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By L. Elizabeth Forry
Arts and Crafts
Arts and Crafts
By L. Elizabeth Forry
Arts and Crafts
By Sharon Greenthal
Entertainment and Activities, Arts and Crafts, Sculpting and Playdough
By Jennifer Caffelle
  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    You know how much you love your child's artwork. Here's how to turn your child's art into a party hat!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Sculpting and Playdough

    Here's a Playdough project that can produce pretty bracelets and necklaces.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Melting crayon shavings on spring flowers or fall leaves can result in lovely greeting cards or art for the wall.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Follow these instructions to help your preschool child make a headband with real feathers.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Paper Crafts

    Looking through her baby scrapbook can help your child learn how special she is.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Paper Crafts

    Use several layers of paper to make a landscape appear more three-dimensional and realistic.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Follow these instructions for making homemade toys to throw and catch a ball.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    Your child can create an impressive fireworks picture using scouring pads, paint, and black construction paper. .

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    Laundry soap and food coloring make a stiff, sudsy paint for your toddler.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Cardboard and felt can make a clean and quiet take-along toddler game.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    A handprint makes this heart necklace special to you and your preschool child.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Sculpting and Playdough

    Preschool-size hands can easily use Playdough as a stamp or a printmaking tool.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    This is a terrific activity to play with finger paints. Paint the table and mop it with the ART!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    You can easily create a photo magnet for your refrigerator using the lid from a jar.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    In this art activity, you will create a fabric canvas, let your child paint on it, and then hang it in her room.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Follow the instructions in this art activity to create a beautiful napkin holder using clothespins, paint, and glue.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Working together, you and your child can make a hair scrunchie she'll love to wear.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    In this patriotic activity, your toddler stamps white construction paper with red stripes and blue stars.

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