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

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!

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

Create a silhouetted Halloween candle holder with this upcycled activity!

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Create a haunted house from upcycled materials in this lively craft project!

Let your child create a fun and easy locker blackboard out of an old cereal box!

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

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

Get inspired by nature and use recycled materials to create unforgettable pencil holders in time for the back to school season.

Choose a design that is as simple or as intricate as you like and create a stencil that you can use over and over again.

In this activity, your child gets to peek behind the curtain of puzzle making as they create their very own "Spot the Differences" game!

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

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.

Help your child create a piece of spring art by shaking up the traditional silhouette art form with a colorful collage background and vibrant spring color.

Frida Kahlo was a famous Mexican painter. In this activity, your child can put pick up a paintbrush and create a self-portrait inspired by this renowned artist.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

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.

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

Recycle paper and old magazines with this art project that creates a great tool for artists: a color wheel!

Show your young artist how to celebrate Mary Cassatt, an Impressionist painter, by creating a mother-child painting in her 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.

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.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

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!