Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Looking for hot weather fun? Cool the kids down with a homemade slip and slide! You can create your own water park atmosphere for just a few bucks.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

While you whip up mashed potatoes for your next dinner party, your first grader and friends can stay occupied by crafting their own silly spud characters.

Help your child make their next gifting extra special with a handmade gift box.

Get excited for St. Patrick's Day by making a Celtic knot.

Show your second grader how to celebrate nature by turning some collected pencil shavings into miniature 3-D designs.

Is your child an amateur origami master? Reach the next stage of paper folding genius with this origami heart!

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

Make a Duct Tape Wallet: This activity provides kids great practice in following directions and makes for a fun homemade gift.

In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

Looking for way to help Japan? Start by making paper cranes! Learn how you and your child can show your support for Japan through the art of origami.

Create origami claws that can transform your child into a bird, cat, or other clawed creature.

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

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

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

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.

Chinese New Year is a time when many different luck-bringing rituals are performed. In this activity your child will create a lucky trinket.

Help your kids fall in love with nature by making a simple clay bird bath. Set it up in your yard and watch the animals venture in for a sip of water.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Why wait for the Easter bunny to arrive when your child can become a bunny herself? Creating a bunny mask is the perfect way to celebrate Easter.

Get ready for leftovers with an adorable turkey lunch bag! This recycled craft is a great way to remind everyone how much fun they had on Thanksgiving.

How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.

Challenge your child with this exciting 2D to 3D project using a sheet of construction paper, oil pastels, and scissors.