Add a little island flavor to your next lazy afternoon with a Hawaiian arts and craft project!

Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

Here's a fun preschool arts and crafts activity: make homemade clay bead jewelry. All you need is flour, cornstarch, and salt to get started.

Your child will enjoy feeling independent and creative as she develops her fine motor skills while making this necklace using just yarn and colored straws.

Make necklaces, bracelets, belts, or garlands in this simple and fun activity that recycles old objects and let's your child make one-of-a-kind pieces of art!

Etch designs into discs of plaster of Paris using a traditional whaler technique to create a beautiful artisan necklace.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

These papier-mâché bracelets are simple to make, and the result is truly stunning!

Make unique holiday ornaments with this sticky, stringy art project.

A candy ring is perfect for the kid with a sweet tooth and style. Make a sweet candy ring with your child this Valentine's Day.

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

Help your child sleep easy with this gorgeous paper plate dream catcher.

Stringing beads helps develop the hand-eye coordination kids need to write, and noodles are sized just right for junior jewelry-makers.

Turn leftover puzzle pieces into a one-of-a-kind necklace that's sure to brighten any outfit.

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

Transfer your child's artwork onto clothing using an iron-on transfer. It's easier than it sounds, and your child will love wearing his artwork!

Help your preschooler create ice cube bead necklaces to cool off while practicing gross motor skills and sequencing, and discussing states of matter.

Your kindergartener can contribute these beaded napkin rings to your Thanksgiving table...and sneak in some good math patterning practice, too.

Rainy day? Stuck inside? Here's an arts and crafts pasta project to enjoy with your kindergartener that helps her with math patterns too.

Make corn kernel necklaces this fall and help build your child's hand-eye coordination along with her fine motor skills.

Celebrate Easter, or just about any day, with a candy necklace. Grab your favorite candies, a string of yarn and get ready to make a yummy, colorful treat!