Candy cane ornaments bring some cheer to your Christmas tree. Make a batch of candy cane ornaments with your child to practice patterning and fine motor skills.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

This homemade educational travel game will keep your young child entertained and learning reading, writing, shapes and colors. All you need is a tissue box!

Here's a salt dough recipe that can be used to make ghostly character sticks for fun Halloween decor.

Your child can commemorate the best Halloween candy of all time using foam sheets to give your little monster a little practice tracing triangular shapes.

These paper pumpkins will make lovely, festive centerpieces in your home this fall.

How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.

Make a peace dove to commemorate Black History Month and hang it in your home as a quiet reminder of the spirit of the movement.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

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!

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Looking for a noisemaker that's more musical than your kid's typical banging and clanging? Make a paper plate tambourine!

Celebrate winter with some unique snowman decor. In this activity your kid will create a self-standing sculpture that'll look great on a table or in a window.

Reuse and recycle your CDs by having your kid turn them into colorful, eye-popping suncatchers.

Use natural materials to try out a new kind of weaving. Your child will enjoy gathering their materials outside and then using them to create a piece of art!

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Children use their design thinking skills and powers of observation to create and construct a bird nest.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

Building a rocket ship is a great way for kids to learn about measuring and construction. It'll fuel their creative side too!

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

Build a paper boat that's modeled on the ones used to cross the Nile River in ancient Egypt!

This creepy, crawly spider fiber arts project is a great way to practice combining different materials to create an interesting work of decorative art.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

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.

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

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

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Have a little fun playing with food this Thanksgiving, and a silly harvest holiday potato with your child!

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.