Try this art activitythat has your preschooler making chaotic paint designs with just a paintbrush pendulum!

While you whip up mashed potatoes for your next dinner party, your first grader and friends can stay occupied by crafting their own silly spud characters.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

Even if sweet potatoes aren't your kid's favorite, try topping them with fluffy marshmallows -- it will be tough to find a child who can resist!

Recycle an old soda bottle into a beautiful, functional soap dish! In this project your child will practice saving the environment in a proactive way.

These pretzel reindeer cookies are a great holiday recipe for kids to make. Rudolph and the whole gang agree!

This Hanukkah countdown craft will help your little one count the eight nights of Hanukkah. Make a Hanukkah countdown calendar with your child.

Stamp out the sameness of learning the ABC's for your kindergartener. Make 26 letter sponge stamps and create projects with him to practice.

Sure, your kid may already be a Picasso with a paintbrush, but even fancy artists need a new challenge.

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

Create a dramatic, elegant line drawing of a pumpkin in this white-on-black Halloween art project. 

Patterns are everywhere. This activity allows your child to practice inventing their own patterns while creating a portrait of a pet.

This sweet cardstock bouquet featuring your child's photo is sure to make Mom or Grandma smile on Mother's Day or any day of the year.

This science experiment uses a hard-boiled egg as a pretend tooth and shows reluctant brushers the importance of tooth care!

Create a haunted house from upcycled materials in this lively craft project!

Whether the snow is fluffy and soft or icy and hard, a snowman is sure to inspire a smile. No wonder this snowman is so happy—it's made using marshmallows!

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

Back-to-back breathing is a great way to practice self-calming while also creating connection and developing trust.

This science fair project idea discovers which brand of bubblegum produces the largest bubbles.

Rhymes are all around us! Get your kid in on this game of simple rhyming words. She'll match up cards with rhyming words and pictures on them.

Encourage your child's creativity by giving him a new kind of paintbrush -- a feather!

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

These spaghetti ornaments take seconds to make and are a great addition to a tree, gift or window.

Looking for a funky new way to paint? Try paint dough, a sparkling pasty paint made from just three kitchen ingredients!

Pumpkins sure look adorable when bundled up in hats and cozy scarves!

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity and sneak in a little extra nutrition this holiday season: make a mashed potato snowman sculpture!

Warm up your little one's counting skills with this adorable winter number-match game. Play until she's warmed up and ready to count all on her own!

Let your child's imagination run wild with this creative third grade arts and crafts activity: make a fanciful costume out of a cardboard box.