2nd and 3rd Grade Activities : Page 27

This year on Mother's Day, here's a gift that builds vocabulary while bringing a smile to Mom's face!

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

Make a reusable picnic pouch with your child this summer to celebrate the Fourth of July in an eco-friendly way.

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.

Use a basic tape recorder and some favorite books to help your first grader read smoothly--and make someone's day in the process!

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

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Create a face of a person or animal on a small terra cotta flower pot and grow herbs or a flowered plant for their hair! As the herbs grow, the hair grows.

This no-sew Christmas stocking helps you celebrate the holiday, without the added fuss or cost. Make a no-sew Christmas stocking this holiday season.

With this activity, your third grader will get experience with informational writing, and your Thanksgiving guests will leave with a keepsake to cherish!

Bake a delicious cherry pie in remembrance of one of country's most famous presidents -- George Washington!

The objective of this science fair project is to examine the effects of temperature on salt and water solutions, as they form crystals over time.

Celebrate Independence Day with a bang! Create a dazzling DIY Independence Day Cards and hand them out to friends and family members.

Let your third grader newscaster practice presentation skills with this video "card" to celebrate Dad this Father's Day!

Home made candles make for great home made gifts at Christmas, Mother's Day, birthdays. Great presents for any special occasion!

Children will read a book, then retell the story with pictures they have painted on stones.

Create your own jigsaw puzzle using a blown-up family photo, and reconstruct the image as many times as you like. Here's how kids can make this gift.

In this classic Ivory soap experiment, kids learn what happens to different types of soap in the microwave, and why!

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

Getting kids to memorize their times tables can be worse than pulling teeth. Sweeten the deal with this activity that combines math and sugar.

Is it possible to trick the forces of nature that make your bubbles round to create a square bubble?

Work on factors in this fun math card game and help your third grader gain math confidence through this fun division activity.

Make ancient Egypt come alive by showing kids how to make their own mini sarcophagus out of a shoe box.

Everyone has a dream. The hard part is striving to make those dreams come true. Encourage your child to dream big with this easy craft project.

Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

Help your child navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

Your child can cut and fold her way to lots of lovely spring tulips through the art of origami!

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

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