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Craft a sparkling magic wand and let your child pretend she's a fairy, wizard, or magician!

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

This project will help keep your child's thoughts in order as he creates stories from the beginning all the way through to the end.

Let your fourth grade chef mix up butter and sugar with scientific principles about different states of matter, and get delicious toffee, too.

Looking for an easy and creative craft? Beads come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and colors and your kids will have fun creating unique key chains.

Encourage your child to learn about air pressure by helping him devise his own squirt gun with a water bottle.

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.

This fall, make a leaf crown that will encourage creative play and your child's interest in the natural world while you help them build fine motor skills.

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

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Explore geometric shapes and pattern as your child makes her very own Hawaiian kapa cloth.

Your child will have a blast making art on a mini-canvas using rolls of washi tape. The finished product is lovely piece of art to hang on the wall.

Want to make your own version of the Hollywood walk of fame in your own garden? Immortalize your child's handiwork by creating a cement handprint craft.

What’s the best part of fall? Pumpkins! Use this easy recipe to help your child make some delicious smelling pumpkin play dough. They can use their math skills to measure and mix and then have hours of fun playing!

Make a flowerpot recipe holder for a great kitchen gadget that makes cooking easy as pie.

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

Kids can put old magazines and unwanted clothing to good use by creating an Earth Day-themed multimedia collage in this eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Try this delicious and nutritious recipe for Green Eggs and Ham, inspired by Dr. Seuss's classic story of Sam I Am.

Send your child on a table of contents treasure hunt to help build basic research skills! Navigating a book is a skill that is sure to come in handy later on.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Streamline your busy mornings by preparing some delicious Swiss oatmeal the night before.

Help your child practice multiplication tables with this mental and physical multitasking game that uses a hula hoop to get into the swing of things.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

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.

Does your child love pretend and need practice with letters and the sounds they make? Get cooking! This activity is fun and builds key reading skills, too.

To practice place value, here's a fun hands-on activity to get your child flipping through place value with ease!

There are a lot of ways to make decorative wreaths. This wreath uses cloth and egg carton flowers!