Elementary School Activities : Page 128

Help your first grader create special 3D paper Christmas trees that he can use to decorate the home or give to friends.

Make homemade glitter to add glamor and glitz to art projects galore.

This handprint angel adds some sparkle to Christmas. Watch as your child's handprints turn into beautiful angel wings.

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

This zany guessing game asks your first grader to tap into her deductive reasoning skills to guess an activity or object.

In this activity, children create rising foam as they reflect on the many ways they have grown over the past months and learn how a "beginner's mind" is helpful.

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

This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

Your child can create a toy soap sure to provide bath time fun for himself or, when given as a gift, a friend!

This quick and easy pasta dish is loaded with sweet grape tomatoes and vitamin-packed red pepper pesto.

Popsicles aren't just for the summertime, this activity takes cold and turns it into a creative and tasty science experiment.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

This Father's Day, give dad something he'll really appreciate: a book about him, written by his favorite author...his son or daughter!

Work on measurement by sliding cards along a table with your second grader in this fun game. Use centimeters or inches, add up your totals, and see who's won!

What can you do with hair after its cut? This science project teaches you practical uses for human hair.

Nothing warms a wintry afternoon like a warm bowl of soup - especially when it's homemade!

This easy paper craft looks like the ancient Moai sculptures of Easter Island.

This activity is a fun challenge for students who have just started learning to program educational robots.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

Use this fun activity to make an optical illusion picture that helps your kindergartener explore the sense of sight, and sharpen his observation skills!

Help your kid create a patriotic 4th of July table mat with a design inspired by modern artist Keith Haring.

Does dough rise faster with unbleached or bleached flour? Investigate in this science fair project idea.

Explore if planting seeds in a certain direction will affect how fast it germinates.

Make the most out of your next wait at the airport by playing Airport Lounge, a fun and creative game of storytelling and make-believe!

Kids learn about surrealism as they cut out items from magazines and combine them to create their own piece of surrealistic juxtaposition.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

Make some spooky snacks this Halloween with your little trick or treater. He'll get a kick out of these deliciously gross recipes!

A simple science experiment exploring the physics of water pressure that's been amazing people since Medieval times.

This unexpected art project is sure to result in a Picasso-esque jumble of imagination that will teach your kid about shapes, colors, and abstract form!

This science fair project examines how seeds hitchhike on animals and clothing.