Arts and Crafts

This magnetic ruler will let you display your child's artwork on the refrigerator.

In this art project, your toddler can either blow the paint with the straw, or use the straw as a paint brush.

You can make a bed for your toddler's doll out of a large cardboard box.

You and your child will have fun making this handsome spider. All you need is a bit of yarn and some googly eyes.

In this activity, your child can try out her storytelling ability while having fun drawing.

Introduce your preschooler to two art media with this mixture of tempera paints and crayons.

Cardboard, popsicle sticks, and a glue gun make an easy and decorative art project for your child.

Creating books with your child is fun to do, and can be as simple or as complex as you wish.

Teach your child a drawing technique called pointillism with this art activity.

Using glue dyed in different colors, your toddler can make a spaghetti mobile that you can hang from the ceiling.

If you don't have time to set out paper and crayons for your toddler, try this easy method for encouraging art.

Make napkin rings from empty paper towel rolls -- all they need is your child's decorative touch!

This Halloween art project produces squarish spiders that your child will love to play with.

In this activity, your preschooler will work with traced images of his hands and feet.

Preschoolers love making art with jelly beans, but they also love eating them -- so don't use glue!

Using an egg carton and a balloon, your child can make a papier-mâché piggy bank.

Here are some great family-time activities using leaves. Try waxing, rubbing, and pressing them.

Create texture with crayon rubbings by layering objects, shifting the paper, and trying other suggested options.