This adorable toy is fun to play with and easy to make. Even better, you should be able to find all the materials you need lying around your house.

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Give an old tin can a new life by transforming it into an organizer for your child's room in this middle school arts and crafts activity.

No need to head to the toy store for her next stuffed animal once she has the skills to create her own!

Party noise makers help you ring in the New Year loud and proud. These party noise makers are eco-friendly and festive for your holiday celebration.

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

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

This is the perfect recycling project for back to school! Your child will put all those extra paper bags to good use and assemble her own personal notepad.

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

Make this paper mache gargoyle for a lesson in Medieval architecture and sculpture.

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!

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

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!

Reflect on how fast your child has grown this past year with this ruler frame craft, perfect for gift-giving!

Don't toss CDs or let dust pile up on them. Show your teen how to put them to good use by crafting CD curtains!

Help your fifth grader or middle school teenager transform spice tins into fridge magnets and pencil holders in this arts and crafts activity.

Upcycle old paint chip samples from hardware stores or paint shops to create beautiful, funky pieces of custom-made jewelry!

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Discover what makes an alligator an alligator with this adorable and affordable alligator craft.

Show your child how to "recycle" by making a milk box toy car. Here's how to get started.

Building a rocket ship is a great way for kids to learn about measuring and construction. It'll fuel their creative side too!

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

Make your own picture frame! Show your fourth grader how to construct the an adorable, decorative picture frame for her favorite photo.

Help your child create a piece of spring art by shaking up the traditional silhouette art form with a colorful collage background and vibrant spring color.

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.

Give items that usually get tossed in the trash a second life with this green arts and crafts activity for kindergarteners. Make a milk carton train engine!

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

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.

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