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Bring out the artist in your kids by using styrofoam trays for print making. It's a wonderful way to be creative and a fun kid's craft.

If you're in need of a last minute present or extra decorations for your home, don't waste a lot of time running around the mall looking for these.

Celebrate Victorian elegance with hand-made Christmas ornaments based on popular holiday symbols and vintage favorites.

Use Styrofoam balls, some glitter and glue and you will have an indoor Frosty you can enjoy year round.

Making a no-sew race car costume is a project parents and children can do together. All it takes is a cardboard box, some paint, Styrofoam packing, and creativity.

This easy raggedy ghost pattern can be adapted to create ghosts of all sizes, perfect for decorating your home or porch this Halloween.

Adults and children use cupcakes to create a dessert shaped like a Pilgrim hat to serve at a Thanksgiving school party or to guests at a family or social fall gathering.

Remember the days of Shrinky Dinks? Kids can color and make their own miniature works of art by recycling styrofoam trays.

Help the early childhood classroom to go green. This article describes simple ways to reuse and repurpose everyday items for art projects.

Save money and indulge in family bonding by making a Christmas village using basic household items, so-called "junk" and other miscellaneous materials.

With Earth Day around the corner, it is a great time to spotlight green initiatives in business that support environment preservation.

These cute decorations are fun to make and easy enough for a child to achieve.

The tree is lit, the stockings are hung, but what about that finishing touch that brings Christmas immediately to mind? That extra special Yuletide touch?

ICFs are a green building technology that is fast gaining market share in the construction industry. Hollow Styrofoam blocks are stacked and poured with concrete.

Decorate your Thanksgiving table this year with a very elegant and easy-to-make dried topiary.

These ethereal creatures, crafted out of Styrofoam balls and cheesecloth, create a ghostly greeting for trick-or-treaters.

Using recycled items as art materials is a great way to teach children about environmental awareness. This creative activity for kids includes simple how-to steps.

Looking for something a little different full of color and flair? Well, you have certainly found it.

Every office creates waste, but few see it as an opportunity to build teamwork in a real-world context. Learn how to make a corporate green space without ecolo-nagging.

Spend Halloween day creating easy spiders, spooks, and ghosts before the evening candy haunt.

A translucent material placed over a flash will soften its light, helping to reduce harsh shadows. You can make a portable, lightweight diffuser.

This charming Easter egg wreath is the perfect decoration for your Easter festivities. Best of all, it takes less than one hour to make.

Spring is the perfect time to say thank you to teachers. This article will give you some creative ideas to say thank you.

The holidays are often a time when we're all stressed with work and holiday preparations, never mind saving the planet.

Easy to create and fun to play with, preschoolers will love making these simple bunny baskets, chick puppets and egg shakers at Easter time.

The trickiest part of making concrete counter tops is building the mold. After that all that is required is manual labor and patient finishing.

A diaper cake is not only a decorative gift, but a useful one as well. Many are sent as gifts and others are used as a centerpiece for the baby shower.

Students investigate chemical reactions in a two part inquiry-based investigation designed to allow students make connections with a variety of chemical reactions.

Dress up any table during the holiday season with a special centerpiece arrangement. Use items from around the house for a more personal touch.

Fall is a time of cooler weather, shorter days, and the smell of freshly fallen leaves. Make some fun Fall crafts with your child to celebrate the season.

Folk art or primitive style clay faces are lovely, and can be formed with simple techniques.

Keeping healthy and saving money often means bringing your own lunch. Here are some tips in keeping the earth as green as your lunch.

How to make easy and fun Easter themed craft projects with young kids. Make mini easter baskets, easter bunny pots, homemade rabbit ear headbands, and jelly bean frames.

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

Springtime is a season of new beginnings. Celebrate the joys of spring with your child by making these easy and fun crafts together.

Take a toilet paper tube, add some paint and glue and you have a "beeutiful" buzzy bee.

Many parts of the United States is home to a virtual melting pot of Hispanic culture, which makes celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month all the more rich and rewarding.

Shipping glass and pottery requires the proper materials and an attention to details. A shoddy job results in a package that rattles on delivery, and that's a bad thing.

Most often, painters look at a canvas as a clean, solid surface waiting to have elements added to it while acting as a foundation. Not in a mixed-media artist's studio.

Hang them on a Christmas tree or from a chandelier. Poinsettia ball Christmas ornaments add elegance to any holiday decor using simple materials.

Bring together some imagination and a few materials you have around the house, and you can easily make creative Halloween costumes just in time for trick-or-treating.

Recreate child-friendly Olympic-styled events for your party guests to enjoy.

Kids of all ages will enjoy these simple, cute craft ideas for St. Patrick's Day.

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.

Easy to make penguins are a festive addition to holiday decorations. These penguins will look good for Christmas and can stay out all winter long.

Make a Christmas tree ornament as a time-filler or Christmas craft at your holiday party.

How to build a worm compost bin. Red wiggler worms eat their body weight or more each day, and create rich worm castings for the garden.

In the winter we will be thinking about all of the possibilities in making Christmas ornaments. If we start now we can add a different spin on our decorations.

Painting activities are a great way to engage the imagination of any preschooler. This article contains suggestions for holiday themed Christmas painting projects.

Model train landscapes are fantastic miniature versions of the real world recreated in astonishing detail. Learn how it's done and create one today.