Dig up some dinos while promoting curiosity and sensory skills in this hands-on activity that will have your child searching for prehistoric treasure!

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.

Painting cookies is a fun way for your child to exercise his fine motor skills and be creative at the same time.

Camouflage is one of the most important animal adaptations in the African savanna biome. Kids create their own camouflage with this fun science fair project.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to make a tower using paper cups.

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

Explore the scientific concept of capacity by seeing how many pennies you boat can hold before it sinks!

Make a fuzzy bear with your kindergartener to build up early reading skills and introduce her to phonics.

The weather is a key kindergarten science concept. With this activity your child will learn about wind direction and create a self portrait, too!

Be the mane attraction by creating a lion out of leaves! This wild craft keeps kids engaged and makes for fabulous art.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

This fun activity makes use of pasta shells, paint, and glue make a crab while your child learns about this unique creature.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers: try finger painting with corn syrup and food coloring to make bright, colorful works of art.

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

Practice color combinations with a learning tool that looks amazing — and delicious!

Take some of the spirit of musical chairs and incorporate it into an indoor obstacle course that will fine tune your child's motor skills!

Playing doctor is not only fun, it's also a way to teach kids about the parts of the body and how they are spelled.

This baking activity lets kids play with frosting, while experimenting with colors, and how they mix.

Go on a storytelling adventure using your kindergartenerâs five favorite picture books.

Increase your preschooler's observation skills with this fun and colorful science experiment!

This fun first grade activity will make your child love vegetables (well, racing them anyway). Build a racecar from a zucchini and challenge the whole family!

Looking for a last minute gift? This homemade candle holder is a breeze to make, and its pretty glow really brightens up a room. A great craft project.

Work with your child's sense of fun by making this interesting snack, where playing with healthy food gets your child eating it

This fudge cookie recipe is incredibly easy for even the youngest kids to follow. Plus, it makes a great gift when you're looking to wrap up something sweet.

Introduce your child to the world of motion and physics with a bit of marble play inspired by Sir Isaac Newton!

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

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

Make a clever egg pop-up card for Easter that hides a special surprise: open the flaps, and out pops a fluffy baby chick!

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

Let your kid experiment with textures among fabric and other materials that are smooth, rough, soft, or slippery—and then they'll make a texture book!