Teach your 2nd grader the value of recycling with this fun arts and crafts activity: make a DIY painted bookcase or set of shelves!

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

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day with a colorful rainbow, a pot of gold and an introduction to printmaking.

Spice up your everyday vase with this fun craft adding colorful layers of beans to a regular vase. The beans add beauty and function, helping prop up flowers.

Light up your home with this lightning bug craft that will keep glowing even after summer's gone!

Help your child sleep easy with this gorgeous paper plate dream catcher.

Introduce learners to the skeletal system and create a budget-friendly Halloween craft with this paper skeleton!

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

Help you child learn the colors of the rainbow and paint them in order by making a beautiful rainbow pot.

Wiggly worms are known for staying buried in the soil, but how does that affect plants? Are earthworms and plant growth related?

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

These gorgeous emerald green cupcakes can be topped with a taffy rainbow and marshmallow fluff clouds for extra luck.

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

Let your child be a designer for the day with this first grade arts and crafts activity: make a felt pillow decorated with colorful felt cut-outs.

Holiday greeting cards let your child express his holiday cheer and have fun crafting. Make a set of holiday greeting cards with your kid this holiday season.

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.

Make a "hands-on" barbecue apron for Dad this Father's Day!

On the next rainy day spent inside, delight your third grader by showing him how to make his own weatherproof octopus to display for those passing by.

Introduce your second grader to a fun Mexican custom by showing her how to make papel picado, a beautiful creation of cut-out tissue paper.

You don't need a garden to enjoy flowers. This first grade activity let's you make a lovely bouquet for Valentine's Day

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

Save some money this Halloween and work out fine motor skills by helping your child make his very own computer costume.

Put your second grade scientist to work this Fourth of July with our colorful "liquid fireworks" project!

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

Help your child's backpack stand out from the crowd by attaching trinkets or decorations that are as one of a kind as she is.

Give Hallmark a run for its money with these handmade printed cards.

This recycled craft makes a great addition to the dress-up box and is a two-in-one activity and party favor for princess-themed birthday parties.

Help to build your child's reading skills and get your point across with these homemade message magnets!

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!