Sure, you can go out and buy a box of Valentine cards--but for a special message try this simple craft activity to make someone's day.

Practice reading and writing by helping your first grader create a family recipe book!

Encourage sensory exploration with this sticky, but not messy, art projectâ no glue or gunk required!

This paper alternative to tie-dye is faster, easier, and (slightly) less messy, only requiring paper, white crayons, and a little imagination.

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

Reusable Christmas gift bags are eco-friendly and pretty. Make a batch of reusable Christmas gift bags for your friends and family this holiday season.

Teach your 2nd grader the value of recycling with this fun arts and crafts activity: make a DIY painted bookcase or set of shelves!

Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.

Let your kid try his hand at engineering as he builds and tests two different structures made out of rolled newspaper. Which one is the strongest?

Your fourth grader can have fun and get creative this winter by creating a colorful winter weather collage.

No matter the occasion, this flag craft is the perfect way for you child to proudly display her love of the red, white and blue!

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Explore the changing seasons with your preschooler by helping her create a cork-stamped masterpiece.

Get your little traveler ready for a âround-the-world adventure! Kids will get a geography lesson, writing practice and a great appreciation for traveling.

Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with a colorful rainbow, a pot of gold and an introduction to printmaking.

Your child can learn more about still life painting and even Dutch influence on horticulture and art!

Surprise your favorite bookworm this Halloween with a witchy bookmark!

Make a Halloween pumpkin this October! A Halloween pumpkin character is a safe Jack-o'-lantern carving alternative for young children.

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

Does your child long to be the next Captain Hook? This great craft activity will provide an invaluable accessory for any costume box: a pirate hook!

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

Make unique holiday ornaments with this sticky, stringy art project.

Get inspired by the great outdoors and help your child make a quirky jewelry tree out of chopsticks!

Here's an arts and crafts activity to introduce new music to your child and also to get him inspired to create abstract art with rhythmic flair.

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

All your preschooler needs to create a personalized Halloween memento is their two hands and some black paint.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschool or pre-kindergarten child: make a tubescope out of a cardboard tube and colored and wax paper!

Make some cool hearts that are sure to brighten anyone's Valentine's Day. This project is a opportunity to play with overlapping shapes and show your love!

Most often, a collage is 2-dimensional, but instead of using paper as a base, this project uses an inexpensive pumpkin from the craft store.

If you're trying to teach your child about waste and its impact on the environment, why not repurpose a plastic milk jug and make your own sandwich container?