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Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

Make this paper mache gargoyle for a lesson in Medieval architecture and sculpture.

Craft this leprechaun hat-covered jar, brimming with St. Patrick's Day charm!

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!

Help your kid create a patriotic 4th of July table mat with a design inspired by modern artist Keith Haring.

A twist on the gingerbread house, this train is made with graham crackers, icing, and candy decorations. A great 2nd-3rd grade holiday arts and crafts activity.

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.

Explore how dielectric heating comes into play when microwaving various liquids in this science project. This test will help you understand how microwaves work!

Want a sugar-sculpted house, just like Hansel and Gretel found? Make a miniature version in this sweet geometry activity.

Get your child writing as she describes the four seasons, then decorates a shape for each to hang in the house!

Your second grader will love this simple soda bottle race car activity. Make a ramp and customize your car for an entertaining way to learn scientific concepts.

Make the prehistoric monsters of the past seem a bit more real with a craft that brings the chill of the Ice Age to life!

Your child can help your family pet take a breather, and help herself relax, too, with this soothing activity.

In this arts and crafts activity, you can make fun bracelets using just a handful of buttons and some elastic cord. And it's a counting game, too!

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Learn how to make a weathervane with this fun and simple meteorology project for fourth graders.

Cool down this summer and stay active, too, with a wet clothes relay! 

Help your fourth or fifth grader design and write their own innovative greeting card by formulating a poem in the shape of their favorite object of choice.

Introduce your fourth or fifth grader to volume by having him build rectangular prisms, and then count each sugar cube to check his volume calculations.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Create some commotion on your table this Halloween with some flying bats that'll be cute enough to cause a ruckus among your little party monsters.

Tea time is a chance for a lesson in etiquette while she plays. Quality time to read a book and talk about good manners.

Photo coasters are a lot of fun, and this tutorial helps you make a unique set of low-cost photo coasters. Craft some photo coasters with your child.

If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

This festive Christmas card project teaches kids how to make a sparkling magic fairy godmother or angel out of glitter and sequins.

Make a seed bomb and let your junior guerilla gardener spread flowers far and wide.

This science fair project idea identifies trees using a dichotomous key.

This science fair project idea explores alcoholic fermentation at work by making your own soda.

The next time your kid asks, "What's for dinner?" reply, "Dinosaur Bones!" Of course, you don't mean actual bones; just tasty breadstick bones!

In this experiment you observe and determine how well your cat uses his whiskers to navigate through a maze.