This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.

The Egg in a Basket, a traditional British breakfast component, is a simple snack that kids and parents can cook together!

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

Here's a tasty summer holiday treat: oatmeal chocolate chip cookie sandwiches filled with cinnamon ice cream.

A tall glass of lemonade is the perfect summer treat. Make it even better with these creative twists on classic lemonade!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by making personalized art out of some Celtic letters.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

Invite your first grader to create this "layers of love" keepsake for that special someone! It holds a sweet, personal message for the recipient.

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

In this activity, children will write letters to their future selves and draw encouraging pictures. These letters will be given to back to them at a future time when they are in need of some encouragement and kind reminders.

Your mother is a treasure, so celebrate her with a fun Motherâs Day Treasure Hunt.

Make a seashell wind chime for your back porch. Perfect for younger kids to build motor skills on.

When your child makes cute and delicious pudding cup faces, he has also created edible works of art!

Try this washi tape craft for Fatherâs Day, and combine cutting-edge crafting with technology for a colorful, useful gift for Dad.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

This fun, summery arts and crafts activity is a great project to do with your child. She'll express her creativity while she revamps some old flip flops.

Reflect on how fast your child has grown this past year with this ruler frame craft, perfect for gift-giving!

Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

Slime: It's oozy, it's goopy, and it's just plain fun! Learn how to make slime with this fun science fair project.

Try this card game to build math fact skills, like addition and subtraction, and have a great time, too!

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Help to build your child's reading skills and get your point across with these homemade message magnets!

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Build good first grade reading and writing skills, as well as family peace and quiet, with this hand made story book about mornings in your home.

This bookmark is a helpful tool to use during and after reading to remind your child of "good reader" strategies that she can use on her own.

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.