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In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

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 make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to use simple materials to create a catapult for a small, lightweight toy.

Teach your child how to create lots and lots of line designs by wrapping string around wooden blocks, and using them to create line-filled prints.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

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

This activity turns your kid into the family weatherman. Plus, it teaches him to collect data and begin to understand graphing.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of the alphabet by helping them construct all of the letters using pipe cleaners.

Help your learner read, write, and understand letters and letter sounds with this delightful journal activity.

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

In this creative arts and crafts activity, children will design and create their very own alphabet tree!

Design a fruit-inspired artwork using paints, paper plates, and real watermelon seeds in this seasonal craft project!

Make matzoh more fun! Help your preschooler or kindergartener design a matzoh puzzle from broken pieces of the flatbread.

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

Your child will practice her counting and number recognition as she matches printed numbers to the same number of repetitions of a simple design.

Wake up and create a fun, healthy snowman with your learner! As a family, create a snowman on your plate with yogurt, add some snowman accessories, and design a snowy environment.

In this design challenge, your child will use building bricks to create a funny face. The activity instructions include question prompts thta can help guide your child through the creative process, and promote their problem-solving skills.

Here's a fun way for your preschooler to practice making predictions. Shake up marbles covered in paint to see what colorful design you'll make!

Plastic pipes and pipe connectors make a quick and fun activity for preschoolers. Try some of our pipe challenges!

Help your preschooler create beautifully designed and textured Easter eggs using only brown and purple onion skins for a result that's just to 'dye' for!

Here's a fun arts and crafts activity for your preschooler or pre-kindergartener: make a print relief out of cardboard.

Dream big by making some washi tape wall art, an easy (and totally temporary) way to experiment with murals.

Etch designs into discs of plaster of Paris using a traditional whaler technique to create a beautiful artisan necklace.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

Try this preschool arts and crafts activity: make an over-sized stuffed plaything out of butcher paper and wadded-up newspaper.

Quickly update your child's room by decorating the switchplate over the light switch! It will add a funky flair to any room in the house.