Preschool Activities : Page 11

Let your child celebrate the season with this recycled craft that turns paper tubes into sweet reindeer ready to be filled with holiday goodies.

Make these homemade shell fossils and introduce your child to the wonders of science!

Want to create some really unusual artwork and introduce your little artist to color combining? Try out some bubble painting!

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

Make homemade potpourri out of roses with your child!

Our heart card is a little piece of modern art that makes a great Valentine's Day gift for a creative friend. Make a heart card using paper, paint, and marbles.

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

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Your preschooler or kindergartener will learn about Thanksgiving and the symbolic Fall cornucopia with this festive homemade decoration activity!

Celebrate African-American history with your child by cooking up peanut soup, a dish rooted in African-American culture.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Have your preschooler paint like Monet, and build crucial handwriting skills at the same time!

Give your kid the opportunity to experiment with color combinations, and how the tape is applied as they make special cards for friends and family.

Craft a glamorous crown that your preschooler can wear when he demonstrates good behavior!

These bite-sized pizza mummies are sure to satisfy your kid's monster appetite.

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

Help your child learn her numbers and how to count with this fun number game!

Why spend money on fingerpaint when you can make your own? With this recipe, you can stew up your kid's favorite colors right in your kitchen.

Here's a tasty way to give your child some counting practice.

When your child is itching for a game, consider ditching Hide and Seek in favor of Shape and Seek. Here's how it works:

Your little preschool elf will develop some important fine motor skills while creating an entertaining game: Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!

Learn how to make a homemade ladybug costume, a quick and easy costume solution for kids of any age.

Make a colorful rock mosaic that will help your child practice her patterns, shapes, and colors while making a beautiful work of art!

Learn how to make a menorah with this simple Hanukkah craft. See how to make a menorah for the Festival of Lights.

This activity will help your child build his early math skills by practicing shape recognition.

Puppets can help preschoolers practice communication and conflict resolution.

This Play-Doh counting game will improve your little one's math skills and the hanging Christmas trees will make great decoration.

Enjoy the beach all year long with this fun activity that uses sand, seashells, and a shoebox to create a mini beach right in your house!

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.

Help your preschooler to create this artful reminder of home for the first days of school. Using family photos your child can collage a memento of home.