Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

Kids learn about pointillism as they make their own self-portrait in the style of famed American artist Chuck Close.

Save money by having your tween rock these homemade jeggings, a good craft for a lazy afternoon.

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

In this unique 5th grade arts and crafts project, your budding artist can imitate ancient rock art by creating his own petroglyphs on sandpaper with crayons.

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

These homemade juggling balls are super simple to make and are a blast to play with. Not to mention, they're great practicing hand-eye coordination.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Skip store-bought jewelry and show your stylish kid how to make her own beaded bracelets.

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

Big hoop earrings are popular and itâs no wonder why; they are light, airy and tons of fun! Help your child make a pair of hoop earrings that is all her own.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

Have your child make a holiday scarf with inexpensive materials, no sewing required!

Make some beautiful and unique candles to light your home.

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

Forget mass-produced, store bought holiday ornaments. Your fifth grader can usher in the holidays by making his own homemade marbled Christmas balls!

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Using aluminum is a great way to recycle and make some shiny ornaments borrowing from this traditional Mexican art form. Here's an easy kids' activity!

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

This homemade keepsake book is a great project for your fifth grader to make for someone special this holiday season!

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

What better way to encourage family bonding and communication than to make a family directory to help everyone keep in touch?

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

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