Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

Practice third and fourth grade measurement skills and make a practical holiday gift in the process!

Fresh kale and coconut milk come together in this a fragrant dish that makes a great vegetable side or light main course.

Your child can create a special winter headband with the help of some white felt and a length of silver ribbon.

Wake up and create a fun, healthy snowman with your learner! As a family, create a snowman on your plate with yogurt, add some snowman accessories, and design a snowy environment.

This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

Make a string art tree to celebrate the holiday season with your kid. This string art tree craft allows you make a unique decoration using simple ingredients.

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

Use recycled wrapping paper and an empty bottle to make this beautiful vase for a great indoor activity when it's cold outside.

Made to humorously resemble reindeer droppings, these simple to make and yummy to eat holiday desserts are destined to become a family favorite.

Complete with the drippy, glittery shapes that make icicles so popular, this paper project can be hung everywhere from door frames to tabletops.

Instead of giving friends and family a store bought fruitcake you can make your own this year with your favorite ingredients!

Here's a sweet holiday recipe to make with your fifth grader: bake scrumptious sugar-dusted chocolate snowballs! Serve them at your next Christmas party.

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.

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!

Turn snack time into a healthy ho-ho-holiday activity! Make a face that looks like a cartoon Santa using fruits. It will be a fun activity that will get your family in the holiday spirit, and spice up your snack time with healthy treats.

Combine winter charm with DIY fashion to create this lovely piece of jewelry.

Everyone needs to stay warm during the cold winter months, including your cup of cocoa! This mug cozy will do the trick.

An easy afternoon craft, this reusable heating compress is just the thing for warming cold limbs on chilly winter days.

This papier-mâché snowman is a unique winter craft for kids. Use this papier-mâché snowman to show your child the wonders of this three-dimensional art form.

Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

Even if sweet potatoes aren't your kid's favorite, try topping them with fluffy marshmallows -- it will be tough to find a child who can resist!

This beginner's sewing craft turns ordinary gloves into fancy fur fashion statements!

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

These 3-D snow globe cookies look amazing on any table and will gets kids excited about the upcoming holiday season!

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.

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.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Your fourth grader can have fun and get creative this winter by creating a colorful winter weather collage.

This year, create cute napkin rings to adorn your holiday table.