2nd Grade Holidays Activities : Page 3

In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Valentine bookmarks make reading lovely. Make a valentine bookmark that looks like a heart-filled bookworm.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

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

Make sure your child is prepared for Halloween by having him create a stamp-printing that says: "Trick or treat? Smell my feet!"

In this activity, your child will prepare for the first night of Passover by creating her own Seder plate.

This chocolate gelt is the perfect Hanukkah treat. Chocolate gelt is used as a gift for children or in the classic Hanukkah game of Dreidel.

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

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

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

Learn about nature by making your own mini moss garden.

Re-purpose a tin can into a pretty compost bucket for your family's kitchen counter and learn about the science and fun of recycling and renewing objects.

Using dried beans and corn, foods that are prevalent in Mexican cuisine, your child will create three-dimensional sombrero art.

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

Brighten up everyone's day with this circular rainbow plate perfect for celebrating spring or St. Patrick's Day.

Take the spookiness out of spiders with this web-making activity! Your child will practice talking about and creating shapes in this Halloween craft, and learn about spiders along the way.

Making gift bags for a Halloween party or tricker-treaters is a great way for your child to learn a bit about geometry and origami!

This activity will put those Halloween treats to good use by using candy corn to help your child with her subtraction skills.

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

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

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.

This Thanksgiving, make a pine cone turkey that can double as a personalized place setting for each family member.

Learn how to make a trick-or-treat bag for Halloween. See how to make a decorative trick-or-treat bag with this Halloween craft tutorial.