If your second grader loves fruit snacks, but you're a little worried about the health aspect of those tasty store-bought treats, then this project is for you!

Create a soda bottle garden that defies gravity! This hanging terrarium is housed in a soda bottle and perfect for crafty kids with a growing green thumb.

These spooky eyeballs are simple enough for kids to make, and featur carrots, olives and cream cheese for a nutritious nosh.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Play this "subtraction war" card game with your second grader and watch his math facts mastery leap forward!

This pumpkin dessert recipe tastes like pie but looks like a no-bake cookie.

In this pretend play activity, your child will get to design a custom superhero utility belt and invent a new superhero to go with it!

Create a world of bugs with your kid! This variation on finger painting is a great project to create after a trip to the zoo or while learning about science.

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

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

This fall-themed drawing game is a great way to introduce your kid to some of the important symbols of the fall season.

For some good "green" fun, pull out your blender. A spinach smoothie?! You better believe it! And kids will not only slurp it up, they"ll beg for seconds.

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

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.

Bake a cupcake menorah for a fun twist on the Hanukkah candelabra. This menorah isn't merely tasty, it's also a pretty presentation for the Festival of Lights.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

Help your child sharpen time skills by creating a special day and charting each part in a detailed schedule.

How can we describe the relationship of magnetic field strength vs. distance? Kids will find out with this free science fair project idea.

Using scherenschnitte, your science-savvy second grader will be able to create and display each part of a vegetable!

In this project, build an insect model that shows how the head, thorax, and abdomen fit together! Learn insect anatomy by constructing a paper mache critter.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

This recipes is so easy your child gets to be master chef for this kitchen activity. He'll bake peanut butter banana oatmeal cookies that happen to be vegan!

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

Help your child "step up" to second grade math fact challenges with a fun addition and subtraction game in your very own kitchen.

Your kid can learn about the process of making frozen yogurt and enjoy a homemade, flavorful dessert. Experiment with this fun, chilly food!

This funny valentine features springing hearts and sparkling stickers to make an unusual holiday greeting. Make a funny valentine with your little comedian.

Here, kids can make edible collages out of cookies and candy. Colorful, creative, and delicious, they make great gifts for sweet-toothed family and friends.

Here's a fun activity that will help your child become familiar with both punctuation marks...by using pasta shapes!

Air invisible; it doesn't make sounds; you can't pick it up and throw it. So how do we know it exists? Help your second grade scientist figure it out.

Make this easy recipe for Halloween, featuring white chocolate and pretzels, for a crispy, creepy treat!