Make cleaning fun with a duster made from a decorated tube sock.

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

Check out this activity that has your kid create her own Cubist montage. Soon your kid will be well on her way to understanding the vibrant art of Cubism!

Here's a fun arts and crafts activity that has you and your child creating a book with a secret hollow!

Go green and make a stylish tote bag out of a T-shirt.

Construct a card castle fit for a king! Treat your royal "face" cards (the kings, queens, and jacks) to the cool castle they deserve.

Celebrate your kindergarten grad's new âbig kidâ status by signing off on her first library card and making a library card pocket holder to stash it in.

Create a beautiful pop-up paper lantern and will serve as the perfect decoration at your next party.

This art activity encourages your child to create her own papier-mache apple sculpture to give to a special teacher.

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.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your budding artist: make a fitted paper-mache mask. Once it's complete you can use it in a play or hang it as art!

Want to capture this year? Make a time capsule of this period in your child's life! You may just be surprised at what you find, when you dig it up next year...

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?

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

This safety pin brooch is elegant and slightly edgy project for your young fashionista. It's an excellent accessory or gift.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Want to help your child learn to fit homework time into a real-life schedule? Here's a tool that can help the whole family.

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.

Make cupid's arrow with your little one this Valentine's Day. It's a quick and easy craft that's the perfect alternative to candy-giving.

Here's a DIY arts and crafts project that has your teen constructing a letterpress to make her own gorgeous, unique art prints!

Have your little astronaut create her own crater-filled moon with this fun craft project that encourages learning about the final frontier.

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.

Invite your child to partake in an eco-friendly craft by weaving long twigs into a useful kitchen stand for hot pots and pans.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Show your preschooler how to create a simple windsock using a colorful piece of tissue paper, a pipe cleaner, and yarn.