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A homemade coat of arms is a great way to get your child thinking about your family's values, and it makes a fun addition to the costume box as well!

This project makes learning the difference between warm and cool colors easy and fun. And it's a great intro to complimentary colors - great for pop art!

Help your child work on her sewing skills by making one-of-a-kind luggage tags for everyone in the family.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

Check out this simple version of a pairs game that's played all over the world. It's a great way to practice estimating and predicting mathematical outcomes.

This valentine bag craft makes a chic little pouch that holds cards and treats. Fall in love with this valentine bag craft this February.

Make some fairy tale felt board stories with your child the next time you're looking for a fun activity for a lazy afternoon.

Take your child outside during winter time and have them observe the leafless trees before having them make a watercolor of a tree or trees using masking tape. They’re sure to love their winter tree painting, plus they make lovely decorations in the home!

Learn how to make a mustache with these simple instructions. See how to make a mustache on a stick for Halloween, costume parties, or dress up.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Instead of piling on jackets and mittens, settle down for an afternoon of paper magic with this three-dimensional snowflake craft.

A riff on the classic board game, St. Patrick's Day Snakes and Ladders is a fun game the whole family can enjoy.

Use this interactive activity to help your third-grade child develop vocabulary skills and make a flipbook.

In this activity, your learner will be challenged to create their own tic-tac-toe grid out of building blocks.

Does your second grader want to learn a magic trick? Here is a simple trick using only 3 dice and a little bit of addition and subtraction.

Kids can celebrate Veterans Day by making a mosaic American flag out of jelly beans in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Help your preschooler chart her good eating habits with this arts and crafts activity that has her making a healthy fruits and vegetables rainbow and graph!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this second grade shamrock tote bag craft.

This fun art project is a great way to introduce your child to some basic geometry.

Ordinary drinking straws are fun for drinking juice and even for spitballs when you're not looking, but also fabulous for learning first grade math.

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

Halloween is a great opportunity to look around and see faces that are funny, scary, happy and sad.

Calaveras means "skulls" in Spanish, and in Mexico, skulls are brightly decorated to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

3-D Christmas tree cookies look impressive but are an easy holiday recipe that kids can make. These sugar cookies stand up on their own!

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

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.

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

These cute holly-shaped hair clips are a breeze to make for holiday celebrations. They make a great party activity, too!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.