4th - 6th Grade Holidays Activities : Page 4

Honor the spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by interviewing someone in your community who lived it.

This easy strawberry banana smoothie is a healthy treat for kids. Make an easy strawberry banana smoothie for your child for a heart-healthy Valentine's Day.

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 child honor her grandpa this Father's Day by creating an original photo essay just for him.

Anyone can write Dad a card for Father's Day; but for the dad who loves sports, get the family to write him a special haiku on a basketball instead!

Help your fourth grade scientist practice measurement, and make a scrumptious, healthy summer cheesecake in the process!

Create a special Father’s Day surprise by planning and mapping a hike around the neighborhood!

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!

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

Want to make Halloween truly eerie? Science to the rescue! These ghouly hands come alive with a little help from simple chemistry.

A DIY diffuser is a budget-friendly item that will add a pleasant fragrance to your home. Make a DIY diffuser with your child for great Valentine's Day gift.

Help your fourth grader design a first class postage stamp for a hero who stood up for the dignity of people from all walks of life.

Reuse old Christmas cards by showing your fourth grader how to weave strips of them together to create new and unique woven holiday cards!

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

Mummy chic or rag-tag retro? Catch the oldest trend in bandaged jewelry!

See how to write a love song simply in this kid-focused tutorial. Learn how to write a love song for Valentine's Day and beyond.

Halloween is a great opportunity to look around and see faces that are funny, scary, happy and sad.

Play food isn't just for preschoolers! Help your child create a fun Passover craft that doubles as tea-party play food for younger siblings.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.

Embrace the spooky and creepy thrills of Halloween night with a nightlight that will do more to frighten than soothe.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

Cook up a batch of monster blood this Halloween to add gory details to vampires, zombies, werewolves and more.

Here's a pumpkin nut bread recipe that makes for a wonderful project on a crisp autumn afternoon.

Flip your way into the fall season with this easy and delicious pumpkin pancake recipe that your child can make on weekend mornings!

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

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.

Your kid will love making these cute and festive Easter bunny pancakes. This Easter, turn a holiday breakfast into a delicious measurement activity!