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!

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

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

Create origami claws that can transform your child into a bird, cat, or other clawed creature.

Construct cute baby chicks with nothing but fuzzy pom-poms and an assortment of other craft supplies.

Help your kid organize her collection of earrings and other accessories with a fun embroidery craft!

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.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

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

Celebrate your child's first day of kindergarten with this arts and crafts activity: make a SchultÃte, a cardboard cone filled with candy and other goodies!

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Make this turkey craft with your child to get into the Thanksgiving spirit. This turkey craft is made of a tissue box and other assorted craft supplies.

Have the kids make Mom a wooden "Love Box" for Mother's Day (or any other day!) to show her how much she means to everyone.

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

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

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

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

Get oodles of noodles this year, not for dinner, but to create this funky ornament for the Christmas tree!

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.

Capture a bit of magic with these mesmerizing ice balloons!

While you whip up mashed potatoes for your next dinner party, your first grader and friends can stay occupied by crafting their own silly spud characters.