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.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!

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

Kids of all ages will delight in making these jumbo "cupcake" crayons from all of the broken crayon stubs that seem to pile up around the house.

Would your child like to learn about a hidden world? All she needs to do is open her box of markers!

Music is all around us. Bring some melody into your home with a hand-crafted door harp.

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

This school bus is easy to make, and all you need are some common household items.

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

Melted crayon art is all the rage right now. It's simple, inexpensive, and there's no wrong way to do it!

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.

Recycle all those old puzzles with missing pieces into a cute and easy puzzle piece tree.

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!

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

In this hands-on activity, kids learn what it takes to foster seedlings into full-grown plants, all in a regular old soda bottle!

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

Rid your family of that pile of old Christmas cards once and for all! Show your child how to create a nifty 8-sided ornament using his favorite holiday images.

Don't throw out all those old artworks! Your child can transform them into a fun and exciting paper circle garland she can use for decorating her room.

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.

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!

Help your child create a mosaic mirror frame that's a bit modern and a bit vintage at the same time. All she needs are a dollar store frame and an old CD!

When it comes to scrapbooks, you don't have to splurge. Help your teen preserve senior year memories on the cheap by turning cereal boxes into scrapbook pages.

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

Make a candy wrapper collage with your leftover candy wrappers! This candy wrapper collage is a cool, upcycled post-Halloween craft project.

Help your child learn how to protect the environment by creating a useful reference for the family with this recycling poster.

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

Transform ordinary metal paper clips into wearable jewelry by adding beads and linking the clips together.