Make a unique painting while learning about sea life.

Patterns come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. As your child alters one element and then another they'll create a unique piece of artwork.

Have the kids use sidewalk chalk to draw portraits of their family and, in the process, learn about familial relationships.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

This activity will keep your child entertained long after you've put away the markers and glue. Help him turn a paper bag into a self-portrait puppet!

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Preserve some precious memories this Mother's Day! Make a shoe planter out of that old pair of your child's favorite shoes.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

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

Cut out lots of geometric snowflakes and use them for creating colorful snowflake prints perfect for decorating any home this winter season!

Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

In this activity, children learn about artistic portraiture by creating a life-sized painting of their favorite creature.

Encourage your child to explore color and its mood-altering effects by creating his own self portrait using only warm or cool colors.

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Create a silhouetted Halloween candle holder with this upcycled activity!

This simple and introductory art project can help propel an interest in art or even bolster your kid's confidence in planning and mapping.

You kid can count from one to ten, no problem. They can even do it backward. Work on their addition and subtraction skills with this fun fruit picking activity.

What would it be like to be the Cat in the Hat from the famous Dr. Seuss book? This Read Across America project has your 1st grader making his own fun-in-a-box!

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

Your child can hone her realistic drawing skills as well as learn more about American artist, Norman Rockwell, in celebration of American Artist Month.

Toothpaste plus water equals the start to a magical winter paper project.

Use watercolors and crayons to teach your child about resistance while she creates a beautiful Easter decoration with this festive craft.

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

A food groups plate shows your child what category her foods belong in. Make a food groups plate with your child before dinnertime.

Let little unsteady fingers practice their coordination with this preschool painting activity. Your kid develops his hand-eye coordination while making art.

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.