A serape is a long, blanket-like shawl worn over the shoulders. With a few simple materials, your child can fashion his very own serape!

Encourage your preschooler to learn about the letter "W" by creating a wonderful work of art.

Let your child be the king or queen of Mardi Gras by making his own shiny and spectacular Mardi Gras crown.

Help your child add some flair to the family garden with pencil pinwheels!

Here's a math game for your preschooler or kindergartener that'll make number recognition as easy as a pizza pie!

This life-sized self-portrait activity encourages children to explore what makes them special, and then portray it with arts and crafts!

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

Use real elastic to help your kindergartener learn to "stretch" and blend letters to read words.

Want to add some extra pizazz to dress up play? Help your child craft a personalized purse out of an old gift or shopping bag!

Creating a book is one thing, but creating a codex is a whole different ball game.

Get in the Halloween spirit with these simple, silly bat decorations!

Help your child make sense of our colorful world with this easy-to-make color challenge!

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

This is a surprising science experiment that your child will surely be awestruck by! It involves poking sharpened pencils into a bag filled with water without spilling a drop of water.

Is your kindergartener having trouble picking outfits for the rapidly cooling weather? This handy dressing wheel makes getting ready a breeze!

Celebrate your kindergarten grad's new âbig kidâ status by signing off on her first library card and making a library card pocket holder to stash it in.

Using only the elements in your backyard, make paintbrushes with your child and create truly homemade works of art.

From Canada's flag, to the Toronto Maple Leafs, to classic maple syrup cookies, the maple tree is very much a part of Canadian heritage.

What are you the most thankful for? Challenge your kid to think about all the reasons he has to be thankful and make a turkey featuring one particular thing.

Create cake pops in shaped like eyeballs in this extra sweet, gross-out Halloween baking activity!

Make an edible bracelet from Froot Loops and a shoelace! This Block Institute art activity will engage your special needs or mainstream child at snacktime.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

In this activity, children create rising foam as they reflect on the many ways they have grown over the past months and learn how a "beginner's mind" is helpful.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

In this activity, students build a house of sticks, just like the second little pig in the classic story, The Three Little Pigs. Then, they program an educational robot to push down the house, much like the wolf who “blows the house down.”

Help your child see numbers three ways with this simple grab-and-go game, great for quick practice in the car.

Put numbers and letters together -- key kindergarten math and reading skills -- while creating a marvelous game piece for outdoor play!

Have your little cowpoke design and decorate a vest that's perfect for combating the elements on the harsh Western plains.

Follow in the footsteps of movie character legends as you walk your little one through the steps of becoming a junior archaeologist.

This science project lets kids explore what happens when water and paper interact, and it produces homemade paper perfect for gift tags or stationery.