Looking for hot weather fun? Cool the kids down with a homemade slip and slide! You can create your own water park atmosphere for just a few bucks.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Make "fossils" with your child to hide in the sandbox or at the park or the beach, to help your child explore his archaeological side.

Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

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

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Discover the wonders of simple clay by pressing flowers into a modeling medium!

Show your third grader how to string together a pretty, decorative harp.

This marshmallow snowman craft is a festive way for your child to practice counting and art. Make a marshmallow snowman with your child this holiday season.

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Here's an activity to help your child create her very own time capsule to unearth and open in one, five, or even ten years later!

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.