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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
    Drawing and Painting

    Learning to sort colors takes time, but doing so is a good way for your child to begin practicing decision making.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    In this activity, bleach on a Q-tip removes color from tissue paper, leaving behind an interesting reverse painting.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    This marble painting activity provides a unique and fun art experience for you and your child.

  • Arts and Crafts

    This activity will delight and excite your toddler, and it's well worth the mess!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting

    This art activity challenges your child to think in new ways and to explore new feelings.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting
    By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

    In this activity, your kids will create their own unique paintings by blowing through a straw.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    Need picture frames for all those photos you have floating around the house? Here's a frame you can make with your kids!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts
    By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

    In this arts and crafts project, kids can learn about decoupage while creating a work of art.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts
    By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

    Become an expert craftsman with your child -- learn how wood bends and make art at the same time!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts
    By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

    Next time you hard-boil eggs, let your kids use the shells to create a beautiful mosaic!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting
    By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

    Follow the instructions in this window painting activity to show your child how to create her own landscapes.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Drawing and Painting
    By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff

    For a fun and inexpensive way to create art, try this fun activity -- painting rocks with your child!

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Paper Crafts

    With some help from you, younger children can create a mosaic from brightly colored construction paper.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    This craft is found in many cultures worldwide. It's easy to make and the result is quite attractive.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    DIY Crafts

    You can use clothespins to make a nifty flower trivet for your child to paint.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    Crushed Froot Loops are used like glitter in this fun toddler art project.

  • Entertainment and Activities
    Arts and Crafts

    Here are seven different activity ideas for chalk art. Try them all with your child.

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    Arts and Crafts

    Broken eggshells make a great art medium for a preschool child to glue and paint.

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