Boost those first grade reading and writing skills with this sweet Mother's Day poem idea.

Create a mini plant habitat with your kid to help teach him what it takes to make an ecosystem work.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Use reusable, recyclable materials--along with a dose of imagination--to build a castle with first grade geometrical forms.

Help your child make her very own clock with a recycled, thrift store find to give as a gift or keep for yourself!

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

This adventurous art project will send kids on a scavenger hunt for fall materials they can use in their artwork. This craft also teaches kids about seasons.

Create a little magic with this special craft that transforms a regular paper tree into a Valentine masterpiece.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Kids can jazz up their checker sets by transforming boring round checker pieces into baby chicks and eggs in this 1st grade arts and crafts activity.

Encourage a spirit of giving and sharing with this meaningful tzedakah box craft project. 

Encourage your writer to uncover their imagination and storytelling skills by authoring their very own book.

Help your child experiment with the combination of acid and baking soda by making these homemade bath bombs!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this second grade shamrock tote bag craft.

Help your child show Dad how super he is by making this homemade superhero shirt.

Create a crafty porcupine with your first grader, and use the opportunity to teach your little one about it's ingenious (yet painful!) defense mechanism.

Encourage your child to explore her favorite fairy tale, and learn about characters, plot, setting and story sequence as she draws her own pictures.

Teach a lesson in the math and art with the concept of symmetry, while making a delightful cut-paper shadow pumpkin for Halloween!

This activity is a craft project and a math workshop all in one! Use found objects to encourage your child to imitate, extend, and create patterns.

Get kids to celebrate Earth Day by designing their very own junk truck.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

What lives in the darkest, deepest waters of the ocean? Let your child's imagination go vividly wild while creating brilliant fish using their fingerprints!

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Does your child still want to play in the snow, even after he has to come inside? In this activity you'll build a snowman indoors!

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Bring the zoo to you with this fun second grade arts and crafts activity: make a mini menagerie using colored pipe cleaners, a pencil and marker, and eyes!

Let your first grader get inspired by the fiery fall colors outside his window by creating a beautiful handprint tree!

Thanksgiving placemats are a great craft for your kid, and a beautiful addition to the dinner table. Make Thanksgiving placemats with your kid for the holiday.

Use adorable animal photos from books or magazines to make these simple valentines that can be given to classmates or friends.