Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

Blanket forts are a kid classic! Let your child create a âfortress of solitudeâ on his own for reading, telling scary stories or for cozy cocooning.

Your kindergartener will have a blast helping you craft these fun, eco-friendly potted place cards.

Spice up your everyday vase with this fun craft adding colorful layers of beans to a regular vase. The beans add beauty and function, helping prop up flowers.

Here's a wacky activity that kids are sure to love: make a face that has shoelaces for hair!

Help your child create a gift set perfect for all the tea drinkers in their life.

Your fourth grader will improve her hand-eye coordination making catnip mice, and you'll finally have a use for all those mate-less socks in the laundry room!

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

This nutcracker soldier won't crack any nuts, but he will hide candies. Make a nutcracker soldier with your child this Christmas and have a cracking good time.

Make some cool hearts that are sure to brighten anyone's Valentine's Day. This project is a opportunity to play with overlapping shapes and show your love!

Learn about construction while making a fun new toy, the Mini-Marshmallow Popper.

Discover a way to take old denim out of your child's closet without removing it from her life with this beautiful recycled craft.

Warm up your little one's counting skills with this adorable winter number-match game. Play until she's warmed up and ready to count all on her own!

Getting your treasures from place to place is tough. Help your child with this task by making a denim pouch from recycled blue jeans!

The elegance of a glitter vase will rival the flowers inside it! Help your child craft this artsy gift as a special gift for a loved one.

If your child is hungry to work on his sewing skills, put together a plate of this felt play food ravioli.

Your child will hop with delight as he make this delicious, edible bunny out of marshmallows.

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

With this activity, your child can learn about how molecules join together and make a pretty decoration to hang around the house. Here's how:

This craft, a perfect pre-bedtime activity for a first sleepover, helps build up a ton of useful skills, like geometry, measurement, and basic sewing skills.

Have your child create a project that combines the beauty of Japanese cherry blossoms with the eco-friendly fun of a recycled craft.

Creepy, crawly, spooky and even kind of cute! This spider loves school supplies and will do a great job guarding them.

Take play-dough to the next level with this homemade recipe, adding surprising ingredients perfect for summer!

Call in your crafty kids to help make this homemade air freshener, perfect for stowing in the backseat to keep your ride smelling fresh and clean.

Make beautiful print block art with your kids using recycled materials.

Want to reuse materials that would otherwise get tossed in the trash? Show your third grader how to get crafty with old newspaper and fabric.

Your child can easily create a ghoulishy adorable bat treat keeper. Crafting this funny fella is a great way to introduce the basic components of sculpture.

Help your child learn how to protect the environment by creating a useful reference for the family with this recycling poster.

Dress up the dining table with a sweet craft right in time for Valentine's Day.

This fun Christmas craft recycles paper bags to create personalized stockings by your kids to enjoy during the holidays.