If your kids loved "Frozen," try out this homemade glitter playdough inspired by the movie. They can improvise or write their own dialogue, then act out dramas in pairs or small groups. Install a curtain rod a few inches from your ceiling and display students’ creations using shower or curtain clips.

First, print vocabulary words on card stock. Combine one cup flour, a half-cup salt, two tablespoons cream of tartar, one cup water, and food coloring. Take your slime game to the next level with this fish-in-a-bag slime craft. First, gather different kinds of rocks from outdoors. Encourage students to think creatively and practice writing with personalized, pocket-size notebooks. Trim the ends off large balloons, stretch them over the cans, and secure with rubber bands. Just download the Watch Instructor magazine's resident crafter Jim Noonan demonstrate this craft:Use scrap paper to create beautiful landscapes like those in Ezra Jack Keats’s Watch Instructor magazine's resident crafter Jim Noonan demonstrate this craft:Here’s a winter craft project with a green twist. Look up.

Find some dollar store fish toys, or get creative with other sea life. Let the music making begin! Fill the cans with a few tablespoons of rice so they can be used as shakers, too. First, put out a call to parents to send in old toys, or collect them yourself from yard sales or dollar stores.

It’s easy, cute, and timeless. TM ® & © 2016 Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved.Easy-to-follow classroom projects to inspire your students1 handy template + a handful of multi-colored beans = a fun and easy pumpkin project kids will love!

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To make the books, simply cut, layer, fold, and staple together festive paper. Maybe it’s a warm winter or your kids just want a little holiday spirit in July, but this fake snow is a creative workaround the weather and it's super easy to make.

Writing is great way for your child to express feelings and explore ideas.

Any green thumbs in your house?

Transform old toys into whimsical nameplates using chalkboard paint for a conversation-starting back-to-school activity.

Other images may provide a setting or perhaps a villain or crucial plot point. To up the acts of kindness, use tissue paper–wrapped prizes as tokens.

This craft is perfect for spring. This is a great learning tool for teaching the “Itsy Bitsy Spider” song.

These puppets are great for playtime even after your kids finish crafting. Add pipe cleaners to form the bodies, then attach to craft sticks with classroom glue or glue dots. Attach the rocks to the inside of a box lid with glue and then label them. Make a zoo enclosure out of popsicle sticks and cardboard for animal safekeeping. Tissue box monster : This is done by creating a monster with a big set of white teeth using a tissue box. Learn how to make cute bumblebee puppets with this easy tutorial. Fill halfway with soil, then add an arrangement of plants. Keep towels at the ready. You can customize them as you wish.

Turn an ordinary jar into a great incentive for students to be good classroom citizens.

Avoid nails or screws by placing a suspension rod in a tight area (such as a window well or library nook).Cork panels or tiles take up less room than a classic bulletin board, making them a great choice for narrow corners or otherwise unused classroom real estate.Kids can personalize skirt hangers with paint and other decorations—and you can move the hangers from wall to bulletin board to clothesline.Challenge students to use Mother Nature as inspiration for designing their own musical instruments. Knead in glitter when cool. Take your kids on a nature walk to look at all the creepy crawlies and then make this craft at home with just some paper, glue, pom-poms, and google eyes.

Let it sit for six to eight hours and watch as crystals begin to form! Help your kids cut up sponges and let them run wild.

Pass them out, along with some favorite fables and fairy tales.

What other musical potential do students see in the world around them? Mixing up a batch of glittery dough is a fun project for the end of an astronomy unit, or for a discussion of the properties of matter and how those change when sub-stances come together.

Begin by creating a representative collage or scene on construction-paper cards.

Make a whole flock of monsters with your little ones.

Kids love playful ways to generate writing ideas. The hole will serve as the mouth. Warm the mixture over medium heat until it forms a doughy ball. More fun than playdough or clay, you’ll amaze your little ones with this one. Simply cut out the template and mount on card stock, ­leaving ¼-inch trim. Bring real-world relevance to geology by inviting students to curate their own rock collections. These colorful shakers were made using only Y-shaped branches, acorns, bells, and neon string.

Begin by placing a layer of stones in the bottom of the container. One of the most basic craft supplies, popsicle sticks, can inspire a so much creativity and learning!

It’s so easy to decorate a little flowerpot with paint, washi tape, or anything else you have around the house.

We’ve got almost every holiday covered with so many easy craft ideas!

Give a warm welcome to the birds in your neighborhood by making and setting out these adorable recycled juice carton birdhouses. Make up jokes and riddles. Finish out your crafty orchestra with a set of these adorable mini-drums.