Playhouses can be expensive, and they take up so much space. Why not make your own collapsible playhouse instead?

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

Breathe new life into a battered old paperback with this creative book art craft that revolves around reading!

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Make a roaring rocket ship toy out of a paper towel roll and some tissue paper.

Getting your treasures from place to place is tough. Help your child with this task by making a denim pouch from recycled blue jeans!

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

Teach your 2nd grader the value of recycling with this fun arts and crafts activity: make a DIY painted bookcase or set of shelves!

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

Invite your kindergartener or first grader to make giant, soft building blocks. He'll have a blast constructing, throwing, stacking, and even falling on them!

Outfit a pair of dark sunglasses with sneaky mirrors for eyes in the back of your head.

Get fashionable with this oh-so-easy, totally customizable washi tape bracelet craft.

Discover a way to take old denim out of your child's closet without removing it from her life with this beautiful recycled craft.

Recycle materials found in your home to make trendy curtains for your child's bedroom. An old puzzle and some string is the perfect place to start.

Make your own Matryoshka out of simple craft materials in this easy how-to!

This children's menorah is a fun craft that lets your child celebrate Hanukkah while learning their ABCs. Make this children's menorah for the Festival of Lights.

Give an old tin can a new life by transforming it into an organizer for your child's room in this middle school arts and crafts activity.

Have your child create a project that combines the beauty of Japanese cherry blossoms with the eco-friendly fun of a recycled craft.

Teach your child the meaning of recycle and reuse by repurposing plastic spoons as plant markers for your vegetable garden.

Design and throw a boomerang in this exciting craft project!

Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

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!

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!

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

There are a lot of ways to make decorative wreaths. This wreath uses cloth and egg carton flowers!

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Have an empty cereal box you're ready to toss in the bin? Help your child recycle that box into some wacky glasses in this fun craft!

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

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