Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Want to capture this year? Make a time capsule of this period in your child's life! You may just be surprised at what you find, when you dig it up next year...

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

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.

Who needs a plastic potato head when you can use the real thing?

Give your child an American history lesson as you create a colorful mini totem pole!

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

With a few creases and crimps, you can turn regular old aluminum foil into tin foil art!

Here's a fun arts and crafts activity that has you and your child creating a book with a secret hollow!

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Share some old school fun with your preschooler with stilts you can make from items found in your recycling!

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

Learn about dehydration with a wonderful craft project that you can do together, and enjoy this unique doll for years to come!

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Guide your preschooler through making a handmade bug valentine for a loved one; it's an adorable way to say, "I love you."

Recycle bottles of different shapes and sizes to create a group of unique dolls that are as unique as the real people around you!

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

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.

Using cardboard and duct tape, you can make a durable Father's Day frame that Dad can hang anywhere from his workbench to the office!

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

If you love the look of yarn but aren't in the mood for complicated knitting or crocheting, have your child create simple and beautiful yarn letters.

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.

No matter the occasion, this flag craft is the perfect way for you child to proudly display her love of the red, white and blue!

During Chinese New Year festivities, you see lanterns everywhere. Your child can make her very own red and gold lanterns to display at home.

Celebrate Groundhog Day with this cute groundhog pop-up toy. All you need is construction paper, a craft stick, and a paper cup to get started.