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Make a beautiful nature silhouette to remember a family walk in the park or a camping trip with friends.

Getting kids to memorize their times tables can be worse than pulling teeth. Sweeten the deal with this activity that combines math and sugar.

Create a personalized gift bag by turning a plain brown paper lunch bag into a custom-designed costume or shirt.

Quilling, a craft that has been around for centuries, is a beautiful way to create a unique card for Mother's Day, or any special occasion.

Have your child experiment with layering by creating a feathered friend to celebrate warmer weather.

By selecting a pattern and carefully repeating it on the entire surface of a pumpkin, your child will transform a simple garden vegetable into a work of art.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

Keep your holiday memories safe in this crafty photo box, handmade by your child, that's decorated with the signs of the season,

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

Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday during which the "new year" for trees is celebrated. In this activity your child will paint a pot to grow his own plant.

Help your child learn more about the military by having him create a portrait of a soldier and write a short summary about why that soldier is important.

Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!

In this activity, your child will write a poem recognizing and appreciating the beauty inherent in diversity.

This Sephardic meat pie features ground beef, mashed potato, onions, and spices simmered in a hearty gravy and then baked in matzoh crust.

Little kids love this messy but fun Easter party game: bob for chocolate Easter eggs in a giant blob of whipped cream. The first one to find all her eggs wins!

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

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Here's a fun writing activity that will turn a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out creativity bonanza.

Every day can be Chinese New Year with a dancing dragon that your child can make at home.

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 Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Are you looking for a new way to help your fourth grader celebrate New Year's Day? Try this Flash Back Book!

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

Crowned with orange cream cheese frosting and studded with chocolate chips, these pumpkin muffins make a delicious fall treat.

Bring the Star of David symbol to life by baking and decorating festive sugar cookies for Hanukkah!

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Making metric conversions is a difficult concept to master. Get in some extra practice by playing this Tic-Tac-Toe game with your learner.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.