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To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Don't throw that Sunday paper away just yet! If you've got a kid who thinks she's "too old" for crafts, introduce her to beautifully simple newspaper flowers.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

All you need are pencils, paper and some scissors to get started on this easy and fun game to review astronomy information, or other types of study concepts.

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your first grader by playing a pink crepe paper racing game inspired by Dr. Seuss's book "The Cat in the Hat Come Back."

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

What causes the seasons to change? Kids find out by modeling the earth's tilt using a globe, flashlight and graph paper in this cool science fair project idea.

Who wants to take a boring paper bag to school -- just to throw away as soon as the bell rings -- when you can create a reusable lunch bag out of fleece?

Explore the craters, maria, and highlands on the surface of the Moon! In this fun science project you'll create a 3-D model of the moon using paper mache.

It’s the season for falling leaves, fall colors, and corn! Use this easy activity to help your child make some amazing paintings. They can use their math skills to design patterns for cards, paper, presents and more!

Kids grow sunflower greens from seeds for a hands-on gardening experience in this kindergarten life science activity.

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

Here are three easy, budget-friendly ways to preserve your child's work and precious memories without filling up the attic.

Marshmallows are made of sugar, water, and air pockets. Since the marshmallow is flexible, will air pressure cause it to expand when heated in a microwave?

A heart hug can brighten up any dreary Valentine's Day. Give a friend a heart hug with this fun holiday craft.

Demonstrate how static electricity can cause an object to move. It also examines just how an object affected by static electricity will move.

Create a chunky, textured, tactile giraffe collage that is cute enough to pet! This is a great way to recycle old arts and crafts materials.

Celebrate the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, by helping your child to create a papier mache shofar.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

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".

Put those fall leaves to use with this fun art activity. Kids paint and print leaves, to make a beautiful tablecloth, perfect for your next fall celebration.

In this activity, your child will use household objects to sculpt his very own football.

Gather your child's old artwork together into a bookmark, a perfect gift to retain these memories long after kindergarten is over.