Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

Challenge your kid's creativity with a fun fall art project that features you as the collaborator.

People have favorite flavors, but what about ants? Which ant food is the most popular?

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

This reindeer hat is cute and festive for your child during the holiday season. Make a reindeer hat this Christmas with your child.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Improve your child's hand-eye coordination with this outdoor group ball game that's similar to Four Square.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

A serape is a long, blanket-like shawl worn over the shoulders. With a few simple materials, your child can fashion his very own serape!

Help your preschooler or preschooler with shape recognition, math, and matching by creating your own personal shapes cards, good for home or car.

Batik is a fabric dying technique usually done with hot wax. This flour-and-water method is kid-safe and easy, and it creates beautiful batik designs.

Preschoolers are fascinated by how colors can be mixed to form new ones. This activity combines color mixing with the concept of melting for extra science fun.

Skip the plastic eggs this Easter: make a paper mache Easter egg sculpture in this kindergarten arts and crafts activity.

Your child can decorate her own set of Russian nesting dolls in this easy felt craft.

Learning to count can be pretty tough. Have your child play this game with you or a friend and watch her quickly become a master counter.

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Use empty soda bottles to create a fun bowling set that helps your first grader practice addition skills!

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

Your child will enjoy getting math practice as they use bugs in addition and subtraction problems.

Encourage your kindergartener to investigate and chronicle the weather she observes during the coldest months of the year.

Celebrate African heritage by making an African flag banner. This fun, culturally-inspired art project is perfect for Black History Month.

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

Help your child keep track of his pledges to be more environmentally friendly with a calendar made entirely out of recycled and reused materials!

There's no need to buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets in less time than it takes to click your way through a percussive song.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Make a wish upon a tree with this craft that also helps your child learn more about Chinese culture.

Teach your preschooler color recognition using this handy egg carton sorter. She will group objects by color and learn to recognize their names with this tool.

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