Arts and Crafts for Kids

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

This is a fun, tactile art project where tearing paper produces art that makes a great gift for any occasion.

Celebrate the changing seasons with this fun, hands-on art activity that will teach your child about the different colors of the seasons.

Your kid and his friends will have a blast taking turns playing the role of a traffic cop in this Labor Day version of the classic game Red Light, Green Light.

Turn the common time killer of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

One of the most beautiful parts of every cathedral is the stained glass window above the entrance, called a Rose window. Your child can create his own!

This underwater painting is as colorful as it is fun!

Featuring plenty of good old fashioned squishy, gooey fun without the mess, this compromise of an art project is sure to please little ones and grown-ups alike.

Here's a fun and magical art activity, where kids paint an invisible picture that can only be revealed when painted over with watercolors!

Act out the Three Billy Goats Gruff with this adorable paper plate mask.

Give your second-grader insight into the Huichol culture of Mexico with this arts and craft activity by creating an ojo de Dios (eye of God), or yarn weaving.

Could your child’s room use a little bit more firecracker sparkle? Add an explosion of glow-in-the-dark color with this spectacular mason jar craft.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

Make a First Day of School Mobile to help commemorate the big step from preschool to kindergarten and ease those first day jitters!

Why spend money on fingerpaint when you can make your own? With this recipe, you can stew up your kid's favorite colors right in your kitchen.

This colorful foam pencil topper will glam up any boring pencil and is guaranteed to add personality to any pencil case!

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.

Here's a painting activity that's a lesson in secondary colors. Your child will mix and match paints to discover all the different hues one color can have!

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!

Add some fun to arts and crafts by having your child make a self portrait using nature as her palette.

Representing the story in a visual way makes it easier for your child to compare the traits of various characters.

This science project lets kids explore what happens when water and paper interact, and it produces homemade paper perfect for gift tags or stationery.

Let your child experience the fun of collage art while jumping into a little bee science with this bee-utiful busy bee craft.

Your child can help eliminate stress for himself or a loved one by creating a colorful, homemade stress ball.