a plea for help!

This evening I fly to California for a convention and won't be back until Thursday night. So this will be my last post for a while. I figured what better time to make a plea for help! LOL!

After the brawl over Legos yesterday I came to a realization.... I cater too much to Alex's interests in our homeschooling. Okay... maybe not "too" much, but I do. Perhaps because his is much easier to identify. He loves building and engineering... so it's a no brainer to fill our house with Lego and K'nex science kits (simple machines). He loves them and they have educational value! lol!

Clara enjoys legos and is very enthused to build with Alex... at first. But her attention wanes, while his does not... which is when the brawl developed.

Okay... so now its time to figure out what Clara's thing is. The girl loves art. I would not say that she's terribly "artistic" but she is extremely creative. She's a rule breaker with her projects... she's not big on doing it the way it's supposed to be done... but doing it the way she envisions it.

We encourage her free form projects... she has bins and bins of art/craft supplies that she has full access to. She creates projects for us nearly daily.

Now... how do I turn this creative energy into something a little more educational? I don't want to take away her free art time, just like I wouldn't want to take away Alex's free lego building time, but how do I turn this creative streak of hers into school projects that will get her as excited as the Lego kits get Alex? Are there any science based art kits? LOL! I'm at a loss here!

I would love any suggestions that you might have (Joyce... what did you do with K?).

Thank you!!!

ETA: I have the comments set to where I have to moderate them (due to some spam a couple of weeks ago) so if your comment doesn't show up immediately, its because I may not have computer access yet to accept them. :-)