Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

This paper alternative to tie-dye is faster, easier, and (slightly) less messy, only requiring paper, white crayons, and a little imagination.

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

This Fourth of July, play a fun history-inspired math and logic puzzle game for your kids to play!

Make your own play dough at home with a fruity scent using this easy activity!

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

In this CD hovercraft science project, students will construct their own DIY hovercraft.

Teach your fifth grader the ancient Japanese art of origami with this incredible origami balloon that uses just one piece of paper!

Kids go wild over this colorful and tasty recipe that's perfect for St. Patrick's Day: make green mashed potatoes loaded with healthy vegetables.

This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

In this art project, eight petals of a flower are painted in watercolor paint using different techniques, colors, and patterns.

Unlike other seed sprouting projects, this one allows kids to compare five different sprouts (either 5 herbs or 5 flowers) by watching them grow in a glove.

Your child will create adorable baby footprints using his hand and fingers!

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

This science project teaches students the relationship between compost and plant growth. Students conduct an experiment with different types of compost.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschool or pre-kindergarten child: make a tubescope out of a cardboard tube and colored and wax paper!

Your child will jump at the chance to get messy (under adult supervision, of course) with this project and create some unique home decor that really shines!

Many substances are compounds of different elements. This experiment combines iodine and zinc to make zinc iodide.

This project examines what types of objects burn and which burn faster and cleaner.

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

Celebrate April showers with a springtime arts and crafts activity: make sparkly, shiny raindrops with your kid.

This project explores whether music affects the growth and health of plants.

Celebrate the season of flowers with a homemade vase budding with blooms of the season. Filled with the warmth of a sunny day, it's just the thing for spring.

Replace the butterfat and sugar of ice cream with the sublime sweetness of a frozen chocolate-covered banana.

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

Are you looking to entertain your child and a large group of their friends? Try out Chain Tag. The more players you have, the more fun the game becomes!