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.

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

Upcycle old paint chip samples from hardware stores or paint shops to create beautiful, funky pieces of custom-made jewelry!

Stringing beads helps develop the hand-eye coordination kids need to write, and noodles are sized just right for junior jewelry-makers.

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

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.

Make unique jewelry and accessories using photos and shrinkable plastic sheets! It's like Shrinky Dinks, but better.

Your child can add bling to her bike with bicycle basket decorations, making her bike a stylish ride!

Here's a fun preschool arts and crafts activity: make homemade clay bead jewelry. All you need is flour, cornstarch, and salt to get started.

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

Add a little island flavor to your next lazy afternoon with a Hawaiian arts and craft project!

Use painted pasta to create your very own ancient Egyptian necklace.

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.

There's nothing like some Valentine's Day charms to give you a dose of luck on this romantic day!

Etch designs into discs of plaster of Paris using a traditional whaler technique to create a beautiful artisan necklace.

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

Embroidery ain't your grandma's art anymore...it can be adapted to a number of cool designs Jazz up a traditional fabric embellishment with sparkly beads!

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