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This Halloween, have your child create a ghoulish bat treat keeper. While crafting he'll learn the basic components of sculpture.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

Encourage your third-grader to create a reverse glass painting. This will help him learn art concepts and improve his critical thinking skills.

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

In this arts and crafts activity, boost your kindergartener's letter recognition and reading skills by helping her create a paper word quilt.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Introduce your kindergartener to some art history by showing him how to create an everyday object print, Andy Warhol-style.

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

Take a fun and simple look at the concept of parallel lines with your child. This art activity is great for fine motor skills and perfect for Valentine's Day!

Remind your child of all the things that go bump, bump in the night with a fun post-Halloween activity.

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Ignite your kindergartener's love of adventure and learning with an imaginary trip under the sea.

Brrrrr! It's chilly outside. Now's the perfect time to create a snow globe. But, don't worry, you don't need glass for this dome.

Have a young architect or designer on your hands? Here's an easy activity for him to learn the basics of landscape and architecture while having fun!

Make a candy wrapper collage with your leftover candy wrappers! This candy wrapper collage is a cool, upcycled post-Halloween craft project.

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

Help your child make a cubist self-portrait while he boosts his math and spatial skills with this fun lesson in art history!

This arts and crafts activity explores triptych painting while encouraging your preschooler to increase critical sequencing and early literacy skills.

Show your child how to paint in true Georgia O'Keeffe style. He'll enjoy painting art inspired by a master, and boost his math skills, too.

Your kindergarten artist will love practicing math and coloring when he makes his own unique paint-by-numbers! This activity is creative and educational.

Does your young writer need more details to beef up her writing? Why not make it fun by mixing in some creative artwork, and take her writing to the next level.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."