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Is it a square or a circle? See if you can trick your friends with this zany science project!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

Your child will create their very own traditional Indian Toran wall hanging using construction paper, yarn and paint.

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.

Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

Celebrate Mexican heritage and inspire creativity in your budding artist with this unique arts and crafts activity.

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Encourage your child to make a Chinese scroll painting as part of his world history or art studies, or just to pass the time on a weekend.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

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!

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Combine music, history and craft by making a Native American instrument of your own

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

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

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Help your second grader celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King with this rainbow table mat.