Transform a single sheet of card stock into a double-sided painting of opposites: on one side, a bright daytime landscape, on the other, a dusky evening scene.

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Make this creative "story cartoon" tray to help your first grader build reading comprehension skills while having a hilarious time!

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Bring a swell of high sea adventure to your own living room with this quick and easy paper sailboat craft!

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Put a twist on traditional oil painting with this fun science activity that you and your first grader can do together.

Make a paper plate puppet that'll help your child imagine what it's like to be in a performance of the dragon dance.

Here's an activity to encourage your young artist to read. Invite your child to visualize directions on colors, numbers, and shapes to create cool pictures!

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

Make a festive bunny box that will be great for gift giving or storing candy and other small objects.

What would it be like to be the Cat in the Hat from the famous Dr. Seuss book? This Read Across America project has your 1st grader making his own fun-in-a-box!

The chalkboard surface on this desk globe tempts kids to grab their chalk and start mapping out their next adventures.

In this easy and fun animal craft, make a cute pig nose using recycled egg cartons!

The project presents a tactile way to paint using water beads! The result will be a beautiful, expressionistic work of art.

Let your child help you create a fire escape plan poster to hang in the house in case of an emergency!

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Provide your child with Q-tip paint brushes that are bunched together and easy to grip, and encourage him to go to work on his painting masterpiece!

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

Remind your child of all the things that go bump, bump in the night with a fun post-Halloween activity.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Did you know that witches are a very popular Halloween costume? This October the 31st, your child will learn how to create their very own decorative witch hat.

Show your child the solar system and let them explore the stars and space by creating a painting. It's a fun and easy way capture your child's imagination.

Great for bath time, or anytime your child is feeling creative, these bright bathtub paints are a fun and low-mess way to spice up art time.

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

In this activity, kids use sponges to make textured stamps for homemade, artistic Valentine's Day cards.