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Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

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

Learn about landscape painting—and artist Grandma Moses—in this engaging watercolor activity!

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

This project is a great way to explore variations in how to paint using watercolor.

Spice up a traditional watercolor painting project with magazine cutout letters that spell out your favorite poem.

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.

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!

Make hand-painted stemware to give away as a gift in this unique arts and crafts activity.

Looking for a customized locker accessory? Try this DIY Mirror Craft and spruce up a plain old mirror with some original designs.

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

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.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

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

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

Halloween is a great opportunity to look around and see faces that are funny, scary, happy and sad.

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

It's not always bad to think negatively -- step into the creative and unique world of negative space drawing!

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

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

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

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

Have fun making recycled paper using scraps of used paper in your home with this hands-on project.

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

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

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

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

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.