Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

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!

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

This crafty activity will help your child develop an understanding of important math concepts like patterning and spatial awareness.

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

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Introduce your child to preliminary science concepts by challenging them to do this fun and simple cloud observation activity.

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

In this arts and crafts activity, boost your kindergartener's letter recognition and reading skills by helping her create a paper word quilt.

Make the prehistoric monsters of the past seem a bit more real with a craft that brings the chill of the Ice Age to life!

Forget model kits! Promote creativity by having your child construct a dinosaur model using marshmallows and toothpicks.

Your child can pretend she is a pro by creating a crackle painting that looks and feels like a classic work of art!

Create an outer space painting with chalk, water and black paper in this art project that explores the solar system.

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

Create this quick and easy craft with your child, and then let their imagination float free as they write about it!

Use an old strawberry basket to create a decorative box for storing knickknacks, jewelry or odds and ends with this recycled craft.

What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using their fingerprints!

Your kindergartener will make prints of his favorite fruits and vegetables and learn how to organize and assemble his very own book.