Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

A twist on the gingerbread house, this train is made with graham crackers, icing, and candy decorations. A great 2nd-3rd grade holiday arts and crafts activity.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

Share some old school fun with your preschooler with stilts you can make from items found in your recycling!

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

Help your fifth grader or middle school teenager transform spice tins into fridge magnets and pencil holders in this arts and crafts activity.

Sick of the same old arts and crafts projects? Try a new kind of art--string art!

Show your kids how to take recycling to new heights by creating a papier maché pencil holder out of old newspaper and wallpaper paste.

Recycle bottles of different shapes and sizes to create a group of unique dolls that are as unique as the real people around you!

If you love the look of yarn but aren't in the mood for complicated knitting or crocheting, have your child create simple and beautiful yarn letters.

In this activity, your child will use household objects to sculpt his very own football.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your preschooler make metal cloth embroidery art using only a metal screen, yarn, and other materials!

Is your child an amateur origami master? Reach the next stage of paper folding genius with this origami heart!

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

Make a family tree with your child to teach him about his personal history. Make a family tree with this tutorial, and teach your kid about his family history.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

Does your child dream of walking among the dinosaurs? Now he can get a little closer to his dream...with a pair of homemade dinosaur feet!

Show your fourth grader how to use sequins to create a gorgeous, gold-plated Easter egg.

Even the birds need to get out of the rain during the winter months. Help your child help nature and fill a lazy afternoon with this easy, cute craft.

make the most original Easter eggs on the block with this beading craft to ring in the Spring!

Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

Got a fussy eater on your hands? Here's a great way to make fruit appear more appealing, and make eating it a lot more fun, too!