You don't need to spend big bucks to buy a pre-boxed version of a matching game at the store. You can make your own easily. Here's how:

This game is a great way to help your child remember the names of shapes. Give it a go and before you know it, your kid will have all her shapes down pat.

Does the idea of taking your child to an art museum sound daunting? Create your own museum and give your child some practice with shapes!

Boost shape recognition with this matching game where your child will pair up sticks to create simple shapes.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

Help your child practice symmetry with this fun activity that will leave your child with a sweet symmetrical treat!

Help your preschooler or preschooler with shape recognition, math, and matching by creating your own personal shapes cards, good for home or car.

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

One of the most important parts of any Christmas tree is what's on top. This year, have your child make an angel that'll put the finishing touch on your tree!

Here's a Halloween, math activity: have your preschooler or pre-kindergartener carve shapes into a Jack-O-Lantern face and boost her shape recognition skills.

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

Using a fruit cereal and yarn, help your preschooler create crunchy, edible patterns.

Help your preschooler practice counting, matching, and learning colors with this fun game!

Help your kindergartener review shapes - and build early reading skills - with this creative book project.

This activity will help your child build his early math skills by practicing shape recognition.

This engaging, fun, pattern resist painting is inspired by your little one's love of shapes.

Here's an innovative math puzzle that you can create with your fourth grade math student.

This imaginative art activity will help your child to better understand symmetry and explore color and shape.

Your kindergartener will learn basic math concepts and create a beautiful keepsake with this African flag reference book.

Create clear sound shakers so your preschooler can observe and compare the different sounds that objects make!

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Try this fun and interactive collage activity with your preschooler to teach her the "building blocks" of math and architecture.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

This little chick is so cute that your child will want to make a whole flock to call her own.

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

Challenge your preschooler to a game of shape match-up--an entertaining way to boost her observational ability.

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

Disguise a lesson focused on shape recognition as a Santa collage, and your pre-kindergartener won't even realize she's learning!