Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

Your third grader will strengthen her hand-eye coordination as she creates and plays her very own take-anywhere pinball game!

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

What IS That Thing? is a game for kids of all ages that uses scrap paper and junk from around the house! A great way to recycle, reduce, and reuse.

Make a DIY golf putter and design your own golf putting course in this 2nd-3rd grade arts and crafts/game activity.

This beaded wind chime is fun to make and it gets kids experimenting with patterns, a key kindergarten math skill.

This clay "painting" activity encourages and supports creative development and critical thinking skills.

Keep your child active this summer by transforming old milk jugs into scoops and newspaper into a ball with this exciting game of catch!

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

This simple and creative arts and crafts activity is great for preschoolers or kindergarteners and uses recycled magazines or newspapers.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Make your own play dough at home with a fruity scent using this easy activity!

In this fun activity, kids practice measurement and boost fine motor skills as they learn all about how fossils form and even make a few of their own!

Invite children to create a Fourth of July centerpiece with this simple craft activity!

This second grade arts and crafts activity is all about caterpillars emerging from their cocoons as butterflies.

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.

Here's a wacky activity that kids are sure to love: make a face that has shoelaces for hair!

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

In this activity, your child will use household objects to sculpt his very own football.

In this activity, children learn about artistic portraiture by creating a life-sized painting of their favorite creature.

Your preschooler or kindergartener will learn about Thanksgiving and the symbolic Fall cornucopia with this festive homemade decoration activity!

Create clever airplane favors for your child's next birthday party in this fun third grade arts and crafts activity.

Duct tape doesn't only fix household problems, it also fixes the "I'm bored"s in this art activity.

The perfect activity for a rainy day, or any time your little one moans, "Moooo-oom, there's nothing to do!"

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.

This art activity encourages your child to create her own papier-mache apple sculpture to give to a special teacher.

Has your child ever played weatherman? Try this science activity that lets kids try their hands at observing and predicting the weather.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!