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Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Your child can celebrate Mexican culture by making his very own percussion instrument using simple materials such as paper plates and tissue paper.

This year on Dad's day, here's a creative gift that your child can make using simple materials, some of them even recycled.

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

Create a beautiful piece of art to celebrate Hanukkah! Using easy to find materials, your child will create a one of a kind suncatcher great for decoration or even a gift to family and friends!

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

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Make an adorable nut buddy by crafting nature people out of nuts in shells! Buddies will take on their own personalities depending on the materials you use.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Introduce your preschooler to patterns in this arts and craft activity that uses household materials to create and paint scratch prints.

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

This adorable toy is fun to play with and easy to make. Even better, you should be able to find all the materials you need lying around your house.

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

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

Using a fruit cereal and yarn, help your preschooler create crunchy, edible patterns.

Create an bouquet of flowers that will last forever using plastic straws and tissue paper!

Explore the color orange with your preschooler by creating an edible picture using orange foods.

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!

Make interesting art and learn about shapes, lines and patterns by using spaghetti noodles.

This autumn science project magically turns green leaves into autumn leaves by using crayon shavings and heat.

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.

Strengthen your child's number recognition skills with this fun game using an old, empty egg carton!

Your child will enjoy feeling independent and creative as she develops her fine motor skills while making this necklace using just yarn and colored straws.

Grow a garden with an environmentally-friendly twist by using plant scraps that usually get thrown away.

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

Create fun and imaginative works of art by using trucks to paint on paper in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

Did you know magnifying glasses are magic? This hands-on activity has kids using magnifying glasses to engage with the world around them and look close to examine what they find.

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

Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity: create holiday-themed designs on fabric using fabric crayons and an old iron.

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