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Add surprise to a preschooler's lunch routine at home with this low cost simple but novel way to serve breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Making Christmas and holiday crafts that use recycled materials go easy on the Earth and easy on the budget.

Go green by making a Mancala or Owara game that uses recycled materials. It's easy on the Earth and easy on the budget.

Summertime brings out the bugs. And your home may even have a few more that most after a fun afternoon of making this collection of egg cartoon insects.

For tree decorations or gift giving, these cute angels are simple crafts for the kids to do on a snowy day. Make one for an ornament or make many for a winter scene.

This short article gives instructions for planting a windowsill garden.

Make scary Halloween decor without scaring the environment. These projects are fast, easy and educational.

Cover a paper plate cut into a ring with yarn, paper hands, egg carton cups, or jigsaw puzzle pieces for a variety of wreaths to decorate the home throughout the year.

If you've ever been frustrated trying to light a campfire you'll appreciate these ingenious fire-starters. They are easy to make, portable and work every time.

Use recycled egg cartons to make keepsake impressions of your children's hands.

Get the family together to make these eco-friendly spider crafts for a creepy Halloween display.

Kindergarten kids can make caterpillar crafts and projects during caterpillar and butterfly lessons as part of an elementary bug themed unit.

With materials found around the house, create egg carton jack-o-lanterns, hanging ghosts from paper towel, and a construction paper mobile. Each craft costs pennies.

Children love scary, weird homemade costumes for Halloween. Make a "swine flu" H1N1-themed costume, and create a teachable moment to reinforce hand hygiene habits.

Preschool activities to increase recognition of the letter E and word egg, to identify and use the math vocabulary word dozen, and to make scientific observations.

Children can make their own Advent wreaths to take home.

Looking for a simple, sweet garden craft for preschool children? Kids and adults will love this easy spring egg craft.

Here are a few crafts that can be used when you are teaching children about Creation. They are not difficult to make and require few materials with little preparation.

Cover a balloon in glue-soaked string. When it dries, tuck an egg carton spider in its midst. Make the string balloons in different sizes and colors for any holiday.

Tell the story of Easter and Jesus with resurrection eggs. With just some plastic eggs and a few items found around the house it's easy to create this meaningful craft.

Use marbelized painting techniques to design your own pencils.

Everyone has new year resolutions. Saving money and saving the planet are good goals. This craft project, making a bank from reused materials, helps a family meet them.

Religious education class is more fun when kids get to make their own advent wreath or Christmas ornament. Here are some easy Christmas crafts for tweens.

Miniature Christmas puddings, chocolate-dipped fudge truffles and apricot-coconut balls make a unique gift for teachers and friends when packaged in an egg carton.

Great as crafts for a summer theme or an activity on a rainy day these ideas are really easy to do with preschoolers and toddlers of all skill levels.

Teaching number recognition to a child is a very important skill to develop. There are many activities to help make learning numbers enjoyable for both parent and child.

Share the timeless beauty of the rosary with children through hands-on projects.

Children in elementary grades will have fun making advent wreaths, Christmas tree ornaments and other holiday projects.

Passover is a great time to teach children both in the classroom and in the home about the Seder table. Here are Passover craft ideas.

He is risen! Three days after being buried in a borrowed tomb, Jesus did what he said he would do. Use these ideas to help your preschoolers understand what happened.

This article gives directions for planting a small windowsill garden from fruit seeds.

Honey, which is nature's original sweeter, is a natural source of energy and has many nutritional benefits.

Use common supplies to make sweet little chicks to use as a centerpiece or decorate a wreath with your children.

Using recycled materials and easy to find supplies, preschoolers and toddlers can make cute and simple crafts to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.

Perfect for a spring, summer or animal theme, these paper plate frog puppets are easy to make and work well for action songs and stories.

Tips on finding and planting cheap or free, recycled or improvised seed starting containers from seed pan to individual plant pot to waterproof tray. Garden green!

There are lots of containers to grow seedlings in. Here are a few:

Stocking a craft area is fun and easy. Here is a list to get you started.

Teach young children the basics of sculpting with 123 I Can Sculpt by Irene Luxbacher.

Egg shells, comprised mainly of calcium carbonate, can be used to improve garden soil, make delicious coffee, clean out drains, provide a calcium supplement and more.

Growing herbs from seed is a wonderful way to always have fresh herbs on hand.

Children enjoy watching things grow. Even if garden space is limited, everyone can grow and share a few plants.

If you're just starting out as an artist, you can easily overspend on art supplies. However, you probably already have several items at your house that you can use.

No matter the budget, a beautiful Christmas tree can be achieved with a little imagination, a lot of creativity and a sleigh full of love for the holiday season.

Every plastic item has a symbol and a code on the bottom: But which ones can be recycled and which ones are unsafe as toys or for food storage?

A great kid's craft for girls - recycle things like egg cartoons, shoe boxes and old magazines by turning them into one awesome dollhouse.

Give children an appetite for learning mathematics using cereal as a tool for understanding concepts.

Collecting recycled items to use for crafts gives preschoolers and toddlers an endless supply of creative materials, saves money and also helps the environment.

Looking for some great Halloween party favors? Make your very own fake Halloween eyeballs!

Here is a collection of some fun hands-on preschool Bible crafts. They require simple-to-find materials and require little preparation on your part. Let's get to work!