Try this preschool arts and crafts activity: make an over-sized stuffed plaything out of butcher paper and wadded-up newspaper.

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

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

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!

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

Your child can help eliminate stress for himself or a loved one by creating a colorful, homemade stress ball.

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Make cleaning fun with a duster made from a decorated tube sock.

In this activity, you'll find out an easy way to make your own pretend potato -- out of an old pair of stockings!

Craft this leprechaun hat-covered jar, brimming with St. Patrick's Day charm!

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

It's easier than you think to make homemade play dough -- just a few pantry staples makes a natural version of the toy that kids have loved for generations.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

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

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

This fun craft is perfect to do in the spring, and opens up the opportunity to teach your child about birds.

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

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.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

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

Guide your middle schooler through making his own papier-maché witch or wizard puppet. Move over Harry Potter!