Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

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.

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.

Help your child visualize their goals for the new year by creating a self-portrait that represents all of the amazing things they have done and hope to do.

Take some inspiration from the past and create some wood block prints with your fourth grader.

Transfer your child's artwork onto clothing using an iron-on transfer. It's easier than it sounds, and your child will love wearing his artwork!

Is your kindergartener getting tired of the standard art supplies? How about making a mosaic? This recipe is kinder safe, no broken glass involved!

What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using their fingerprints!

Introduce your fifth grader to the Kinara, part of the Kwanzaa tradition, by playing this fast-paced, two player game!

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

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

Try making your own conch planter in this decorative shell.

Your child can create an interactive map of his neighborhood focusing on the different textures he finds!

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Help your child make her very own clock with a recycled, thrift store find to give as a gift or keep for yourself!

Using paper plates, have the kids make these fun animal masks and your house will be transformed into a jungle.

Create a face of a person or animal on a small terra cotta flower pot and grow herbs or a flowered plant for their hair! As the herbs grow, the hair grows.

Challenge your learner to a whole new method of storytelling, and improve their fine motor skills in the process.

Take a page from Art Nouveau master Gustav Klimt and compose a shining collage.

Encourage your child to create a tribute to their past, and explore future dreams and goals with this narrative assemblage.

Your child can build the home of her dreams by creating a truly imaginative model. She'll get to draft her own blueprints to design her masterpiece!

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Help your child explore their imagination and self-image with a larger-than-life-size self-portrait!

Create your very own rubber stamp using rubber bands and cardboard. This is a simple way to create a beautiful design that can be used again and again.

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

Help your kid create a patriotic 4th of July table mat with a design inspired by modern artist Keith Haring.