Maracas are most commonly found in music around the world. Introduce your child to percussion and rhythm with this easy-to-make instrument.

This construction paper activity helps your child to assemble a variety of emotions on a face so she can recognize how she and everyone around her is feeling.

Are you looking for a fun craft for the next big American holiday? Make this hat with your kid and let him march around the room like a Revolutionary soldier!

During your next craft time, strike up the band with this homemade Chinese instrument.

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Your child can decorate her own set of Russian nesting dolls in this easy felt craft.

Have your kid create a chart of job titles. It's a great way to get them to recognize the people whose efforts benefit the community.

Expand your child's geographic awareness with these fun and easy map lessons.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Enjoy the fragrant scents of the holiday season with this pomander activity. A perfect arts and crafts project for preschool or kindergarten age children.

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Make this star-spangled greeting for the door to make all your guests feel welcome for the next patriotic holiday.

Let your imagination take flight as you explore the beautiful continent of Africa! Do this fun writing activity with your child to honor Black History Month.

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Add a little island flavor to your next lazy afternoon with a Hawaiian arts and craft project!

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

This Veterans Day, teach your kid about Remembrance Day and create a wreath of red poppies to honor the brave soldiers who died serving their countries.

Tell the Purim story in a new way: By making a set of puppets out of an old deck of cards!

Your second grader can honor two renowned U.S. Presidents--Abraham Lincoln and George Washington--by crafting larger-than-life pennies and quarters!

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Here's a great activity to help learners satisfy their snow play cravings in a cozy indoor setting!

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Learn how to count in Spanish. Your child will practice her numbers and build her reading skills while learning a bit about Latino culture along the way.

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.