Make your own menagerie of animals using empty walnut shells

Assemble your own stylish spider ring this Halloween using pipe cleaners and googly eyes!

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.

Show your third grader how to craft his own version of the symbolic Olympic rings using some easy-to-find art supplies!

Got a birdwatcher on your hands? Bring the birds to your backyard by making a zany bird feeder using an orange and some string.

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.

Your child can build the home of her dreams by creating a truly imaginative model. She'll get to draft her own blueprints to design her masterpiece!

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

Want to reuse materials that would otherwise get tossed in the trash? Show your third grader how to get crafty with old newspaper and fabric.

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

This Halloween, have your child create a ghoulish bat treat keeper. While crafting he'll learn the basic components of sculpture.

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

Help the elephant bird come back to life with this awesome paper mache craft.

Make a clay sculpture of a fall tree to celebrate the changing seasons and bring out the artist in your third grader.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Decorate your porch or backyard with this unique fall craft!

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Grow these wheatgrass and alfalfa friends and watch their hair spring up in just a couple days!

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

What better way to celebrate spring than with a fabulous flower party? Pack the day with fun flower activities and treats for a truly springalicious event!

This year, celebrate the season with a pumpkin wreath! Have your kid trace and cut patterns to create multiple pumpkin shapes from a single sheet of paper.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Show your third grader how to string together a pretty, decorative harp.

A twist on the gingerbread house, this train is made with graham crackers, icing, and candy decorations. A great 2nd-3rd grade holiday arts and crafts activity.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.