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Recycle your cereal boxes and engage your child's creativity with this fun arts and crafts project.

Help your fifth grader or middle school teenager transform spice tins into fridge magnets and pencil holders in this arts and crafts activity.

Dazzle your house guests with a sweet-smelling candle made from a real orange!

Take the plunge into handcrafting with this neat and tidy soap recipe. Here's how to create your own personalized soap.

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

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

Show your child how to "recycle" by making a milk box toy car. Here's how to get started.

Want to build some homemade instruments? These maracas make a racket, and they couldn't be easier to make...

Looking for a last minute gift? This homemade candle holder is a breeze to make, and its pretty glow really brightens up a room. A great craft project.

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

Use the activity below to help your child create bath salts as she observes how a solid changes when placed into a liquid.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Craft a pirate telescope using an old paper towel roll, and get ready for some goofy pirate adventures!

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

Your child may have fallen in love with certain brand-name trains, but it's just as much fun to make your own - and a whole lot cheaper. Here's how.

Organize your child's art supplies with this fun and colorful tray!

There's no need to buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets in less time than it takes to click your way through a percussive song.

If you have a young child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts for backyard fun.

Make homemade potpourri out of roses with your child!

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Make a roaring rocket ship toy out of a paper towel roll and some tissue paper.