Elementary School Holidays Activities : Page 6

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Your child will hop with delight as he make this delicious, edible bunny out of marshmallows.

Get kids to celebrate Earth Day by designing their very own junk truck.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

Children will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

Your kids will love this tradition of finding a leprechaun's gold hidden all over.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Your first grader will enjoy creating his own leprechaun from a recycled toilet paper tube.

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Give your child some simple craft supplies and see what happens in this heartwarming and artistic contribution to the Seder table this year.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this sweet mint-flavored milkshake you and your child can make together.

Your child's painted handprint helps create a lucky bearded leprechaun to bring a smile to everyone celebrating St. Patrick's Day!

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

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

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

Pay tribute to the color green this St. Patrick's Day by creating a tactile sensory collage filled with green things in this kindergarten art activity.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

Kids generally can't come up with the cash to buy the bling they dream of giving mom. With this project, they can make her jewelry themselves!

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.

Now you can have baby chicks around any time of year, with this simple egg carton craft idea.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Celebrate Kwanzaa with your fourth grader, or introduce them to a new cultural practice, by showing them how to weave a Kwanzaa mat out of an ordinary paper bag!

Perform a special St. Patrick's Day magic trick with this fun craft project! 

Create your very own "stained glass" flower, the perfect gift for mom this Mother's Day!

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.