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

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

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

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

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

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.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

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.

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.

Science fair project which determines whether a person's taste in music is dictated by the key that the song is written in.

Free science fair project idea that examines the differences between cats and dogs. Analyze objective qualities rather than subjective ones.

This Pysanky egg-decorating activity is perfect for young artists. Bring a little color and creativity to any holiday with this traditional Ukrainian craft.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

This science project allows students to study the psychology of happiness.

Ignite your child's creativity by having them design their own clay version of an alebrije, a traditional fanciful creature like the ones made in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Looking for a fun summer adventure? Learn what it was like to be a prospector during the California Gold Rush by panning for gold in a local creek.

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

This science fair project idea explores whether there is a connection to the color a person wears and the way their emotional state is perceived by others.

In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

The words of great thinkers throughout the ages have changed the course of history. Have your kid find an inspiring quote and create a work of art around it.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!