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

Repurpose those plastic shopping bags hiding in your house into a fun and exciting decoration your child can hang in her room!

Tap into your child's imagination while creating magic water bottles by filling a bottle with objects that they can search for and locate.

Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

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 Star of David craft is eco-friendly and will help your child practice basic geometry. Make a festive Star of David craft for Hanukkah.

Let your child set her artistic talent free with an easy, environmentally-friendly bottle cap mosaic.

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

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

Want to add some extra pizazz to dress up play? Help your child craft a personalized purse out of an old gift or shopping bag!

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.

Turn all those broken bits of plates, random buttons, or other odds and ends into a lovely flower pot for Mom on Mother's Day.

Crafting a valentine mailbox is the perfect way to get your child ready for Valentine's Day. Now no heartfelt mail will get lost in the shuffle!

Transform a paper coffee cup into an adorable Easter bunny gift basket in this second grade arts and crafts activity.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

Your kid will practice measuring, cutting and basic stitches by recycling an old t-shirt into a a cute skirt using simple sewing techniques.

Ask your fourth grader to jazz up the family kitchen by creating this adorable clothespin giraffe to sit on the counter and hold recipe cards.

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

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

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

Even your first grader can get involved in the lighting of the Kwanzaa Kinara with this clever flameless Kinara project!

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Let your fourth grader contribute to your 4th of July picnic with this creative caddy craft project.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!