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Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

This crafty activity provides a hands-on way for your child to illustrate how the trees look during each season of the year.

What's red, white, blue, and yummy? Patriotic marshmallow pops, of course! Whip up a tasty treat to share with the family on the next big holiday.

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

Good for indoor and outdoor play, this patriotic tossing game uses lightweight pieces that can be found in almost any household.

What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

It can feel good to hit something when you're mad. The more your child pounds, squeezes, and mashes this dough, the better these play dough cookies will taste!

This sweet cardstock bouquet featuring your child's photo is sure to make Mom or Grandma smile on Mother's Day or any day of the year.

Encourage your child to eat nutritiously by having them build this delicious summer fruit cone!

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

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Increase your preschooler's observation skills with this fun and colorful science experiment!

If your preschooler needs counting practice, try this pared-down game. Kids count clips in each cup and find the playing card to match.

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

It's springtime! Time to get outside and dig! Once seeds go into the ground, invite your child to mark the spot in style.

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

This activity will help your child develop her fine motor skills and build spatial awareness,and it's a great way to jazz up snack time!

Familiarize your preschooler with the concept of numbers one through five and counting with this hands-on activity.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

If using regular watercolors is getting a little dry, liven things up by using salt to create a beautiful painting with unique crystal texture!

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Your child may have fallen in love with certain brand-name trains, but it's just as much fun to make your own - and a whole lot cheaper. Here's how.

Drift away with this charming craft that lets your child create a paper hot air balloon or two.

Practice counting to five with your child while making this adorably "scary" ghost to celebrate Halloween.

Turn snack time into a healthy ho-ho-holiday activity! Make a face that looks like a cartoon Santa using fruits. It will be a fun activity that will get your family in the holiday spirit, and spice up your snack time with healthy treats.

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

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

Ever wonder where paint comes from? This recipe works well with preschoolers because of its consistency and its natural nontoxicity.

Here's an easy activity for your preschooler or kindergartener: use waffles and fresh fruit to give your child hands-on practice with patterning and numbers.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your preschooler make metal cloth embroidery art using only a metal screen, yarn, and other materials!