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Want to give craft time a little pop and sizzle? Try this colorful painting craft that uses one of our favorite toys--a Koosh ball!

Reinforce your child’s foundational math skills while creating small works of seasonal art with this creative Halloween rock painting activity!

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

It’s the season for falling leaves, fall colors, and corn! Use this easy activity to help your child make some amazing paintings. They can use their math skills to design patterns for cards, paper, presents and more!

Use watercolors and crayons to teach your child about resistance while she creates a beautiful Easter decoration with this festive craft.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Make “teal the new orange” this Halloween season! Help your child learn about the Teal Pumpkin Project and paint the color teal on a pumpkin to advertise that your family will offer non-food toys as a treat, or “trinket” option.

This underwater painting is as colorful as it is fun!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Most people throw out soaked tea bags after use, but artists know a secret--tea bags can be a great medium for creating one-of-a-kind modern art.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

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

Get into the Christmas spirit with this fun and messy finger painting activity. This fun activity will light up the day like holiday lights!

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

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!

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

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

Your child can get out the acrylic paints and create a colorful paperweight perfect for dad this Father's Day!

Don't let alphabet practice turn into catching zzz's. Paint up a zany Z zebra and inject a little excitement into learning letters.

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

Ombre art is all the rage. Help your young artist learn all about tints and shades while creating a piece of art to celebrate Valentine's Day.

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

Looking for a fun way to remember your child's small handprints that doesn't involve tired turkeys or tubs of wet cement?

Your kindergarten artist will love practicing math and coloring when he makes his own unique paint-by-numbers! This activity is creative and educational.

This collage is a great way for children to see different methods of creating the same idea.

With a few strokes of white paint, kids can transform an old family photograph into a lovely winter scene in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Does your kid love crafts AND food? Teach him to paint with natural dyes from food! He'll be amazed that food can be made into art, just like in ancient times.

Using only the elements in your backyard, make paintbrushes with your child and create truly homemade works of art.