4th - 7th Grade Activities : Page 46

Have your child try her hand at creating a colorful, beaded necklace that's not only stylish, but also tells a story.

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

Host a dog wash to raise money for yourself, for charity, or just for fun!

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

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

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!

Looking for a way to channel your spring fever? Create a beautiful spring centerpiece with your child!

This science fair project idea explores whether boiling and freezing water will have an effect on how much it weighs.

Make these homemade friendship pencils for a party or the beginning of school and have a stylish writing utensil that kids will love trading.

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

Let your child show off his culinary prowess as he whips up this nutritious and delicious salmon recipe!

Explore if planting seeds in a certain direction will affect how fast it germinates.

Need to cool down on a hot summer night? This gazpacho recipe does the trick.

The elegance of a glitter vase will rival the flowers inside it! Help your child craft this artsy gift as a special gift for a loved one.

Explore the world from your own home by conducting research about other cultures with your 4th grade child.

Show your child how and why the microwave works, while demonstrating just how strangely foods can behave while inside the crazy cooker.

Learn whether writing things down really makes things easier to remember.

Crusted with gluten free Panko breadcrumbs and crushed pecans, this baked chicken is crunchy, tasty, and nutritious.

Mocktails are fancy non-alcoholic drinks perfect for celebrations. Make a batch of mocktails for kids and adults alike at your New Year's Eve celebration.

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Your child will have a unique vacation memento with this glass bottle art project sure to capture great memories!

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

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

At your next Valentine's Day celebration, your fifth grader can show family and friends she loves them with some fresh, fruity drinks--made from scratch!

Help your aspiring fashion designer give new life to a pair of drab shoes with this colorful craft.

In this fun art exercise, kids practice seeing multiple shapes and colors inside a water-filled glass and recreate them as a still life using colored paper.

How do organic materials become soil? This science experiment measures what materials biodegrade.

Has your junior chef moved beyond chicken nuggets and mac and cheese? Challenge him to create his own brand of infused olive oil.

Which music genres have the fastest tempos? The slowest? This experiment determines if there's a relationship between beats per minute in a song and its genre.

Combine your creative fifth grader's love of nature, art and poetry with leaf printing!