Let your child create a fun and easy locker blackboard out of an old cereal box!

Your preschooler can learn about texture by recycling old containers and lids.

Put a spin on your child's old routine with this salad spinner painting project.

Create colorful paintings using the turntable on an old record player, and help your child experiment with color and movement!

Recycle paper and old magazines with this art project that creates a great tool for artists: a color wheel!

With a few strokes of white paint, kids can transform an old family photograph into a lovely winter scene in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

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

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

Recycle an old soda bottle into a beautiful, functional soap dish! In this project your child will practice saving the environment in a proactive way.

Use an old strawberry basket to create a decorative box for storing knickknacks, jewelry or odds and ends with this recycled craft.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

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.

Sure, your kid may already be a Picasso with a paintbrush, but even fancy artists need a new challenge.

Featuring plenty of good old fashioned squishy, gooey fun without the mess, this compromise of an art project is sure to please little ones and grown-ups alike.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Your child can learn more about still life painting and even Dutch influence on horticulture and art!

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

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.

Homemade face paint is a safe and economical way to jazz up your Halloween costume. Even better, this easy-to-make face paint requires just three ingredients!

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

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

In this activity, your child will create a fun lion mask and learn a little about Chinese culture too!

Have your preschooler paint like Monet, and build crucial handwriting skills at the same time!

Teach your 2nd grader the value of recycling with this fun arts and crafts activity: make a DIY painted bookcase or set of shelves!

Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Put your individual fingerprint on the 100th Day of School (literally!) with this activity.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

On a sunny day, make some great art and start a conversation about states of matter in the process with this chalk paint project.