Celebrate the coming of Spring and Earth Day with this 3-D art project that makes use of recycled materials.

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

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

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

This arts and crafts activity explores triptych painting while encouraging your preschooler to increase critical sequencing and early literacy skills.

Show your child how to paint in true Georgia O'Keeffe style. He'll enjoy painting art inspired by a master, and boost his math skills, too.

Great for bath time, or anytime your child is feeling creative, these bright bathtub paints are a fun and low-mess way to spice up art time.

This activity is a fun way for your first grader to learn about how veggies help your body while being creative with art and drama. Here's how to get started.

In this activity, kids use sponges to make textured stamps for homemade, artistic Valentine's Day cards.

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

Provide your child with Q-tip paint brushes that are bunched together and easy to grip, and encourage him to go to work on his painting masterpiece!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Give Hallmark a run for its money with these handmade printed cards.

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Kids paint a still life of a vase of flowers using colors found side by side on the color wheel, just like Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.

The project presents a tactile way to paint using water beads! The result will be a beautiful, expressionistic work of art.

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Is your child learning to write the alphabet correctly? In this "kinesthetic" activity, use movement and art to help your child with letter-writing.

Create a personalized gift bag by turning a plain brown paper lunch bag into a custom-designed costume or shirt.

Here's a fun family activity: have your child make a cameo appearance by creating and drawing on their own silhouettes!

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

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!

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

Help your child explore their imagination and self-image with a larger-than-life-size self-portrait!

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

Bring a swell of high sea adventure to your own living room with this quick and easy paper sailboat craft!