Forget toy stores! Show your first or second grader how to make a vehicle out of fruit from a neighbor's tree or local farmers' market.

Enjoy the fragrant scents of the holiday season with this pomander activity. A perfect arts and crafts project for preschool or kindergarten age children.

Winter is a great time to build a friendly snowman! Turn regular modeling clay into a glittery snowy surprise.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

A twist on the gingerbread house, this train is made with graham crackers, icing, and candy decorations. A great 2nd-3rd grade holiday arts and crafts activity.

Here, kids can make edible collages out of cookies and candy. Colorful, creative, and delicious, they make great gifts for sweet-toothed family and friends.

Help your child to create a familiar favorite from a book or series he adores out of papier-mache. Exercise your child's imagination and language arts skills.

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.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

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.

A valentine wreath brightens up any home on Valentine's Day. Craft a pretty valentine wreath out of colorful chocolate kisses.

Explore measurement with your second grader and make this terrific holiday craft.

This fun project will showcase spring's freshest flowers and help your child contribute to the Passover Seder.

Save up your paper rolls to help your child create an upcycled craft that looks just like iron work!

Get kids excited about gathering their school supplies by teaching them how to make their own writing supplies!

Flowers will brighten up anyone's day! Share the joy of spring by making a picture of a vase with fun 3-D flowers that will never wilt.

Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

Create a beautiful piece of pottery by hand using a few simple ingredients, and learn about the Native American Acoma tribe while doing it!

When your child is crossing streets in the dark, visibility is key. Once he's picked out a costume, make fun and festive neon accents to add to his outfit.

Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

This paper mache snowman is a unique winter craft for kids. Use this paper mache snowman to show your child the wonders of this three-dimensional art form.

Enchant your garden with flower fairies and let their beauty bloom with this charming fairy craft.

Encourage your child to learn about air pressure by helping him devise his own squirt gun with a water bottle.

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

Invite your first grader to play with his food! He will improve his fine motor skills as he creates zany edible art!

Your fourth grader will hone his fine motor skills and learn to follow directions as he creates this recycled angel tree topper out of an ordinary soda bottle!

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?