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

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.

Your child will create a textured mosaic by painting, then arranging 50 pumpkin seeds so they resemble a pumpkin.

Save money and get creative by helping your preschooler create and make her own unique sketchbook to put her art in.

Whether your child wants to be a cowboy or a princess, this homemade horse prop is perfect to use in all sorts of imaginative play!

Make your own wrapping paper with some materials from around the house. Try to make your own wrapping paper this year for a unique presentation for your gifts.

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

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

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

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!

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

Design and throw a boomerang in this exciting craft project!

Craft a pirate telescope using an old paper towel roll, and get ready for some goofy pirate adventures!

This homemade snare drum made with everyday household items gets its authentic rattle sound from paper clips and tin.

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

Ever wonder how those kooky kazoos work? Get to know the science behind this silly instrument by making your very own kazoo!

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

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

This dreidel craft gets your child to make the spinning top out of a milk carton. Make an upcycled dreidel craft with your child this Hanukkah.

Your child may have fallen in love with certain brand-name trains, but it's just as much fun to make your own - and a whole lot cheaper. Here's how.

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

Make beautiful print block art with your kids using recycled materials.

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

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Recycle your cereal boxes and engage your child's creativity with this fun arts and crafts project.

Reuse and recycle your CDs by having your kid turn them into colorful, eye-popping suncatchers.

This Valentine's Day, learn a little more about the organ that keeps everything in your body going--the heart!

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

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.

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