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Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Challenge your child with this exciting 2D to 3D project using a sheet of construction paper, oil pastels, and scissors.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

The next time your child decides he needs to press restart on his wardrobe, don't ship his clothes off to Goodwill so fast.

Creating a cloud of bats is a great way for your child to get familiar with the process of folding and cutting. They also make great Halloween decorations!

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.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Celebrate Easter with this hands-on activity making your own eggs.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Say goodbye to lost bookmarks with the flower bookmark that knows how to hold on tight!

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

Your child can transform a triangle of felt into a colorful and motivating pennant sharing all her favorite characteristics and traits.

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

Is your child an amateur origami master? Reach the next stage of paper folding genius with this origami heart!

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Show your fifth grader how to create a vivid and colorful, Picasso-inspired, 3-D mask.

Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

Create a silhouetted Halloween candle holder with this upcycled activity!

Everyone needs to stay warm during the cold winter months, including your cup of cocoa! This mug cozy will do the trick.

Make these homemade friendship pencils for a party or the beginning of school and have a stylish writing utensil that kids will love trading.

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.

Take advantage of the spring and summer sun in this arts and crafts activity that has your learner creating pretty flower prints.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

Help your child get creative and collect leaves of various sizes and textures that she can use to make animal art.

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

A DIY diffuser is a budget-friendly item that will add a pleasant fragrance to your home. Make a DIY diffuser with your child for great Valentine's Day gift.