2nd and 3rd Grade Holidays Activities : Page 9

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

These spooky eyeballs are simple enough for kids to make, and featur carrots, olives and cream cheese for a nutritious nosh.

Explore form, space, and texture with your child this Valentine's Day by making a charming papier-mâché heart sculpture!

This Labor Day, encourage your child to learn more about the different tools and supplies found in a doctor's bag by having her create one of her own!

Make a treasure hunt for the kids complete with clues and theyâll be thrilled to find the gelt at the end of their search.

This 4th of July, end the battle for independence in your house, and show your child just how much freedom she can enjoy.

This hands-on activity will introduce your third grader to the concepts of positive and negative space as she makes a shamrock!

The next time you are planning a Mexican-inspired menu, let your child contribute with a batch of this guacamole! Here's how.

Cookie, snow globe or puzzle? This holiday cookie is all three! Celebrate the holidays with this puzzle cookie, a crafty twist on a delicious dessert.

If your mom loves gardening and plants, make her a Mother's Day garden decoration perfect for displaying in her yard!

Get in the 4th of July spirit by whipping up a batch of frosty snow cones, sweetened with syrup in a patriotic palette.

These potato yogurt cupcakes are a healthy and delicious treat to be shared during the special Jewish holiday of Passover.

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

Tap into your Irish roots by making an adorable leprechaun hat vase for St. Patrick's Day in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Help your kid celebrate Valentine's Day and keep up with her homework with this butterfly pencil craft!

Make this Easter egg craft that works as both a fun necklace or a decorative garland to welcome warm weather and spring sunshine.

This year, have your child can help you with your Passover food list. It's great handwriting practice, and she'll learn a lot in the process.

Using beautiful oil pastels and their own wild imagination, your child will come up with their own spooky, spectacular, or spine-tingling monster.

Homemade breakfast bars with chocolate and cherries make a tasty to-go breakfast for Valentine's Day. Whip up a batch of homemade breakfast bars with your kid.

Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

Make this easy homemade tie for a great Father's Day gift this year.

Use up your leftover hardboiled Easter eggs with our healthy, gourmet variations on an old classic: deviled eggs

A heart wreath is a pretty and festive Valentine's Day decoration. Make a heart wreath with your child this Valentine's Day.

These festive red and blue drink umbrellas are the perfect DIY party idea. While you're making them you can even sneak in a little compass practice.

Here's a St. Patrick's Day card your child can make, write, and give. Great learning and lots of fun--a "lucky" combination for a lucky holiday!

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

Instead of pulling out the usual Easter decorations, have your child transform cupcake liners into mini Easter baskets.

Inspired by the crispy, crunchy leaves of fall, this fanciful project is simple, easy and completely affordable. Now that's something to be thankful for!

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