Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that light travels in straight lines and experiments with reflecting light.

Make a beautiful bowl out of printed lines of poetry that you can use to store everything from jewelery to candy.

Vincent van Gogh painted golden hued pictures of the harvest using bold lines and vibrant color. Your child can explore this style of art using oil pastels.

Sure, angles can be confusing. Here's a fun activity to brush up your child's knowledge of these geometry essentials.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Learn about how to write a couplet poem in this easy introduction to the classic poetry style.

What is topography? Kids find out by learning to make and read a topographic map in this awesome science fair project idea.

Practice rhythm and rhyme with these step-by-step instructions for a pantoum poem!

Here's a party game that's guaranteed to bring along lots of laughs. Kids get creative as they act out improve scenes with some help from an audience.

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

Instead of piling on jackets and mittens, settle down for an afternoon of paper magic with this three-dimensional snowflake craft.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Challenge your kid's creativity with a fun fall art project that features you as the collaborator.

The goal of this project is to create an exciting topographical map out of dough.

With a handful of craft supplies, your fourth grader can capture some of the artistic magic of the ancient Maya.

Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

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.

A nonet is a 9-line poem. Like haiku, each line has a specific number of syllables, starting with nine in the first line and ending with only one in the last.

Make your own helicopter using a paper clip and a sheet of paper. Hold the spinner up in the air, let it go, and watch it spin gracefully to the ground.

Your kindergartener will learn basic math concepts and create a beautiful keepsake with this African flag reference book.

Try a fun painting activity this Valentine's Day with your child. He can design abstract art and learn about color theory in an easy way!

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Challenge your child with this exciting 2D to 3D project using a sheet of construction paper, oil pastels, and scissors.

Create a dramatic, elegant line drawing of a pumpkin in this white-on-black Halloween art project. 

Looking for a way to make vocab practice a little more engaging? This easy twist on the classic game is a great way to build your child's vocabulary.

Batik is a traditional Indonesian craft, which uses a technique of drawing wax on fabric to create patterns before dying.