Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Got an empty bottle sitting around collecting dust? Put it to good use by turning it into a homemade night light for your kids.

Recycle all those old puzzles with missing pieces into a cute and easy puzzle piece tree.

Got a whistful wisher on your hands? Help her make her very own magic wand! The result is a creative craft that's great for pretend play.

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

While you whip up mashed potatoes for your next dinner party, your first grader and friends can stay occupied by crafting their own silly spud characters.

This engaging project encourages young children to practice and refine the important scientific skills of sorting and classification.

Here's a science and nature activity to help your kindergartener get outdoors and learn about the structure of leaves.

These pretzel reindeer cookies are a great holiday recipe for kids to make. Rudolph and the whole gang agree!

Stamp out the sameness of learning the ABC's for your kindergartener. Make 26 letter sponge stamps and create projects with him to practice.

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

Patterns are everywhere. This activity allows your child to practice inventing their own patterns while creating a portrait of a pet.

Whether the snow is fluffy and soft or icy and hard, a snowman is sure to inspire a smile. No wonder this snowman is so happy—it's made using marshmallows!

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

Rhymes are all around us! Get your kid in on this game of simple rhyming words. She'll match up cards with rhyming words and pictures on them.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

Looking for a funky new way to paint? Try paint dough, a sparkling pasty paint made from just three kitchen ingredients!

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity and sneak in a little extra nutrition this holiday season: make a mashed potato snowman sculpture!

Warm up your little one's counting skills with this adorable winter number-match game. Play until she's warmed up and ready to count all on her own!

Turn leftover puzzle pieces into a one-of-a-kind necklace that's sure to brighten any outfit.

Let your imaginative kid pretend she's a mermaid as she dives into her food with some charming kelp utensils!

Here's a festive, patriotic 4th of July fruit platter that is healthy, delicious, and guaranteed to be a real crowd pleaser.

Play this flashlight game with your child to teach him about objects that are transparent, translucent, and opaque.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Develop your child's green thumb with this easy planting activity. These plants are guaranteed to grow fast and are "brown-thumb" proofed!

Help your kindergartener use a map to find "leprechaun gold"--and build early social studies skills in the process!

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.