Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

Show your fourth grader how to embrace a green lifestyle and enjoy the outdoors with a homemade, recycled picnic basket.

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

Make these homemade friendship pencils for a party or the beginning of school and have a stylish writing utensil that kids will love trading.

Make a shiny decorative Menorah using an egg carton and light bulbs.

Transform paper towel tubes into some great binoculars for imaginary playtime!

Celebrate National Drum Month in November by using a couple of recycled yogurt cups and making a groovy set of bongos!

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!

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

Celebrate Earth Day, or any day, by recycling an old CD and make a colorful, decorative fish!

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.

Your fourth grader will hone his fine motor skills and learn to follow directions as he creates this recycled angel tree topper out of an ordinary soda bottle!

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens.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!

This Halloween, your child can make her very own jar light that will shine bright throughout the night!

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

If you have a young child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts for backyard fun.

Help your tween un-clutter her room with this fun project! Recycle and old pair of jeans and make an organizer to hang on the wall.

Make the 100th day celebration extra special by creating your own 100th Day of School Top Hat.

Does your child still want to play in the snow, even after he has to come inside? In this activity you'll build a snowman indoors!

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Teach your child how to accessorize the environmental way!

Getting your treasures from place to place is tough. Help your child with this task by making a denim pouch from recycled blue jeans!

Help the environment this Christmas by using fabric remnants to make this beautiful braided wreath!

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

This little bumble bee is the perfect springtime party table decoration and is great practice for pattern-making, folding and cutting.

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.