Making food sculptures boosts creativity, and just might help your picky eater branch out!

Make a "magic dough" using only flour, water and food coloring and have the kids guess what color appears.

Invite your first grader to play with his food! He will improve his fine motor skills as he creates zany edible art!

Make a flowerpot recipe holder for a great kitchen gadget that makes cooking easy as pie.

Here's a quick and easy recipe for homemade play dough that doesn't involve any cooking! This bright and colorful modeling clay makes a great instant toy!

Have a little fun playing with food this Thanksgiving, and a silly harvest holiday potato with your child!

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

Let your preschooler play with her food by making snack logs out of celery, peanut butter and corn flakes.

If your first grader loves to play with her food, turn the messy habit into a clever arts and craft project.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

These hanging carrots will help the Easter bunny find your house and celebrate a brightly colored food that is a healthy treat for bunnies and kids alike.

Turn an abstract lesson into a practical craft with the fun and colorful creation of dough earth layers!

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.

This kitchen activity will engage your preschooler's senses and fine motor skills, and she'll have fun eating her unique creations when she's done!

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

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

This activity will help your child develop her fine motor skills and build spatial awareness,and it's a great way to jazz up snack time!

Capture a bit of magic with these mesmerizing ice balloons!

Let your child explore the concept of sculpture with marshmallows and pretzels to form an edible sculpture!

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

Your preschooler or kindergartener will learn about Thanksgiving and the symbolic Fall cornucopia with this festive homemade decoration activity!

Teach your kids about colors and patterns while creating a beautiful work of art.

Kids generally can't come up with the cash to buy the bling they dream of giving mom. With this project, they can make her jewelry themselves!

Turn ordinary cookies into puppets and create edible performance art!

Kids love making shapes with Play-Doh, so they'll love creating their own colorful playful clay!

Forget store-bought dyes this Easter: color your Easter eggs with natural dyes made with ingredients from your own kitchen in this 1st grade activity.

This clay doesn't need to go into the oven. Brew up a batch, let your child shape it, and dry overnight. By morning, it's ready for paint. Perfect for holidays!

There's something magical about bubbles. Here's a way to turn an old favorite into something new, by ditching that plastic wand for a homemade bubble pipe.

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.