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

Your first grader will delight in making a cookie version of homemade gelt--the gold coin chocolates that are often given as gifts or prizes during Hanukkah.

Get your child outside to observe the clouds, and get a fun exercise in science, writing, and arts and crafts! Here's how.

Arrange a cluster of glittering pumpkins on your dining table or use them as individual place cards to add a little sparkle to your next fall party.

Does your child have what it takes to be the world's first paper chef?

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.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

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.

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.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year by creating mosaic shamrock art with your child.

Add a smattering of beachy fun to a regular paper plate with this simple and adorable seashell craft!

Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

Your child can get out the acrylic paints and create a colorful paperweight perfect for dad this Father's Day!

Liven up your Christmas decor with vibrant reindeer created from cardboard. This decoration can hang above a fireplace, over a door, or across a wall.

This unique Santa is made only from circles. Your little one will have a fantastic time puzzling together Santa's face with this circle-centric activity.

These unique paving block critters let kids unleash their creative side on one of the "squarest" garden supplies in stores.

This goofy pasta clown sculpture will help your child develop his small muscle skills and think creatively while decking it out with a colorful circus outfit.

Channel the artistic spirit of Romare Bearden by making a mixed media collage to express different moods.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

Science fair project idea which teaches you how to make butter by separating cream into butter and buttermilk.

Petanque, a traditional French lawn game, is a wonderful activity to entertain groups of kids and help them learn a little bit about other cultures.

What's the first letter? Play this game with your first grader the next time you read together, and watch her reading skills grow as she climbs the levels.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Help your first grader make these patriotic hanging streamer decorations this 4th of July!

This felt cookies craft is a great way to introduce an older kid to a needle and thread, and will make great toys for younger siblings once theyâre done.

It's always fun to recycle household items into something great. Here's a quick and easy way to turn a used juice box into a police radio for hours of play!

Don't toss out those old tortillas! Your child can use them to create her own tortilla chips in any flavor she can imagine.