Your child can use Styrofoam, green paint and toothpicks to create her own cactus plant sculpture.

This counting activity helps preschoolers learn about number sequences and adding.

Make a passport suitcase and keep track of all the places you've traveled together as a family. Here's how:

On the next rainy day spent inside, delight your third grader by showing him how to make his own weatherproof octopus to display for those passing by.

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

Instead of heading to the craft store, take a step back in time and restock your art supply with this easy recipe for homemade ink.

Make homemade glitter to add glamor and glitz to art projects galore.

Help motivate your child to become a more avid and consistent reader by creating a train-themed reading chart that can serve as a visual reminder of their progress.

In this science fair project, young children observe, record, and create collections of shapes in their world and increase their powers of observation.

Make a flowerpot recipe holder for a great kitchen gadget that makes cooking easy as pie.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

Help your first grader understand what a noun is with this fun photo book that catalogs her favorite people, places, and things!

What animals are most popular? This project affords practice in data-collection, record-keeping and data-analysis through the investigation of this question.

Get your child math and science savvy with this fun outdoor classification game. Using chalk, your child will classify what she sees in the natural world.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Use two toilet paper rolls to make a pair of homemade binoculars and let the games begin. Here's how:

Set your child's creative spirit free with heart art! He'll experiment placing hearts in patterns, designs, and configurations to make this 'heartfelt' art.

This competitive inequalities card game is a great way to help your child understand the connection between numerals and the values they represent.

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

This angel craft for kids makes for a beautiful Christmas decoration. Make an angel craft for kids this holiday season.

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

This book-making activity is quick and easy, and it gives emerging readers insight into how a story's illustrations provide context clues.

Make a "magic dough" using only flour, water and food coloring and have the kids guess what color appears.

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

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.

Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

Who says a party can't be productive? Next time your home is host to a hoard of giggling children, put those creative fingers to use with a party scrapbook!

Drive away rainy day blues by making a paper tropical fish in bright colors, jazzed up with multi-colored confetti.

Help your child develop her letter recognition skills throughout the week leading up to Valentineâs Day with this simple activity.

Transform paper and clothespins into endearing animal pals with this easy and delightful DIY craft.