This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

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

Dog valentine cards are perfect for the pet lover in your life. Make a dog valentine card with your child this February.

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

In this playful preschool arts and crafts activity, your child will create a cute and colorful caterpillar using pom-poms, googly eyes, and a clothespin.

Make a "hands-on" barbecue apron for Dad this Father's Day!

Celebrate Irish history and culture this St. Patrick's Day by making a miniature version of the Blarney Stone!

Celebrate Read Across America with a Dr. Seuss-themed craft: make a paper plate elephant ears costume modeled after Horton from Horton Hears a Who!

Invigorate your fourth grader's mind by helping him turn his room into a woven masterpiece using various lengths of material.

On the next rainy day spent inside, delight your third grader by showing him how to make his own weatherproof octopus to display for those passing by.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Be the mane attraction by creating a lion out of leaves! This wild craft keeps kids engaged and makes for fabulous art.

Your child can be a Fauvist painter using bright colors and his imagination to create wild artwork!

Romantic idioms are colorful and sometimes confusing phrases about love. Make a book of romantic idioms with this activity.

Kids in preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school will love turning flower pots into homemade musical instruments in this fun and simple activity.

Help your child organize her jewelry or hair bands with this pretty holder made from recycled materials. The finished holder also makes a great gift!

Make a shiny decorative Menorah using an egg carton and light bulbs.

Show your high school-aged child an offbeat way to let her friends know their future includes a party: fortune cookie cards!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a rainbow card filled with three dimensional four leaf clovers!

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

Make your own architectural masterpiece with supplies from the pantry. Your temple may not be as impressive as the real thing, but it'll be twice as delicious!

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

Mason jar lights add a bit of holiday sparkle to a bland patio or dinner table. Make some mason jar lights to add to your collection of Christmas decorations.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Offer your child an interactive approach to understanding the different family roles and the ways in which she has impacted other members of the family.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.