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

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

This toothpaste art craft encourages sensory exploration and creative play for younger kidsâjust remember to save some toothpaste for brushing!

Help your kindergartener visualize life on a farm in this arts and crafts project that has her drawing and creating her own barn.

Get your preschooler to practice a steady hand and celebrate Read Across America Day with this challenging stacking activity inspired by Dr. Seuss.

Help your middle schooler "map" her complicated day. It's a simple job with big payoffs that will last all through the year!

Does your kid love crafts AND food? Teach him to paint with natural dyes from food! He'll be amazed that food can be made into art, just like in ancient times.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

A serape is a long, blanket-like shawl worn over the shoulders. With a few simple materials, your child can fashion his very own serape!

Sick of the same old arts and crafts projects? Try a new kind of art--string art!

Using only the elements in your backyard, make paintbrushes with your child and create truly homemade works of art.

Use two toilet paper rolls to make a pair of homemade binoculars and let the games begin. Here's how:

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

Help your child's backpack stand out from the crowd by attaching trinkets or decorations that are as one of a kind as she is.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Help your child get the hang of reading with this fun activity. Here's how to make a spinning phonics wheel out of two paper plates.

Making these one-of-a-kind mug markers will help your child flex his creativity and gain button-sewing practice.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Want to help your child develop stronger numeracy skills and make your dice games even more fun? Try creating some googly-eyed funny dice.

Encourage your child to explore color and its mood-altering effects by creating his own self portrait using only warm or cool colors.

Create a one-of-a-kind lunchbox with your second grader using recycled materials and some down home ingenuity!

Make Mom a Queen For A Day crown for Mother's Day.

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.

Brighten up your home with this fun activity! Make a summer sun print and teach your child the art of easy print making.

Make a fuzzy bear with your kindergartener to build up early reading skills and introduce her to phonics.

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

Celebrate National Drum Month in November by using a couple of recycled yogurt cups and making a groovy set of bongos!

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"