This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

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

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.

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!

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

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

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

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!

Got a young scientist at home? Try this project with him!Create your own molecule design with this home-made clay recipe and some toothpicks!

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

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

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

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

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

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

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

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

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

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

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

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

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.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

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