Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

Create origami claws that can transform your child into a bird, cat, or other clawed creature.

Your child can create a cute basket out of felt to collect her Valentine's Day treats in or give as a gift!

Upcycle an old dress shirt into artsy bow with just a few simple sewing techniques.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

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

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.

Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

Make an elegant Mother's Day card to celebrate the love and work in raising kids.

This cultural craft makes a pretty decoration and teaches kids about other cultures.

There's something magical about bubbles. Here's a way to turn an old favorite into something new, by ditching that plastic wand for a homemade bubble pipe.

Kids will have a hoot constructing this cute owl craft from a recycled toilet paper roll.

This collage is a great way for children to see different methods of creating the same idea.

This project is a great way to explore variations in how to paint using watercolor.

This adorable toy is fun to play with and easy to make. Even better, you should be able to find all the materials you need lying around your house.

Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.

Have your preschooler lend a hand when it comes to the Easter decorations by making this adorable popcorn lamb.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Penguins just may be the cutest cold-weather creatures ever! Creating this penguin is a perfect way for your tot to practice cutting out different shapes.

In this activity, you'll find out an easy way to make your own pretend potato -- out of an old pair of stockings!

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

This reindeer hat is cute and festive for your child during the holiday season. Make a reindeer hat this Christmas with your child.

Your child will enjoy feeling independent and creative as she develops her fine motor skills while making this necklace using just yarn and colored straws.

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Halloween wouldn't be complete without a creepy paper hand with spider and eyeball rings to help decorate a haunted house!

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

Give an old tin can a new life by transforming it into an organizer for your child's room in this middle school arts and crafts activity.