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Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Your child can use colorful construction paper to make an easy paper basket to hold some of his special things!

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

Bake these delicious Crisco Cookies with your child this holiday season to give as gifts to friends and family.

Show your first grader how to create her own octopus out of yarn. This simple, yet fun, project yields an adorable play or cuddle partner.

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

Oragami Christmas ornaments make a beautiful addition to your family's tree. Make origami Christmas ornaments out of old wrapping paper this holiday season.

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!

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

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

Here's a creative way to build second grade writing skills this Easter.

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

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

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

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

Help your child to invent her own chore-helper to help her put that growing imagination to good use!

Shed some "light" on the Chinese culture while brightening up your home. Teach your child the Chinese character for good luck with this lantern craft.

Practice writing skills and use imagination with this fun activity, where your child will write a story about what he thinks life would be like on a cloud.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

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

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

Using water, corn syrup, and sequins, your child can create a unique art project while exploring what happens when different liquids are mixed together!

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

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

Invite your kid to create her own hanging dove images--a symbol of peace and unity--in honor of Black History Month.