2nd - 5th Grade Fall Activities

Celebrate the flavors of fall by making this sweet breakfast treat with your child. It beats the stuff from the box any day!

Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.

Help your learner develop her fine motor and communication skills with this fun and festive fall activity.

Layer images and handprint owls to create a Halloween painting!

Did you know cooking supports your child in learning complex math skills? Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills by whipping up some healthy sweet potatoes for a dinner side dish!

This year, celebrate the season with a pumpkin wreath! Have your kid trace and cut patterns to create multiple pumpkin shapes from a single sheet of paper.

Roasting pumpkin seeds makes for a great Halloween activity, and a healthy snack!

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

This unique project will help your child learn the basics of assemblage and he'll create a perfectly festive pumpkin in the process.

Learn all about cause and effect as your child experiments with an exploding pumpkin in this engaging fall activity! Get the whole family involved with this simple science experiment that is a fun and exciting way to combine Halloween and science.

Incorporate some math and science thinking into your annual fall fun with this pumpkin investigation activity! Your child will have a blast investigating various ways of measuring pumpkins, making estimates, taking measurements, and recording their findin

With this hands-on activity, you'll show how fall colors are hidden in the leaf all year long!

Your child can emulate M.C. Escher with this hands-on art project for fall and Thanksgiving.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

This activity provides a solution to all those leaves on your doorstep, while also giving your child a fun science lesson.

Sweet potatoes lend a creamy texture and peppery seasoning gives a spicy kick in this fall hash recipe.

Your kid will have the coolest lunch around when he creates this owl's head lunch bag topper. Celebrate the arrival of fall with this rustic-inspired craft.

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

Make quick sweet and salty walnuts, a delicious addition to fall salads and fruit and nut plates, or a simple afternoon snack.

Satisfy your child's love of the game with a paper project starring his favorite pigskin!

Celebrate the fiery colors of fall with a charming tree and a pile of wordy leaves.

Make a clay sculpture of a fall tree to celebrate the changing seasons and bring out the artist in your third grader.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills!

Celebrate the season with a fall centerpiece art project your child can display for the whole family!

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

Decorate your porch or backyard with this unique fall craft!

Celebrate autumn with a seasonal bash. Welcome the fall with a festive party for your little one and her friends, full of crafts, snacks and fun games.