Create a yarn doll out of a few toothpicks and colorful string with this Guatemalan craft.

Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.

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

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

Check out this sweet recipe idea perfect for celebrating Dia de los Muertos.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

In this fun experiment, learn about brand awareness and the influence of media on children by testing logo recognition in different age groups.