This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

Use two toilet paper rolls to make a pair of homemade binoculars and let the games begin. Here's how:

Make your own volleyball net! This beach ball game is a great activity for kids of all ages to develop coordination and teamwork.

Here's a quick and easy recipe for homemade play dough that doesn't involve any cooking! This bright and colorful modeling clay makes a great instant toy!

Share some old school fun with your preschooler with stilts you can make from items found in your recycling!

Kids entranced by Little House on the Prairie? This popsicle stick "log cabin" is a great introduction to pioneer history.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Help your preschooler practice tying knots and bows by making a chain of chocolate kisses in this sweet Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity.

These paper pumpkins will make lovely, festive centerpieces in your home this fall.

Your little one will love making this bunny mask. From the mask's furry texture to its cute marshmallow nose, she will hardly be able to wait to wear it.

Make a periscope with milk cartons and mirrors! This preschool activity is great for playing secret agent and learning simple physics.

Celebrate Read Across America with a Dr. Seuss-themed craft: make a paper plate elephant ears costume modeled after Horton from Horton Hears a Who!

Your preschooler will not realize she's practicing her counting skills while playing with this interactive cereal abacus!

Hop over to the craft table and make this easy bunny puppet!

Learn about construction while making a fun new toy, the Mini-Marshmallow Popper.

Kids can enjoy the fun of tap shoes without the expense by turning bottle caps and string into removable taps. Strap them on and cut a rug.

Transform a paper coffee cup into an adorable Easter bunny gift basket in this second grade arts and crafts activity.

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Looking for a teacher gift? Here's a way for your preschooler to show off her growing writing skills and create a cute picture frame to show her thanks, too!

Try this preschool arts and crafts activity: make an over-sized stuffed plaything out of butcher paper and wadded-up newspaper.

Looking for a fun way to encourage imaginative play? Try crafting these animal dice with your preschooler.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

Help your child make a beautiful homemade sandcastle that will last!

This Valentine's Day, spend a couple of hours with your child constructing a colorful, spring-limbed "heart man"!

Bring the sea to your home with this marine life–inspired art project that displays beautifully when suspended from the ceiling.

Create your own set of alphabet blocks: you can make just a few or all 26.

Turn ordinary cookies into puppets and create edible performance art!

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

How can you tell the difference between a spider and an insect? Your child will find out as he makes a tray of yummy creepy crawly snacks.