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

Craft these awards out of ribbon for a birthday, party, holiday, or any other event you can think of!

This activity is a great way to practice sorting, counting, matching, and other early math skills--- on the fly.

Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?

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

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

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

In this arts and crafts activity, help your preschooler make metal cloth embroidery art using only a metal screen, yarn, and other materials!

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!

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

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

This plaster fossil activity is a fun supplement to preschool science. Use plaster to make imprints of your child's handprints, footprints and other objects!

Using plants and other items from the outdoors and clothing they already own, your kids can dress up as any one of the four seasons or simply as a Garden.

In this activity, your child will be given images that portray different perspectives or emotions. Your child will practice empathy by coloring and drawing what each person may have been thinking or feeling.

Hone fine motor skills by having your kid create a jack-o'-lantern fiber arts project. They'll lace sheets of paper together to create a 3-D stuffed pumpkin.

Homemade face paint is a safe and economical way to jazz up your Halloween costume. Even better, this easy-to-make face paint requires just three ingredients!

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

Using a fruit cereal and yarn, help your preschooler create crunchy, edible patterns.

Your little one can welcome the reindeer with an adorable reindeer portrait all while learning the difference between small, medium and large.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

This baking activity lets kids play with frosting, while experimenting with colors, and how they mix.

Help your child learn about the science of color mixing and primary and secondary colors with this experimental art activity.

Use marbles and paint to explore the wild world of shapes and color...and build writing strength, too.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.

Etch designs into discs of plaster of Paris using a traditional whaler technique to create a beautiful artisan necklace.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Kids learn how to play Jan-Ken-Pon, Japanese rock-paper-scissors, in this fun preschool activity.

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

Make your own personalized set of letter flash cards to get him thinking about the alphabet while boosting his fine motor skills in the process.

Wishing for snow? If the weather refuses to cooperate, take charge and make your own snow in this fun painting activity!