Encourage your child to explore color and its mood-altering effects by creating his own self portrait using only warm or cool colors.

This easy indoor activity teaches kids how to mix kitchen ingredients into watercolor paints, while giving a crash course in color-combining.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

Ask your fourth grader to jazz up the family kitchen by creating this adorable clothespin giraffe to sit on the counter and hold recipe cards.

Looking for way to help Japan? Start by making paper cranes! Learn how you and your child can show your support for Japan through the art of origami.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Perform a special St. Patrick's Day magic trick with this fun craft project! 

Here's a fun arts and crafts activity that has you and your child creating a book with a secret hollow!

Make some beautiful and unique candles to light your home.

This tried-and-true complexion treatment is a slumber-party staple that many people swear by.

Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

Make a spring collage with your child to get them outside and those creative juices flowing!

Reuse old Christmas cards by showing your fourth grader how to weave strips of them together to create new and unique woven holiday cards!

Help your fourth grader make a homemade recipe book that's eye-catching, simple to construct and perfect for holding all of her favorite recipes!

Your fourth grader will love turning your house into a home this holiday season with fun crafts such as hand-casted paper holiday ornaments!

This Halloween, your child can make her very own jar light that will shine bright throughout the night!

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.

Fashion forward kids get a chance to unleash their inner designer by creating their own fabric-embellished shoes in this teen arts and crafts activity.

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Create a beautiful piece of pottery by hand using a few simple ingredients, and learn about the Native American Acoma tribe while doing it!

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

This felt pie craft not only teaches sewing skills, but is a sneaky introduction to elementary math standards like geometry, measurement and estimation.

Here's an activity that lets your third grader, fourth grader, or fifth grader bring the warmth and light of lanterns into your home by making his own.

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

Show your child how to paint in true Georgia O'Keeffe style. He'll enjoy painting art inspired by a master, and boost his math skills, too.

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.

Help your child create her very own invention just like Leonardo da Vinci as she develops her critical thinking skills and lets her imagination soar!

Let your fifth grader craft a gleaming green shamrock pin for himself or a friend this St. Patrick's Day!

Help your child visualize their goals for the new year by creating a self-portrait that represents all of the amazing things they have done and hope to do.