Holidays Activities : Page 13

Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.

This dreidel ornament makes a sparkling spinning top out of popsicle sticks. Make this dreidel ornament and get ready for Hanukkah.

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

Your child will love these Easter eggs with a soft touch. There are lots of skills at work here, including fine motor, measuring, and patterning!

Transfer your child's artwork onto clothing using an iron-on transfer. It's easier than it sounds, and your child will love wearing his artwork!

Make a handprint turkey with your child to celebrate Thanksgiving. A handprint turkey makes a great base for Thanksgiving coasters, note cards, or place cards.

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

Gather the family around for this fun song and game that will get your holiday started!

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Homemade candy canes are a sweet gift for your friends and family. Make homemade candy canes with your child this Christmas.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

Who said snow globes have to be round and made of glass? Here’s our take on this holiday favorite, using paper and plastic.

Help your kindergarten scientist discover relative size, density, and buoyancy with this fun, pumpkin science project!

Create your very own adorable reindeer to keep you company throughout the holiday season.

This Haggadah scroll activity is great for getting kids to practice handwriting, but it will also get them thinking about the meaning behind Passover.

What better way to encourage family bonding and communication than to make a family directory to help everyone keep in touch?

Make a string art tree to celebrate the holiday season with your kid. This string art tree craft allows you make a unique decoration using simple ingredients.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

These easy-to-make felt friends are created by sewing two pieces of felt together with yarn and make great gifts for holidays such as Easter.

This Play-Doh counting game will improve your little one's math skills and the hanging Christmas trees will make great decoration.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Nothing says Father's Day like this pancake buffet.

Kids love making shapes with Play-Doh, so they'll love creating their own colorful playful clay!

Can your third grader catch a leprechaun using a homemade trap? Help her entice these folkloric Irish fairies with gold coins that they simply can't resist.

Give a holiday greeting that everyone will remember by making this tactile card with your child this year.

Looking for Father's Day inspiration? Make him a "card" he can wear...and build up your kindergartener's reading skills while you're at it.