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Making a freedom kite is a great way to show appreciation on Memorial Day or July 4th, and enjoy the summer sunshine with family.

Craft a glamorous crown that your preschooler can wear when he demonstrates good behavior!

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

The pottery technique of coiling may be old, but it's probably new to your kid! Make coil pots with your preschooler throw in a little cultural lesson too!

This dreidel ornament makes a sparkling spinning top out of popsicle sticks. Make this dreidel ornament and get ready for Hanukkah.

This shamrock magnet is the perfect project for St. Patrick's Day. It's simple to make and will fill your refrigerator with Irish spirit!

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Teach your child how to make her own buzzer using only a button and a string.

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

During Chinese New Year festivities, you see lanterns everywhere. Your child can make her very own red and gold lanterns to display at home.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Have the children play a more active role in the Seder by helping them prepare paper puppets that represent the ten plagues.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Help your child observe Veterans Day by having him create a paper chain American flag; it's a fun and crafty way to show your patriotism.

Engage your preschool children's senses by discovering nature and geography on a walk through the neighborhood.

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

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.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Enjoy the fragrant scents of the holiday season with this pomander activity. A perfect arts and crafts project for preschool or kindergarten age children.