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Create a fun hands-on game to practice long division, using magnetic numbers on a fridge.

What happens when eyes see something that the brain knows cannot be true? In this science activity, the brain has to "fudge" it when interpreting what you see.

Create a sun catcher using baby oil and construction paper in this science-experiment-meets-art-project!

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

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.

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!

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Using nothing fancier than old milk cartons and popsicle sticks, create a village full of fun learning for your kindergarten math student.

Show your child how to "recycle" by making a milk box toy car. Here's how to get started.

This holiday season, help your third grader celebrate gifts--so often both cost-free and priceless--that the family has shared this year.

Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

Invite your kid to decorate your family's ordinary coffee mugs with brightly colored beaded rings!

The next time your child decides he needs to press restart on his wardrobe, don't ship his clothes off to Goodwill so fast.

This simple and fun project introduces kids to the art of pottery and offers them a glimpse into how ancient peoples created the very first Neolithic pottery.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

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!

Rainy day? Stuck inside? Here's an arts and crafts pasta project to enjoy with your kindergartener that helps her with math patterns too.

Learn about dehydration with a wonderful craft project that you can do together, and enjoy this unique doll for years to come!

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for homemade spearmint ice cream!

The Kindergarten Personal Record Book makes measurement fun & active! Kids record their vital statistics from head to toe using unusual tools like paper clips.

Your child can help eliminate stress for himself or a loved one by creating a colorful, homemade stress ball.

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

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

Your first grader will love making her favorite feline a chase toy out of old fabric scraps, and she will learn beginning sewing basics while she's at it!

Learn about Andy Warhol and his famous portraits with your child by creating your own self-portrait in his trademark style.

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!