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.

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Celebrate the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, by helping your child to create a papier mache shofar.

Invite your kindergartener or first grader to make giant, soft building blocks. He'll have a blast constructing, throwing, stacking, and even falling on them!

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

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.

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

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

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

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

Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

Make a Star of David ornament with your child this holiday season. This Star of David ornament is a beautiful and inexpensive homemade gift for Hanukkah.

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

Practice counting with this winter kindergarten art project! As your child sculpts a clay igloo, he will work on math and dexterity and learn about snow.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

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...

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

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.