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

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

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

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

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

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

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

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

Wreath ornaments decorate your Christmas tree and act as a fun sensory craft for preschoolers. Make wreath ornaments with your child this holiday season.

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

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

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

Have your child make a special mobile inspired by the weather outside. Learn about seasons, the environment, and art in 3D.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

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

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

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

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.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.