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

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

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

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

Make your own greenhouse - out of a balloon! Your child will learn how greenhouses work as they plant radish seeds and watch them grow.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

Enjoy those warm spring and summer nights with your child while teaching some basic astronomy at the same time.

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

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.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Your child will be delighted to learn about and gaze upon his favorite constellations with this set of stellar homemade placemats!

Kids are sure to be entranced by the magic of the ocean when they create their very own ocean in a bottle.

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

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

If you're looking for something to keep your kid busy on a warm day, and give him some writing practice in the process, bring on the mud!

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.

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

This preschool activity uses paint chips to help your child learn about different shades of colors and how to find different colors in nature.

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

This simple activity is not only fun, it's also a useful way to organize children's closets — and offer kids some autonomy to boot.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

This fun and crafty activity is easy enough for your child to lend a helping hand and makes a great indoor or outdoor game.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.