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Give your child a chance to experiment with how things grow. And throw in something extra to up the fun factor even more...her very own grass pet!

Learn how to make a menorah with this simple Hanukkah craft. See how to make a menorah for the Festival of Lights.

Learn how to make fairy wings with these easy instructions. See how to make fairy wings for Halloween or dress-up time.

Learn how to make a cape for your little superhero, vampire, or Elvis impersonator. See how to make a cape with this simple tutorial.

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!

Little hands and feet can be a big help when learning how to measure! In this activity your preschooler will practice using a ruler and writing numbers.

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

This quick and simple preschool mirror activity will introduce your child to the science of reflection and light with a flashlight experiment and picture game.

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

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

These finger puppets are easy to make, and they're a great way to encourage story-telling and imaginative play.

The pottery technique of coiling may be old, but it's probably new to your kid! Make coil pots with your preschooler throw in a little cultural lesson too!

Let your child celebrate the season with this recycled craft that turns paper tubes into sweet reindeer ready to be filled with holiday goodies.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Try this arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make bread from yeast dough to teach her about the science behind bread baking.

In this activity, you child will learn about how heat changes food. On the next sunny day, head outdoors to make a treat in an outside oven! Here's how:

Here's a simple science activity that will help your child better understand how wells bring us water.

Show your child how to make a cool fleece poncho without any sewing, and help develop fine motor skills and patterning at the same time. Here's how.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Does your preschooler like cereal? Explore numbers with everyday objects and food with this fun counting activity.

Help your child learn her numbers and how to count with this fun number game!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

This baking activity lets kids play with frosting, while experimenting with colors, and how they mix.

Does your child love toy cars? Here’s a terrific way for them to play with their toy cars and practice number recognition skills at the same time.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

Have your kid build an ice sculpture in this activity that's so fast, fun, and messy it's the perfect way to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be!

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, they won't even realize they're learning!