Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

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.

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

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

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Spark your child's interest in ancient history by making a round shield like the ones carried by hoplites, Ancient Greek citizen-soldiers.

There's no need to hunt down a cactus for this rainstick craft. In fact, you can recycle items you probably already have on hand.

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Make your own architectural masterpiece with supplies from the pantry. Your temple may not be as impressive as the real thing, but it'll be twice as delicious!

Help your child observe Veterans Day by having him create a paper chain American flag; it's a fun and crafty way to show your patriotism.

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

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

In this activity, kids learn a little about Japanese culture by making their own windsock in the shape of a koi fish.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!