate a headband with any bugs they can think of, then they'll add antennae so they can pretend to be a bug!

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

Try hammering some plants with your kids to teach them a valuable lesson in flower science while making beautiful artwork in the process!

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

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

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

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

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Help your child create a working lung model that fills with air just like the lungs inside of his own chest when he breathes.

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

The concept of metamorphosis is fascinating to children of all ages. Help your child's creativity take flight as she makes her very own butterfly life cycle.

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!