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Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.

Vincent van Gogh painted golden hued pictures of the harvest using bold lines and vibrant color. Your child can explore this style of art using oil pastels.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

Using an empty plastic bottle, your child can create a newfangled version of this African percussion instrument.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Using aluminum is a great way to recycle and make some shiny ornaments borrowing from this traditional Mexican art form. Here's an easy kids' activity!

Using low-tech supplies and a little extra ingenuity you can help your fourth grader create this unique, heartfelt Valentine card.

Create a beautiful piece of pottery by hand using a few simple ingredients, and learn about the Native American Acoma tribe while doing it!

In this fun art exercise, kids practice seeing multiple shapes and colors inside a water-filled glass and recreate them as a still life using colored paper.

Help your child make their next gifting extra special with a handmade gift box.

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Make a string art tree to celebrate the holiday season with your kid. This string art tree craft allows you make a unique decoration using simple ingredients.

Invigorate your fourth grader's mind by helping him turn his room into a woven masterpiece using various lengths of material.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

Rid your family of that pile of old Christmas cards once and for all! Show your child how to create a nifty 8-sided ornament using his favorite holiday images.

Show your fourth grader how to design and print his own chop, a Chinese "signature" of sorts that uses calligraphic characters or motifs.

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

Boost your child's imagination and creativity by having her design her own deck of trading cards.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

Don't despair if numerators and denominators seem like a bore to your child. This colorful collage is sure to show him the brighter side of fractions.

Looking for way to help Japan? Start by making paper cranes! Learn how you and your child can show your support for Japan through the art of origami.

Celebrate Earth Day by making a poster that encourages people not to litter.

Start a unique tradition with your fourth grader; bake and paint one-of-a-kind Olympic pins--out of salt dough!

Make a creative Father's Day art card to celebrate your family's beloved guy!

Don't throw that Sunday paper away just yet! If you've got a kid who thinks she's "too old" for crafts, introduce her to beautifully simple newspaper flowers.

Decorate with a banner made from paper, clover shapes and buttons to celebrate spring or St. Patrick's Day!

This year, create cute napkin rings to adorn your holiday table.