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This arts and crafts activity will help your kindergartener with shape and color recognition.

This Halloween, have your child create a ghoulish bat treat keeper. While crafting he'll learn the basic components of sculpture.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

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!

This Christmas collage lets your child learn shapes, cubist art of Picasso and have fun during the holidays!

Kids will love painting shapes of objects in a still life while using strong colors showing highlights and shadows.

Create a fun fall leaf rubbing with your child to explore shapes and textures this fall.

This unexpected art project is sure to result in a Picasso-esque jumble of imagination that will teach your kid about shapes, colors, and abstract form!

Patterns come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. As your child alters one element and then another they'll create a unique piece of artwork.

Make some cool hearts that are sure to brighten anyone's Valentine's Day. This project is a opportunity to play with overlapping shapes and show your love!

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

Have a young architect or designer on your hands? Here's an easy activity for him to learn the basics of landscape and architecture while having fun!

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

Your kindergarten artist will love practicing math and coloring when he makes his own unique paint-by-numbers! This activity is creative and educational.

Help your child make a cubist self-portrait while he boosts his math and spatial skills with this fun lesson in art history!

No big beach party or a sudsy seafood feast should be without this bright, colorful tablecloth!

Don't let alphabet practice turn into catching zzz's. Paint up a zany Z zebra and inject a little excitement into learning letters.

Make a festive bunny box that will be great for gift giving or storing candy and other small objects.

Explore geometry, patterns, and history by creating pretty decorative Islamic tile art.

Do this fun art project to brighten up your home with an easy-to-make stained glass window drawing!

This heart print makes the perfect simple and sweet gift for Valentine's Day!

Use your handprints to create a Halloween spider in this fun arts-and-crafts activity!

This art exercise is great way to help kids learn how to see just like a professional painter, while experimenting and having fun with monochromatic color!

Show your child how to paint in true Georgia O'Keeffe style. He'll enjoy painting art inspired by a master, and boost his math skills, too.

Everyone loves homemade cookies, but have you ever thought about making the cookie cutters at home? Here's some instructions for making homemade cookie cutters.

Teach your kid a lesson about recycling by helping him create a letter holder out of an old cardboard box.

Celebrate the coming of Spring and Earth Day with this 3-D art project that makes use of recycled materials.

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

Add a flourish of flowers to your dining table with simple and creative sponge art!