Elementary School Activities : Page 82

Beach bags don't have to be bought...make your own beach bag out of recycled materials in this summer craft.

Here's an arts and crafts activity that has your first-grader or second-grader using crayons and black paint to create a beautiful wax-resist nightscape.

Ahoy, mateys! Your child will get in touch with his inner pirate when he makes his own pirate eye patch with this fun activity.

Children will learn about diversity, hear a story that reflects appreciation and acceptance of differences, and connect with a pen pal in another country through writing and drawing a letter.

Cook Halloween pasta on All Hallows' Eve. This green pasta with toothy almonds is a super scary and tasty dinner for trick-or-treaters on Halloween night.

Got a whistful wisher on your hands? Help her make her very own magic wand! The result is a creative craft that's great for pretend play.

Take the pain out of parts by disguising your third grader's fraction lessons as baking with these pumpkin breakfast muffins complete with ghostly marshmallows!

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

These unique paving block critters let kids unleash their creative side on one of the "squarest" garden supplies in stores.

Help your child learn about the world through this 3rd-4th grade geography activity: start a postcard collection and mark where they came from on a world map.

Your child helps the environment while saving your family money in this fun and rewarding "Gas Guzzlers" competition.

Greeting cards are nice, but after they've been opened most cards soon end up in the trash. This year, make Dad a Father's Day card he'll treasure forever.

Invigorate your fourth grader's mind by helping him turn his room into a woven masterpiece using various lengths of material.

Teach your child how to make a Georgia O'Keefe flower collage using pasta and paint for a fun art activity.

Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!

Cut out lots of geometric snowflakes and use them for creating colorful snowflake prints perfect for decorating any home this winter season!

Use your handprints to create a Halloween spider in this fun arts-and-crafts activity!

Make all-natural dye from vegetables to create gorgeous homemade play-silks!

Understanding emotions can be a helpful tool for self-regulation. In this social emotional learning activity, your child will practice identifying different emotions and explore how they connect with various gestures and facial expressions.

Your first or second grader will delight in creating multi-colored confetti egg smashers, traditional in Mexico, called cascarones!

This simple game isn't just a diversion, it teaches your child to identify the incorrect word within a familiar verse.

Use your cookie cutters with jello to have the kids create a story with the shapes they choose.

Make your own Matryoshka out of simple craft materials in this easy how-to!

Spider crafts help your child get into the Halloween spirit! Make our spider craft, featuring a spider and its web, this October to decorate for Halloween.

Make your St. Patrick's Day party an extra festive affair with green punch! A mix of sherbet, lime juice, and lemon lime soda, this recipe is sure to be a hit.

Make exercise fun for your child with this energetic fitness game that's a cross between a cake walk and musical chairs.

Use a beloved toy as a jumping-off point for a fantastic storytelling exercise in this activity that will get the littlest ones thinking about creative writing.

Try this fun garden graphing project with your kindergartener this summer to give him a leg up in math and science while spending some valuable time outdoors!

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.