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

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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!

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

Help your kindergarten or first grade child use his creativity to make a beautiful magnetic patterned structure while discovering the wonders of magnets.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

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

Transform your uncomfortable wooden shoes into charming mini planters!

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

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

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

Make frog feet sponge prints with your child for a fun and educational crafts activity.

Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

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

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