Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

Work on homophones, words that sound the same, and spelling with this imaginative activity!

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

This rainbow collage activity is a great way to practice using different materials to create texture. The completed craft is sure to brighten up any space.

Create a face of a person or animal on a small terra cotta flower pot and grow herbs or a flowered plant for their hair! As the herbs grow, the hair grows.

Penguins just may be the cutest cold-weather creatures ever! Creating this penguin is a perfect way for your tot to practice cutting out different shapes.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

Fireworks are such an exciting part of part of summer festivities, but it's sad when the show is over. Keep them alive all year long with watercolor fireworks.

Making these fabulous cupcake liner flowers is a great way to introduce your child to relief artwork and patterns.

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

Frida Kahlo was a famous Mexican painter. In this activity, your child can put pick up a paintbrush and create a self-portrait inspired by this renowned artist.

This arts and crafts project isn't just full of creativity, it's got a lot to teach kids about world cultures as well.

Your child can learn more about Vincent van Gogh's influential style of painting by creating an homage to Starry Night, one his most beloved paintings.

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.

Introduce your youngster to this Japanese version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

Combine winter charm with DIY fashion to create this lovely piece of jewelry.

Encourage your child to create a tribute to their past, and explore future dreams and goals with this narrative assemblage.

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

Transform ordinary metal paper clips into wearable jewelry by adding beads and linking the clips together.

Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

Have a young architect or designer on your hands? Here's an easy activity for him to learn the basics of landscape and architecture while having fun!

This paper alternative to tie-dye is faster, easier, and (slightly) less messy, only requiring paper, white crayons, and a little imagination.

Construct some glittery ring bling with this ring bracelet craft.