Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.

Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Here's an activity to help your child create her very own time capsule to unearth and open in one, five, or even ten years later!

Dress up a plain old pen with this pretty craft that's great for back-to-school time.

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

This colorful caterpillar attaches itself to pencil holders and guards your school supplies!

Return to school in style! Dress up your pencil holders with this delightful and always seasonally appropriate arts and craft project.

Get inspired by nature and use recycled materials to create unforgettable pencil holders in time for the back to school season.

This school year, have your child decorate his very own clip board and watch him do his homework in style!

Make these homemade friendship pencils for a party or the beginning of school and have a stylish writing utensil that kids will love trading.

Creepy, crawly, spooky and even kind of cute! This spider loves school supplies and will do a great job guarding them.

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

As school starts, there's no better time to get your kid off to a fresh, fun, organized start. Here's a desk craft for style-minded students!

Inspired by Japanese woodcuts, this make your own stamps project will be a big hit with your fifth grade or middle school child.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

This is the perfect recycling project for back to school! Your child will put all those extra paper bags to good use and assemble her own personal notepad.

Who wants to take a boring paper bag to school -- just to throw away as soon as the bell rings -- when you can create a reusable lunch bag out of fleece?

Does your child know how to read a map? Teach this important skill with an activity that makes map reading and map creating practical and fun!

Turn an empty cereal box into a teacher appreciation card in this eco-friendly craft project! 

Want to help your child learn to fit homework time into a real-life schedule? Here's a tool that can help the whole family.

Give your child some simple craft supplies and see what happens in this heartwarming and artistic contribution to the Seder table this year.

Let your child create a fun and easy locker blackboard out of an old cereal box!

Here's an activity that has your teenager or child upcycling empty cereal boxes to create a handy, one-of-a-kind notebook holder to keep her space organized.

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!