Entertainment and Activities

Follow these instructions to make your own dreidel out of clay for the Hanukkah season.

Use this recipe to bake lovely cinnamon-scented ornaments for the holidays.

Fill a jar with the ingredients for cookies, attach the recipe, and give it to someone special on your holiday gift list.

You can sew Christmas stockings for the entire family, following these easy directions.

Follow these simple instructions to make a folksy Santa Claus out of clay pots.

Follow these easy instructions to build your own Advent calendar, then start the countdown to Christmas!

You and your child can have lots of fun sculpting beads out of homemade dough.

Here are a few great ideas for mosaic crafts, plus instructions for how to make them.

Here are basic instructions -- and some helpful tips -- for making your own candles.

Here is a list of all the materials you might need to create your holiday crafts.

Learn different water games you can play in the pool with friends and family.

Help the kids stay cool on a hot summer day. You can play these fun water games in your own backyard.

Here are the rules for a number of Frisbee games, which are great for parties -- or for anytime.

Here are the rules for a number of racing games, which are great for parties -- or for anytime.

Learn the basic rules and some variations for playing the old-time game of Marbles.

Badminton is a familiar and fun outdoor game for everyone. Here are the official rules.

Croquet is a familiar and fun outdoor game for everyone. Here are the official rules.

Kickball is a familiar and fun outdoor game for everyone. Here are the official rules.