Early Childhood Activities : Page 30

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

A pom pom Christmas tree dresses up holiday cards and decorations with some festive fuzz. Make a pom pom Christmas tree with your child this holiday season.

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

Make a Christmas countdown calendar to get your child excited about the coming holiday. This Christmas countdown calendar helps you make holiday memories.

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

These spooky eyeballs are simple enough for kids to make, and featur carrots, olives and cream cheese for a nutritious nosh.

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

In this activity, help your kindergartener develop sequencing skills with these easy story sequence cards

Want to create some really unusual artwork and introduce your little artist to color combining? Try out some bubble painting!

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschool or pre-kindergarten child: make a tubescope out of a cardboard tube and colored and wax paper!

These bite-sized pizza mummies are sure to satisfy your kid's monster appetite.

Help your child make a picture of a four-leaf clover this St. Patrick's Day. It's thought that whoever finds a four-leaf clover will enjoy good luck!

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

Boost your preschooler's attention to detail by getting her to explore the differences between two different pumpkins: large and small.

Make your own ribbon to give gifts that special touch. Enlist your preschooler or kindergartener to help create an extra special holiday ribbon this winter.

Learn how to make a menorah with this simple Hanukkah craft. See how to make a menorah for the Festival of Lights.

Have your child create her own version of an ancient Egyptian jewelry cuff similar to one that a goddess might have worn with this fun recycled craft.

This March, try decorating your home with these scented shamrocks--sure to fill your home with Irish spirit.

Make a beautiful - and realistic looking - sunflower using sunflower seeds and a paper plate with this fun kindergarten arts and crafts project.

Make matzoh more fun! Help your preschooler or kindergartener design a matzoh puzzle from broken pieces of the flatbread.

Pasta makes a good dinner, but it can also be used to teach proper letter formation! In this easy crafts activity, you'll use pasta and glue to form letters.

This handprint angel adds some sparkle to Christmas. Watch as your child's handprints turn into beautiful angel wings.

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

Teaching kids that stories have an order is important, despite how fun it is to listen to the tale of the tomato that put on his pajamas and went for a swim.

Crafting a valentine mailbox is the perfect way to get your child ready for Valentine's Day. Now no heartfelt mail will get lost in the shuffle!

This tactile activity helps kindergarteners learn about texture.

Most people throw out soaked tea bags after use, but artists know a secret--tea bags can be a great medium for creating one-of-a-kind modern art.

This handprint reindeer adds some whimsy to your Christmas decorations. Make a handprint reindeer with your child out of paper and pom poms.

This easy project for little hands uses mushroom spores to make an imprint of the mushroom, and the result is very beautiful.