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Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

In this activity, children learn about artistic portraiture by creating a life-sized painting of their favorite creature.

Help your child learn science and math skills like sorting, sequencing, and ordering while taking a nature walk and collecting and collaging leaves.

This fun art project is a great way to introduce your child to some basic geometry.

Your kindergartener will love being able to paint a beautiful butterfly, and the lucky recipient of the finished card will be just as delighted!

Show your first grader how to create her own octopus out of yarn. This simple, yet fun, project yields an adorable play or cuddle partner.

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Get your child thinking about time with this art project, where you'll create a fun book on his daily routine.

Teach a lesson in the math and art with the concept of symmetry, while making a delightful cut-paper shadow pumpkin for Halloween!

Have the kids use sidewalk chalk to draw portraits of their family and, in the process, learn about familial relationships.

Craft butterflies from coffee filters in this sweet spring craft project!

In this activity, students will be challenged to describe and count the ways a toy moves from one position on a grid to another.

Show your kindergartener how to count to 100 by tens, and he'll get an adorable cheerio necklace in the process!

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Shed some "light" on the Chinese culture while brightening up your home. Teach your child the Chinese character for good luck with this lantern craft.

This simple bookmaking activity will introduce and reinforce alphabet and number recognition skills that have been taught at home or learned in preschool.

In this activity, your child will learn how to spruce up her bike with an original license plate!

While building his own croquet set, your kindergartener will use both his math an fine motor skills and as he plays he'll improve his hand-eye coordination.

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

Gather your child's old artwork together into a bookmark, a perfect gift to retain these memories long after kindergarten is over.

It's a great time for family crafts. Here's a ghost Halloween decoration you and your child can make together.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

This butterfly costume comes together in under an hour and is perfect for your little trick-or-treater. Make this butterfly costume for Halloween or play time.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Get your first grader to help you with scrapbooking by showing him how to use multiple envelopes to create an accordion-style photo book.

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.