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

Great for bath time, or anytime your child is feeling creative, these bright bathtub paints are a fun and low-mess way to spice up art time.

In this activity, kids use sponges to make textured stamps for homemade, artistic Valentine's Day cards.

Provide your child with Q-tip paint brushes that are bunched together and easy to grip, and encourage him to go to work on his painting masterpiece!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.

Give Hallmark a run for its money with these handmade printed cards.

The project presents a tactile way to paint using water beads! The result will be a beautiful, expressionistic work of art.

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

Bring a swell of high sea adventure to your own living room with this quick and easy paper sailboat craft!

This St. Patrick's Day show your child to the fun of resist painting. It's as simple as getting out a crayon and some watercolor paints!

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

This activity will keep your child entertained long after you've put away the markers and glue. Help him turn a paper bag into a self-portrait puppet!

Create striking pieces of art using handmade heart stencils in this hands-on Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity!

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!