Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Use two toilet paper rolls to make a pair of homemade binoculars and let the games begin. Here's how:

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Teach your fourth grader how to craft her own decorative felt eggs, a perfect way to symbolize spring and new beginnings!

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.

This hanging wall pot made from homemade clay is a perfect arts and crafts activity for preschoolers.

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

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

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

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

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

Make a Duct Tape Wallet: This activity provides kids great practice in following directions and makes for a fun homemade gift.

This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

Is your kindergartener having trouble picking outfits for the rapidly cooling weather? This handy dressing wheel makes getting ready a breeze!

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

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

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.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Transform a paper coffee cup into an adorable Easter bunny gift basket in this second grade arts and crafts activity.

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Combine music, history and craft by making a Native American instrument of your own

If you're short on time but want to find a creative way to decorate your Halloween table, try this spooky party favor mug with matching napkin rings.

Create a piece of public art on a movable wall. This scrap paper mosaic is made on a board that can be displayed just about anywhere.

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

Help your child harness some of her festive holiday spirit with a paper plate craft that doubles as a musical instrument!

Invite the hungry caterpillar over to your house by creating a larger-than-life, colorful caterpillar friend out of balloons!

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.