Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

Make lunch or afternoon snack more memorable your preschooler or pre-kindergartener with these sweet snowflakes snacks.

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Prepare your child for winter with a fake igloo and a list of cozy and chilly vocabulary words.

With a few strokes of white paint, kids can transform an old family photograph into a lovely winter scene in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Here's a green arts and crafts activity that will get your preteen into the holiday spirit: transform an old magazine into a miniature Christmas tree!

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

This simple sewing activity results in a pair of homemade fleece mittens!

This year, create cute napkin rings to adorn your holiday table.

Bake these delicious Crisco Cookies with your child this holiday season to give as gifts to friends and family.