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!

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.

Children are imaginative story-builders. Create a shoebox habitat with your child to put those budding creative instincts to good use.

Make a seashell wind chime for your back porch. Perfect for younger kids to build motor skills on.

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

Capture a bit of magic with these mesmerizing ice balloons!

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

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

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

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!

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!

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Make your own play dough at home with a fruity scent using this easy activity!

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.