2nd and 3rd Grade Holidays Activities : Page 4

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Make a brilliant bouquet for dad on his special day. This Father's Day craft unique flowers that remind dad of his favorite sports team.

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

These DIY star garlands will add the perfect patriotic touch to your home this 4th of July!

Learners can hone their cutting skills while making this patriotically festive star collage!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

This Star of David craft is eco-friendly and will help your child practice basic geometry. Make a festive Star of David craft for Hanukkah.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

An "I Love You" book is a perfect gift for a very special friend on Valentine's Day. Our "I Love You" book shares the love in eight different languages.

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

Help your crafty kid make rocket-shaped party favors to hand out to friends and family on Independence Day!

This chocolate gelt is the perfect Hanukkah treat. Chocolate gelt is used as a gift for children or in the classic Hanukkah game of Dreidel.

Have your student draft a blueprint for a haunted house, and trick (or treat) them into learning about geometry in the process.

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

This Santa Claus craft is made to look like the jolly holiday icon himself. Make a Santa Claus craft with your child this holiday season.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

This year, celebrate the season with a pumpkin wreath! Have your kid trace and cut patterns to create multiple pumpkin shapes from a single sheet of paper.

Using dried beans and corn, foods that are prevalent in Mexican cuisine, your child will create three-dimensional sombrero art.

This snowflake garland will bring some winter wonder to your house. Make a sparkling snowflake garland with your child this winter.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a rainbow card filled with three dimensional four leaf clovers!

Design a special recipe book just for mom. Kid-made and packed with recipes for some of mom's favorite dishes, it's sure to be a hit on Mother's Day.