The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Here's a fun activity that takes "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" to a new level--and builds strong kindergarten reading and writing skills

Make a passport suitcase and keep track of all the places you've traveled together as a family. Here's how:

Have your little cowpoke design and decorate a vest that's perfect for combating the elements on the harsh Western plains.

Transform paper towel tubes into some great binoculars for imaginary playtime!

Help your child harness some of her festive holiday spirit with a paper plate craft that doubles as a musical instrument!

Celebrate National Drum Month in November by using a couple of recycled yogurt cups and making a groovy set of bongos!

This easy apple cider adds cinnamon candies to give it a spicy kick for Valentine's Day.

Invite the hungry caterpillar over to your house by creating a larger-than-life, colorful caterpillar friend out of balloons!

Your child can use colorful construction paper to make an easy paper basket to hold some of his special things!

Here are some ideas for marshmallow math games you can play with your child to help teach him important concepts like estimation, area, and measurement.

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

Make grammar interesting for kinders, with this fun take on charades. They'll practice verbs and get in some giggles, too!

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

Show your first grader how to create her own octopus out of yarn. This simple, yet fun, project yields an adorable play or cuddle partner.

Plan ahead for summer, by constructing a holiday calendar with your child. A great way to teach kids about time!

Help your child add her own silly charm to a pair of traditional chopsticks.

Are you in need of a little extra luck? Try making a lucky amulet!

Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.

Does your child love to play with their food? Then they'll get a big kick out of this activity, where they'll practice handwriting skills...using rice.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

While building his own croquet set, your kindergartener will use both his math an fine motor skills and as he plays he'll improve his hand-eye coordination.

This DIY menorah will make a beautiful addition to your Hanukkah celebrations. Make a DIY menorah with your child this winter.

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Travel back to the Jurassic age with this creative dinosaur activity that would make a great addition to any wall or fridge.

Celebrate Earth Day, or any day, by recycling an old CD and make a colorful, decorative fish!

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

Keep school day sniffles at bay with a simple felt tissue cozy that fits neatly in a 3-ring binder.

Enlist the whole family and helpful friends in this heartwarming activity for Dad. Boost kids' writing skills in the process, too!