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Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Recycling may be a confusing concept for your little one, so take the time to teach them the magic of compost - right in your own backyard!

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.

This fragrant drawer sachet keeps clothes smelling sweet, and makes for the perfect gift.

Here's an activity that has your teenager or child upcycling empty cereal boxes to create a handy, one-of-a-kind notebook holder to keep her space organized.

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

Most parents probably wouldn't mind subtracting 8-9 years off their age. Here's a fun third grade subtraction activity that may do just that.

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with your child and teach her about Mexican heritage with this fun arts and crafts activity.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

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

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

Introduce your child to the importance of preserving the world's biodiversity by turning a lesson on endangered species into a fun game for the whole family.

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!

Few places are as dense with words as a grocery store. The next time you find yourself trolling the aisles with an impatient kid, make it a reading adventure!

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Help your child honor her grandpa this Father's Day by creating an original photo essay just for him.

Help your kid keep track of all the developments that led to the American Revolution, by portraying the steps visually and literally!

Writing a book about a favorite trip can be fun, rewarding and a great way to practice organizational, thinking, and communication skills.

Teach your child about the art of ancient Australia by creating your own handprint art just like Aboriginal artists did thousands of years ago.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Great for bath time, or anytime your child is feeling creative, these bright bathtub paints are a fun and low-mess way to spice up art time.

If your child is particularly handy or artistic, she'll love putting her talents toward making a custom key holder. It's the perfect gift for any occasion.

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

Celebrate spring with a cute cut-out bug button your child can make out of colorful felt and markers!

Work with your child's sense of fun by making this interesting snack, where playing with healthy food gets your child eating it