Everyone loves homemade cookies, but have you ever thought about making the cookie cutters at home? Here's some instructions for making homemade cookie cutters.

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

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

This simple and creative arts and crafts activity is great for preschoolers or kindergarteners and uses recycled magazines or newspapers.

Light up your home with this lightning bug craft that will keep glowing even after summer's gone!

The elegance of a glitter vase will rival the flowers inside it! Help your child craft this artsy gift as a special gift for a loved one.

Bring some winter fun into your home while your child practices her number matching skills with this adorable snowman math game.

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

Is your child a nature nut with an eye for creative, green-friendly projects? Introduce them to this amazing DIY bird feeder!

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

Does your child dream of walking among the dinosaurs? Now he can get a little closer to his dream...with a pair of homemade dinosaur feet!

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Spruce up some sneakers that have seen better days by turning them into a sparkly dress-up staple.

This year on Dad's day, here's a creative gift that your child can make using simple materials, some of them even recycled.

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

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Make a roaring rocket ship toy out of a paper towel roll and some tissue paper.

This nutcracker soldier won't crack any nuts, but he will hide candies. Make a nutcracker soldier with your child this Christmas and have a cracking good time.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

Save money by having your tween rock these homemade jeggings, a good craft for a lazy afternoon.

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

This zombie shirt is a fun and incredibly simple Halloween costume. Have your kid don the shirt lurch around the neighborhood searching for brains...or candy!

Upcycle an old dress shirt into artsy bow with just a few simple sewing techniques.

Here's an arts and crafts activity: get your middle school or high school student to make rolled up, bubble wrap candles of wax for a unique accessory or gift!

Celebrate the Presidents Day the creative way by constructing toilet paper tube figurines of a couple famous U.S. Presidents!

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!

Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.