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Show your child how to make homemade wrapping paper with a twist by using sponge art to create the fabulous designs. Here's how:

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

Kids love making shapes with Play-Doh, so they'll love creating their own colorful playful clay!

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

Transfer your child's artwork onto clothing using an iron-on transfer. It's easier than it sounds, and your child will love wearing his artwork!

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Photo coasters are a lot of fun, and this tutorial helps you make a unique set of low-cost photo coasters. Craft some photo coasters with your child.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

Play a sing-a-long Bingo game with your kindergartener's favorite songs to help her build her concentration and memory skills while she has fun!

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Your kindergartener will love being able to paint a beautiful butterfly, and the lucky recipient of the finished card will be just as delighted!

Treasure hunts are tons of fun and they're a great way to introduce maps. Set the stage, and your kid's imagination will do the rest.

Celebrate the gooey goodness of peanut butter with a yummy treat your young chef can whip together himself.

Tap into your child's imagination while creating magic water bottles by filling a bottle with objects that they can search for and locate.

Preschoolers can ply their creativity making recycled egg carton masks in this clever eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Show your high school-aged child an offbeat way to let her friends know their future includes a party: fortune cookie cards!

Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschooler: make pendulum paintings using only a funnel, canvas, and paint!

Looking for a fun way to display photos? Give recycled objects a second life by turning them into a creative photo holder.

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Cook up a batch of monster blood this Halloween to add gory details to vampires, zombies, werewolves and more.

Play with shapes, like triangles and circles, to help your child review the different kinds and create a new picture!

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.

Try this creative art project with your second grader to help him build up his fine motor skills and artistic awareness as he makes a faux stained glass vase.