3rd - 6th Grade Activities : Page 60

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Your third grader will love both recreating and dressing up as his favorite reptile with this frightening crocodile jaw costume!

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Science fair project determines relationship between number and variety of insects and spiders by collecting and counting invertebrates in a ecosystem.

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your kindergartener make friendship bracelets with just safety pins, elastic, and some colorful beads.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

Instead of piling on jackets and mittens, settle down for an afternoon of paper magic with this three-dimensional snowflake craft.

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

Science fair project which determines whether it is numerically possible to be connected to every person on the earth within six degrees of separation.

Many ancient cultures used the rising or setting sun to create calendars. Observe the setting sun once a week to come up with your own solar calendar!

Budding bakers can explore the excitement of the kitchen without fear of cuts or hot ovens by making these super simple and tasty cookies.

Take advantage of the summer sun to make you and your child a delightfully refreshing treat--sun tea!

Science fair project that uses muriatic acid to develop fingerprints that would otherwise be invisible.

Do plants breathe? Not exactly. They do respire though! This activity will help your child with see that plants are producing the oxygen we need to survive.

Discover which fabrics shrink the most in the wash and why.

Your child can twist and turn their way to creating a freestanding wire form! When they're done they can position and display their small statue wherever they want.

This science fair project compares the allelopathic affects of juglone, a chemical agent produced by the Black Walnut tree, on two plants.

Dress up the dining table with a sweet craft right in time for Valentine's Day.

This educated-guessing game is great for preschoolers. This activity helps your child work on her reasoning skills.

This science fair project idea investigates if fats add to the flavor of food.

These gingerbread cookies can be baked by your third grader. Make a warm batch of gingerbread cookies to bring some extra holiday cheer to your home.

Your child can learn more about traditional Irish cooking this St. Patrickâs Day by making some apple barley pudding â a real tasty treat!

This gumbo recipe is a yummy way to celebrate Black History Month, and get a little practice in measurement.

Help your child get to know the least-appreciated of the five senses, the sense of smell, with a smelling station.

Ever wonder why refrigerator lights turn off when you close the door? Does the darkness prevent food from spoiling? This experiment, determines just that.

Are you sneaky, sneaky? You'll have to be when your play this fun game involving squirt guns and blindfolds that'll test your child's stealth.

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.

In this science fair project, students examine under what conditions individual plants release seeds and how far the seeds are released.

Using lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life, help your child implement kindness and compassion into their interactions with others.