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Melted crayon art is all the rage right now. It's simple, inexpensive, and there's no wrong way to do it!

Does your child dream of walking among the dinosaurs? Now he can get a little closer to his dream...with a pair of homemade dinosaur feet!

Painting cookies is a fun way for your child to exercise his fine motor skills and be creative at the same time.

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

This project combines arts and crafts with writing, as your child writes a story and publishes it into a book made out of a paper bag!

Tap into your child's imagination while creating magic water bottles by filling a bottle with objects that they can search for and locate.

What happens when light hits a hard surface? Find out by conducting a simple light reflection experiment with your preschooler.

Have your child create her own version of an ancient Egyptian jewelry cuff similar to one that a goddess might have worn with this fun recycled craft.

Your child can re-use and re-purpose old seeds and paper into something new: decorated paper that can be planted!

Shamrock Stamps are a great way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Simple and symmetrical, this symbol of Irish culture is the perfect shape for prints.

Enjoy the beautiful outdoors and indulge in a colorful game of I Spy while you're at it! It's just as fun as classic I Spy but twice as educational.

Help your preschooler or preschooler with shape recognition, math, and matching by creating your own personal shapes cards, good for home or car.

Help your kid make beautiful coin rubbings to decorate a fun treasure box.

Your child may have fallen in love with certain brand-name trains, but it's just as much fun to make your own - and a whole lot cheaper. Here's how.

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

Everyone's heard of taking a dog for a walk. But how about an illustration? This activity teaches emerging readers to use pictures as context clues.

Deep relaxation is a great way to create the conditions for learning by helping students let go of tension and worry.

Help your preschooler create beautifully designed and textured Easter eggs using only brown and purple onion skins for a result that's just to 'dye' for!

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Help your kindergartener practice letter strokes while experimenting with the painting style of the great artist Mondrian.

Help your little builder move up in the world with this recycled cardboard castle that's just the right size for a young king and his loyal stuffed subjects.

Encourage your child to jump into sea creature science by creating her own colorful "socktopus" sculpture.

Here's an easy activity that will help your preschooler improve his number recognition and math skills while satisfying his afternoon hunger.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

Encourage your child to compare and contrast a wide variety of autumn-themed items by weighing various objects and recording their findings.

Have your kid build an ice sculpture in this activity that's so fast, fun, and messy it's the perfect way to demonstrate how much fun experiments can be!

Forget the measuring stick! This fun math activity uses a body part, your child's hand, as a ruler.

This hanging wall pot made from homemade clay is a perfect arts and crafts activity for preschoolers.

Build your child's vocabulary by exploring and discussing spatial relationships during everyday activities such as building, rearranging, and ordering.

When it comes to working kids' muscles, nothing beats an obstacle course! Here are some easy ideas for creating your own course at home.