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Here's a fun activity that will help your child learn to cut on a line, practice fine motor control, and create a beautiful garland, too.

What if your child couldn't see the pictures of a picture book? In this activity, she'll listen to a story without looking at the images, and create her own.

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Try this goofy, first grade phonics craft that focuses on the letter "F" as in "Frog" and helps build crucial reading and spelling skills in your child.

Encourage your preschooler's creativity with this exciting art project! Every "scratch art" drawing is unique and colorful!

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Introduce your preschooler to patterns in this arts and craft activity that uses household materials to create and paint scratch prints.

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

Your preschooler will have a great time painting on a foil background to create a stunning, shiny work of art!

Create Fairy Tale Dice and inspire your learner to weave fantastic fairy tales and improve their reading and writing skills at the same time!

Create a glamorous yet easy-to-store puppet stage for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener!

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

This fun and educational Halloween craft is a fantastic way to celebrate the holiday while building your child's letter and phonics skills.

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Help your preschooler craft her very own announcement to celebrate the special transition to "big kids" school!

Help your preschooler celebrate his big day by crafting a special, sparkly diploma frame to celebrate his achievement!

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Reuse the tops of tissue boxes as photo frames for treasured family photos in this fun craft activity.

Combine a recycling craft with ABC practice with this homemade foam craft idea.

Catch the dance mash fever with this catchy and foot-tapping activity that's all about movement and Halloween fun!