Invite your child to create a lovely windmill using the ancient art of origami.

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.

Provide your child with Q-tip paint brushes that are bunched together and easy to grip, and encourage him to go to work on his painting masterpiece!

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

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

Bubble wrap is fun to pop, but it's also fun to paint with! Paint a pretty seascape using bubble wrap as your brush.

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

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.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Introduce your child to the concept of the melting pot by decorating a patriotic 4th of July planter.

This paper alternative to tie-dye is faster, easier, and (slightly) less messy, only requiring paper, white crayons, and a little imagination.

In this painting and drawing project, not only will stars shine in the evening sky over the skyscrapers, they will also create a waterfront reflection.

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

Learn about Rosh Hashanah and other Jewish holidays by planning and creating a Jewish holiday calendar.

Looking for a customized locker accessory? Try this DIY Mirror Craft and spruce up a plain old mirror with some original designs.

Perfect for a hot summer day, this cool arts and crafts activity has your preschooler painting a beautiful, textured print from seashells.

Turn the marks on the wall into art! Create fingerpaint flamingos, herons and ostriches with this fun craft for kids.

Help your child learn one of the most beautiful mathematical expressions in nature as she uses the Fibonacci sequence to create a "spiral of beauty."

Give Hallmark a run for its money with these handmade printed cards.

Help your child explore this ancient art technique with the help of some tinfoil, black paint and the end of a paintbrush!

Make a unique painting while learning about sea life.

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Explore African and Asian traditions with this recipe for homemade henna ink!

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."