Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

Here's an arts and crafts activity to help your child put together his own "Back to School" scrapbook.

Teach your child about Chinese New Year by creating a dragon float inspired by the brilliant traditional ones seen in Chinese new year parades.

Try this simple activity with your child to guesstimate the age of a tree in your yard and nurture her developing math skills while you're at it!

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

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

Introduce your youngster to this Japanese version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

Here's an activity to help your child create her very own time capsule to unearth and open in one, five, or even ten years later!

Use up your leftover hardboiled Easter eggs with our healthy, gourmet variations on an old classic: deviled eggs

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.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.

Want to reuse materials that would otherwise get tossed in the trash? Show your third grader how to get crafty with old newspaper and fabric.

Don't toss out those old tortillas! Your child can use them to create her own tortilla chips in any flavor she can imagine.

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.

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

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

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.

It doesnât take long for flashcard drills about prefixes and suffixes to get old. Turn the learning process into a treasure hunt with this fun activity!

Try this concrete, hands-on organization system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

Help your third grader craft a homemade version of this classic strategy game, using just an old egg carton and a few beads!

In this arts and crafts activity, help your kindergartener make friendship bracelets with just safety pins, elastic, and some colorful beads.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

Celebrate Earth Day by making colorful animal sculptures using recycled materials from around the house in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Celebrate the 100th day of school by counting and spelling your way to a "$1.00" word in this 3rd grade math and reading game.

Create clever airplane favors for your child's next birthday party in this fun third grade arts and crafts activity.

This is the perfect recycling project for back to school! Your child will put all those extra paper bags to good use and assemble her own personal notepad.