Your first grader will improve her fine motor skills as she designs her own drum set with recycled household objects and art supplies!

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Show your third grader how to craft his own version of the symbolic Olympic rings using some easy-to-find art supplies!

Combine your creative fifth grader's love of nature, art and poetry with leaf printing!

Your fourth grader will improve her hand-eye coordination making catnip mice, and you'll finally have a use for all those mate-less socks in the laundry room!

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

On the next rainy day spent inside, delight your third grader by showing him how to make his own weatherproof octopus to display for those passing by.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

Your fourth grader be delighted to create monkey companions out of poster board! They also provide a perfect opportunity to teach her interesting monkey facts.

Take the art making outside: have your first grader make a clay relief sculpture of the natural world. This is a great activity for summer.

Chocolate dipped candy canes make an elegant and delicious Christmas treat that your fifth grader can make. Make chocolate dipped candy canes with your child.

Your preschooler will not realize she's practicing her counting skills while playing with this interactive cereal abacus!

Reuse old Christmas cards by showing your fourth grader how to weave strips of them together to create new and unique woven holiday cards!

If there's a special person in your fourth grader's life, show him how to create this beautiful photo frame luminary as an extra special Valentine's Day gift!

You and your fourth grader can pay homage to the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada, by baking up a batch of maple leaf pancakes!

Make clothing battles a thing of the past by allowing your second grader to design his own dress-up shirt out of an ultra-comfy t-shirt for New Year's.

For Read Across America Day, challenge your first grader to come up with a story using magnetic words inspired by "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss.

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

The 100th day of school is an important benchmark for kids in the lower elementary grades. Help your kid create a 100 days of school shirt to celebrate!

Help your child make an imaginative scene come to life by making a diorama. Your child will be practicing three dimensional thinking and language arts skills.

Show your first grader how to create her own octopus out of yarn. This simple, yet fun, project yields an adorable play or cuddle partner.

Bring some winter fun into your home while your child practices her number matching skills with this adorable snowman math game.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

Teach your fourth grader foreshortening, a type of visual perspective in art with this fun and easy activity!

Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

This twist on the classic game of freeze tag spells fun for your fourth grader--and the whole family!

This family photo calendar can be made by your second grader. Make a family photo calendar with your child to celebrate another year together.

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Banish your third grader's rainy day boredom by guiding his play group through a collaborative art project that leads up to the unveiling of a crazy creature!

Delight your first grader by combining a reading activity with a fun "tea party" as she unscrambles cut-up words in a tea bag to form sentences and stories.