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!

Whether you're teaching your kid about this important cultural art form or simply looking for a fun project, sandpainting is a fun activity you'll both enjoy.

Use your handprints to create a Halloween spider in this fun arts-and-crafts activity!

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

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

If your first grader has a hard time practicing his vocabulary skills, introduce him to this fun word building game.

This hands-on activity practices skip counting, a key first grade math skill. But it's silly fun!

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

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

This St. Patrick's Day show your child to the fun of resist painting. It's as simple as getting out a crayon and some watercolor paints!

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

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.

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

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

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.

Guide your first grader through a map drawing project inspired by her favorite fairy tale. Its masked as a fun art activity, but it also packs learning punch!

Allow your first grader to get his artwork outdoors this summer by letting him create a garden art box for his arts and crafts supplies.

Give your kid a go at making art like master painter Michelangelo did on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel...by making her own colorful angel!

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

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!

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

Thank Mr. Jackson Pollock for an afternoon of messy art and educational entertainment.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

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

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

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

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

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

Patterns are everywhere. This activity allows your child to practice inventing their own patterns while creating a portrait of a pet.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!