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

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

During this chilly winter season, try this fun indoor craft with your preschooler to help him explore art concepts like shape, form and texture.

These papier-mâché bracelets are simple to make, and the result is truly stunning!

Teach a lesson in the math and art with the concept of symmetry, while making a delightful cut-paper shadow pumpkin for Halloween!

Wax paper hearts are a unique and glittery gift for a special friend on Valentine's Day. Make wax paper hearts with your child this February.

Help your child make her very own clock with a recycled, thrift store find to give as a gift or keep for yourself!

Make a friendship bracelet with your child this Mother's Day or the next time they are looking for a fun project to do!

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Give your child some simple craft supplies and see what happens in this heartwarming and artistic contribution to the Seder table this year.

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!

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Help your preschooler create ice cube bead necklaces to cool off while practicing gross motor skills and sequencing, and discussing states of matter.

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

Don't break the bank! Show your middle schooler how to make an elegant homemade tote bag to give as a gift this holiday season!

Invite your kid to decorate your family's ordinary coffee mugs with brightly colored beaded rings!

Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

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!

This fun art project is a great way to introduce your child to some basic geometry.

Your kindergartener will love being able to paint a beautiful butterfly, and the lucky recipient of the finished card will be just as delighted!

Explore the positive and negative shapes of a piece of fruit or a vegetable by doing a contour cut-out drawing.

Whether your child wants to be a cowboy or a princess, this homemade horse prop is perfect to use in all sorts of imaginative play!

Show your first grader how to create her own octopus out of yarn. This simple, yet fun, project yields an adorable play or cuddle partner.

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