Here are 3 inexpensive ways for kids to make their own beads, from scratch.

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

Help your child create a rebus message for a unique Father's Day card or poster; it's like a collage and encoded message all in one!

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Your preschooler or kindergartener will count their way to Valentine's Day while designing an imaginative and artistic set of counting cards!

Make learning word families more hands-on and interactive with this simple craft that has your child making "word sliders" out of paper plates.

Try a 100th Day of School Scavenger Hunt with your preschooler, and send her on the search for objects of different colors!

Bring a bit of the luck of the Irish into your St. Patrick's Day celebration by showing your preschooler how to craft a special pot of gold.

Once your child has mastered the letters of the alphabet it's time to start building words! Try out this activity that encourages simple word recognition.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

This sweet cardstock bouquet featuring your child's photo is sure to make Mom or Grandma smile on Mother's Day or any day of the year.

This silly game is a fun way to introduce and reinforce sight words--by fishing for them!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Help your child learn to read! By making their own book, your child can get creative, and practice ten key sight words at the same time.

Show your child how to spell their name in a whole new way with this sculptural 3-D art project.

In these three games, children work on letter recognition skills with the help of some tape, music, and a few stuffed animal friends.

A fingerprint heart is a lovely craft for little hands to make on Valentine's Day. Create a glittering fingerprint heart with your child this Valentine's Day.

Sponges are easy to handle and fun to play with, and your child will love putting these simple, three-piece puzzles together.

Celebrate Groundhog Day with this cute groundhog pop-up toy. All you need is construction paper, a craft stick, and a paper cup to get started.

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

On a sunny day, make some great art and start a conversation about states of matter in the process with this chalk paint project.

Preschoolers get a hands-on lesson about the color wheel in this St. Patrick's Day exploratory painting activity.

This Valentine's Day, learn a little more about the organ that keeps everything in your body going--the heart!

Help your child develop her letter recognition skills throughout the week leading up to Valentineâs Day with this simple activity.

Heart-shaped pancakes at a gourmet flair to your breakfast. Makes these heart-shaped pancakes on Valentine's Day or anyday when you're feeling the love.

Help your preschooler practice tying knots and bows by making a chain of chocolate kisses in this sweet Valentine's Day arts and crafts activity.