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Use the activity below to help your child create bath salts as she observes how a solid changes when placed into a liquid.

Tin can phones offer something modern versions don't—a fun project to make with a friend, and a dramatic illustration of vibration and sound waves.

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.

There's no need to buy musical instruments when you can make your own castanets in less time than it takes to click your way through a percussive song.

Make homemade potpourri out of roses with your child!

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

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

Save money and get creative by helping your preschooler create and make her own unique sketchbook to put her art in.

Reuse and recycle your CDs by having your kid turn them into colorful, eye-popping suncatchers.

In this activity, you'll find out an easy way to make your own pretend potato -- out of an old pair of stockings!

Let your preschooler feel like a real chef by helping him create his very own chef's hat!

Melted crayon art is all the rage right now. It's simple, inexpensive, and there's no wrong way to do it!

This alphabet bottle is fun to make and a great activity to keep your child busy, while helping them recognize letters in a creative way.

Create colorful paintings using the turntable on an old record player, and help your child experiment with color and movement!

Whether your child wants to be a cowboy or a princess, this homemade horse prop is perfect to use in all sorts of imaginative play!

Make necklaces, bracelets, belts, or garlands in this simple and fun activity that recycles old objects and let's your child make one-of-a-kind pieces of art!

If your kid likes to color, you probably know all too well that crayons go quickly. Put those crayon stubs to use by creating colorful ironed wax paper art!

Share some old school fun with your preschooler with stilts you can make from items found in your recycling!

Your child will create a textured mosaic by painting, then arranging 50 pumpkin seeds so they resemble a pumpkin.

Does your child dream of walking among the dinosaurs? Now he can get a little closer to his dream...with a pair of homemade dinosaur feet!

Have your child create her own version of an ancient Egyptian jewelry cuff similar to one that a goddess might have worn with this fun recycled craft.

Engage your preschool children's senses by discovering nature and geography on a walk through the neighborhood.

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.