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As school starts, there's no better time to get your kid off to a fresh, fun, organized start. Here's a desk craft for style-minded students!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

Make a homemade doll out of recycled materials, similar to dolls made by pioneer children.

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

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

Rid your family of that pile of old Christmas cards once and for all! Show your child how to create a nifty 8-sided ornament using his favorite holiday images.

Slip some science into storm watching with a homemade rain gauge!

Save money by having your tween rock these homemade jeggings, a good craft for a lazy afternoon.

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

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.

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

This Fourth of July, create some explosive colors on black paper for fun Fourth of July decorations!

Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.

The elegance of a glitter vase will rival the flowers inside it! Help your child craft this artsy gift as a special gift for a loved one.

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

2nd graders with some weaving experience can turn a gallon milk jug and plastic grocery bags into a functional basket.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Celebrate the coming of Spring and Earth Day with this 3-D art project that makes use of recycled materials.

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

Have your child experiment with layering by creating a feathered friend to celebrate warmer weather.

This homemade snare drum made with everyday household items gets its authentic rattle sound from paper clips and tin.

Thiscuddly stuffed animal is made from just a few materials, including your recycled stockings.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

Show your teen how to live green by transforming old CD cases into drawer dividers and help her get organized in the process.

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.

Has your preschooler ever wanted to be a pirate? This fun activity will put her healthy imagination into action!

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?