Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

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.

This homemade pom-pom garland requires very few materials and instantly brightens up a room with Easter-themed pastels.

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Water, along with soil and light, is a necessary component for plant growth. So what's better for promoting plant growth: tap water, or rain water?

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Take math off the page and into the real world. This simple game gives kindergarten kids hands-on practice with basic addition.

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

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

This science fair project idea investigates which objects float and sink in honey, water, and oil.

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

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

It's easy to turn old magazines into a fast-and-furious finding game that's both fun and educational for kids.

What's the quickest way to separate salt and pepper? Let static electricity do the work! Your child will be fascinated by this simple experiment.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

Help your child create a written message and practice their letters using sticks they find in nature. Here's how to get started.

Here's a creative preschool activity to make a crown, and build in some phonics practice while you're at it.

Have a little fun playing with food this Thanksgiving, and a silly harvest holiday potato with your child!

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

This creepy, crawly spider fiber arts project is a great way to practice combining different materials to create an interesting work of decorative art.