How do mirrors work? What is light, and how does it travel? Explore light and reflection with your preschooler with these simple hands-on experiments.

How does a flashlight work? Kids will make a complete circuit and explore how voltage contributes to brightness with this science fair project idea.

Making Dad a comic book is a great gift for Father's Day, and one that helps them work on fine motor skills, storytelling and handwriting.

3-D Christmas tree cookies look impressive but are an easy holiday recipe that kids can make. These sugar cookies stand up on their own!

This watercolor landscape creates the background for the adventures of Little Red Riding Hood by using spooky silhouettes for the characters.

Coil your daughter's two favorite colors into a wearable pendant with just a few scraps of felt!

Your child can add bling to her bike with bicycle basket decorations, making her bike a stylish ride!

Do you hear "I forgot" more often than you would like? Give your kid a reason to remember to wash the dishes with a fun and colorful chore checklist!

Set your young chemist up for an afternoon of science-fueled magic with a deceptively simple activity starring baking soda and vinegar!

Satisfy your child's love of the game with a paper project starring his favorite pigskin!

Introduce your child to the concept of the melting pot by decorating a patriotic 4th of July planter.

This simple heat transfer experiment is a great introduction to the concepts of heat transfer and conduction.

Is your third grader bombing around on a bike these days? Here's a way to put all that fun time together with some math learning, too.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

In this fun felt activity, a few circles of felt and a scattering of beads quickly become flowers that your child can use to decorate a barrette!

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Homemade breakfast bars with chocolate and cherries make a tasty to-go breakfast for Valentine's Day. Whip up a batch of homemade breakfast bars with your kid.

Has the rain ruined your summer outdoor campfire plans? You can still make some tasty s'mores with the help of your oven!

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

This candy cane holder craft helps your little one make a spot for safekeeping sweet treats. Make a candy cane holder with your child this holiday season.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

This flower necklace will have your child practicing patterns, repetition and tracing. Plus, it's so colorful and cute that it makes the perfect gift.

A package of memory wire and some beads are all that your artist needs to make a bracelet. The challenge will be to come up with a design inspired by autumn.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

This science fair project looks one of the most important factors affecting seed germination: water. A fun and easy plant biology experiment for 3rd graders.

Make quick sweet and salty walnuts, a delicious addition to fall salads and fruit and nut plates, or a simple afternoon snack.

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

Instead of drilling facts, grab sidewalk chalk and head outside for a rousing game of this Math Run game. Play the Math Run game with your child.