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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.

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

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.

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

Using low-tech supplies and a little extra ingenuity you can help your fourth grader create this unique, heartfelt Valentine card.

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

An home science experiment for older students that teaches about the science behind heat.

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

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

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

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

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.

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.

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.

Your fourth grader will love practicing his math facts with this fun computation game.

This Fourth of July, play a fun history-inspired math and logic puzzle game for your kids to play!

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

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

Create a chunky, textured, tactile giraffe collage that is cute enough to pet! This is a great way to recycle old arts and crafts materials.

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!

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

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

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

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

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.