Rainy day? Stuck inside? Here's an arts and crafts pasta project to enjoy with your kindergartener that helps her with math patterns too.

Your kindergartener can contribute these beaded napkin rings to your Thanksgiving table...and sneak in some good math patterning practice, too.

This beaded wind chime is fun to make and it gets kids experimenting with patterns, a key kindergarten math skill.

This flower necklace will have your child practicing patterns, repetition and tracing. Plus, it's so colorful and cute that it makes the perfect gift.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your kindergartener make friendship bracelets with just safety pins, elastic, and some colorful beads.

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

Make necklaces, bracelets, belts, or garlands in this simple and fun activity that recycles old objects and let's your child make one-of-a-kind pieces of art!

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

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.

Help your teen use scrap hardware to make punk-style jewelry that lets her own unique style shine.

Let your fifth grader craft a gleaming green shamrock pin for himself or a friend this St. Patrick's Day!

Dress up a plain old pen with this pretty craft that's great for back-to-school time.

Sweet on someone this Valentine’s Day? Making jewelry with gumball beads is a fun Valentine's Day craft and a great gift that shows someone you care!

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!

Make lucky bracelets with lentils and black eyed peas for a New Years art project to remember all year!

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

Show your middle schooler how to sew unique feather and lace corsages for her friends. They are too cute to resist!

Chopsticks aren't just a widely-used utensil...they can also be turned into a colorful hair decoration.

In this fun felt activity, a few circles of felt and a scattering of beads quickly become flowers that your child can use to decorate a barrette!

Transform ordinary metal paper clips into wearable jewelry by adding beads and linking the clips together.

Construct some glittery ring bling with this ring bracelet craft.

Help your child sleep easy with this gorgeous paper plate dream catcher.

This craft has your child creating unique earrings and necklaces from self-hardening clay and acrylic paint.

Get fashionable with this oh-so-easy, totally customizable washi tape bracelet craft.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

Start a unique tradition with your fourth grader; bake and paint one-of-a-kind Olympic pins--out of salt dough!

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

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

Here's a striking barrette to make for the holidays, and enjoy for years to come!

Looking for an easy and creative craft? Beads come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors and your kids will have fun creating unique key chains.