Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Make clothing battles a thing of the past by allowing your second grader to design his own dress-up shirt out of an ultra-comfy t-shirt for New Year's.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

A strong vocabulary helps your little one with all school subjects. With this scrambled words game, they won't mind brushing up on vocab and learning new words.

Capture the past with this photo mobile that turns old photo negative strips into hanging art!

Celebrate Earth Day, or any day, by recycling an old CD and make a colorful, decorative fish!

With a few creases and crimps, you can turn regular old aluminum foil into tin foil art!

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Re-use old plastic food containers to create these uniquely beautiful stepping stones to embed in your backyard!

Boost creativity with this simple activity where kids make up biographies of people they find in old magazines.

Help your child use an old water bottle and a few other household materials to make her own eco-friendly pal!

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.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Teach your child how butter is created by shaking up cream the old-fashioned way.

Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.

Keep your child active this summer by transforming old milk jugs into scoops and newspaper into a ball with this exciting game of catch!

All you need to put together this guitar is an old shoebox. Soon your kid will be rocking out while saving room in the landfill.

Recycle old materials to create a fun, brain-teasing maze toy that also strengthens your child's math reasoning skills.

Before your next family getaway, make a set of picture/word vocabulary cards together. These cards will build your child's language and comprehension skills.

Use an old strawberry basket to create a decorative box for storing knickknacks, jewelry or odds and ends with this recycled craft.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

Help your second grader to a better understanding of how to count and represent money with age old game of tic-tac-toe.

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

Return to school in style! Dress up your pencil holders with this delightful and always seasonally appropriate arts and craft project.

Help your second grader make his own badminton set--out of your old pantyhose! He'll delight in his crafty independence, and you'll love saving money.

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

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

Don't shell out the money for a new pair of kicks! Help your second grader add some charm to her shoelaces with fabric dye.