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Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

Looking for something to do with all those plastic 2-liter bottles that seem to accumulate endlessly? Turn them into a unique mini birdbath.

For this science fair project, kids will learn how to make a lemon battery. They can conduct this classic experiment using readily available materials.

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

Inspired by colorful African drums and crafted from recyclable materials, these pencil holders will make a bold and charming addition to any desk set.

Coil your daughter's two favorite colors into a wearable pendant with just a few scraps of felt!

Help your child organize her jewelry or hair bands with this pretty holder made from recycled materials. The finished holder also makes a great gift!

Fly into some rainy day fun with a cardboard airplane project. Making paper airplanes is fun, but you can add a new twist by using recycled materials instead.

This rainbow collage activity is a great way to practice using different materials to create texture. The completed craft is sure to brighten up any space.

In this experiment, your child will create two compost bins and see if he can determine what attracts fruit flies.

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Milk is made of water and fat; but how can you separate the two? Find out in this color changing milk experiment.

This classic children's game-connecting two cups with a string-demonstrates sound's ability to travel through air vs through a solid.

Most often, a collage is 2-dimensional, but instead of using paper as a base, this project uses an inexpensive pumpkin from the craft store.

Is it solid or liquid? Create oobleck and witness the amazingly weird oscillation between the two!

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

Make your own wrapping paper with some materials from around the house. Try to make your own wrapping paper this year for a unique presentation for your gifts.

What is elasticity? Students will investigate how this concept applies to bouncing ball physics by testing the bounces of balls made out of different materials.

Help your child improve his coin counting skills in these two math games that have him race to reach $1.00.

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

Help your third grader create a Venn diagram fantasy creature by combining two different creatures to create a fantasy creature based on their similarities.

Your child can make a sweet and savory spinach strawberry salad; two ingredients that come together for a light and fresh summer dish!

Here are two streamlined breakfast ideas so that mom not only gets a delicious breakfast for Mother's Day, but a clean kitchen too!

Make fractions easy for your child to understand by incorporating their discussion and practice into meals and cooking that you two participate in together.

In this activity, your child will write stories about two different people. The stories will include similarities and differences in the ways each person lives in their communities.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

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

Knowing your antonyms from your synonyms is an important part of the second grade writing curriculum, and is a real boon for vocabulary.

The objective of this science fair project is to observe the differences in heat absorption for darker colors vs. lighter colors.

Science fair project that examines the behavior of water and gravel in creek beds and the formation of sedimentary rocks.