Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

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.

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

This homemade snare drum made with everyday household items gets its authentic rattle sound from paper clips and tin.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

Challenge your young dinosaur lover to examine dinosaur footprints and then create their own dinosaur fossil in this hands-on activity.

Have your child imitate the masters or create her own work of art with a bar of soap!

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

Planning a beach vacation? Here's a cool nature craft you can make in the sand with your child.

Ever wonder how those kooky kazoos work? Get to know the science behind this silly instrument by making your very own kazoo!

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

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!

Make cleaning fun with a duster made from a decorated tube sock.

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

This heart paper chain is the perfect way to celebrate Valentine's Day. Include some decorations in a simple AB pattern and work on pattern recognition.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

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

Traditionally, lovespoons were made by suitors to give to their love interests. Have your kid make his own love spoons this Valentine's Day!

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

On the next rainy day spent inside, delight your third grader by showing him how to make his own weatherproof octopus to display for those passing by.

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

Help your child craft a magnetic menorah that they can safely "light" themselves!