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Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Help your child make an imaginative, inexpensive spaceship from recycled materials. When the spaceship is ready, count backwards from ten and then BLAST-OFF!

Countries all around the world have been using the abacus for thousands of years to make math easier. Have your kid make his own abacus to practice arithmetic.

Got a fussy eater on your hands? Here's a great way to make fruit appear more appealing, and make eating it a lot more fun, too!

Practice counting with this winter kindergarten art project! As your child sculpts a clay igloo, he will work on math and dexterity and learn about snow.

Here's a fun math-oriented arts and crafts activity for your preschool or kindergarten child: create a gumdrop topiary and practice counting along the way.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

Help your child practice her counting as she makes this fun and festive holiday decoration!

Learn about coins and their value by making an animal piggy bank. Here's how to make a lion, pig, or sheep bank!

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make!

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

Does your child love learning about dinosaurs? Does he like digging around in search of hidden treasures? In this fun activity he'll do both!

Big bags hold a lot of candy, but they're hard to tote around. Have your kid construct a candy corn candy holder perfect for carrying a few lightweight treats.

Making food sculptures boosts creativity, and just might help your picky eater branch out!

Let your preschooler create something cute while making something delicious to eat: create bread sculptures, or shapes of bread dough!

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Help your child learn the language of mathematics through cupcakes with this fun counting activity.

This spider hat activity challenges your child to learn about spiders and improve fine motor skills. Make a spider hat with your child on Halloween or any time.

Your preschooler will not realize she's practicing her counting skills while playing with this interactive cereal abacus!

Whether it's a bag lunch, goody bag, or used to decorate a table, this cute little fox bag is sure to make your kid smile.

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."