This Fourth of July, create some explosive colors on black paper for fun Fourth of July decorations!

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

This surprisingly good glue recipe comes from common kitchen items.

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

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

No need to head to the toy store for her next stuffed animal once she has the skills to create her own!

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

This little bumble bee is the perfect springtime party table decoration and is great practice for pattern-making, folding and cutting.

Looking for something to do on a slow afternoon? Try cornhole, a simple and fun tossing game. Make your own set with a few things from the recycling bin.

Recycle bottles of different shapes and sizes to create a group of unique dolls that are as unique as the real people around you!

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Beach bags don't have to be bought...make your own beach bag out of recycled materials in this summer craft.

Turn a boring lunch bag into a personalized suburban house. Your child will look forward to his lunch when he has the coolest bag house on the block!

Celebrate the Presidents Day the creative way by constructing toilet paper tube figurines of a couple famous U.S. Presidents!

Reuse old Christmas cards by showing your fourth grader how to weave strips of them together to create new and unique woven holiday cards!

What better way to raise awareness about the environment than with an eco-friendly Earth-themed party? Get your party started with this step-by-step guide.

This Halloween, your child can make her very own jar light that will shine bright throughout the night!

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

Recycle an old soda bottle into a beautiful, functional soap dish! In this project your child will practice saving the environment in a proactive way.

Ask your fourth grader to jazz up the family kitchen by creating this adorable clothespin giraffe to sit on the counter and hold recipe cards.

Help your child create a mosaic mirror frame that's a bit modern and a bit vintage at the same time. All she needs are a dollar store frame and an old CD!

Help the elephant bird come back to life with this awesome paper mache craft.

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

Your child will have a blast making art on a mini-canvas using rolls of washi tape. The finished product is lovely piece of art to hang on the wall.

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.

Is your child a young ornithologist in the making?

Upcycle an old dress shirt into artsy bow with just a few simple sewing techniques.

This dreidel craft gets your child to make the spinning top out of a milk carton. Make an upcycled dreidel craft with your child this Hanukkah.