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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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!

This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills, and will help kids learn about Jewish culture.

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

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

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.

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

Explore African culture by helping your child make his very own djembe drum! Help your child explore music and rhythm as he celebrates Black History Month.

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

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

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

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

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!

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

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

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

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

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!

Help your child discover the difference between his wants and needs using this poster.