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!

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.

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Invite your kid to decorate your family's ordinary coffee mugs with brightly colored beaded rings!

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Create a string of paper jack-o'-lanterns with this simple Halloween paper craft!

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

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

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.

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

Help your child create her very own invention just like Leonardo da Vinci as she develops her critical thinking skills and lets her imagination soar!

Introduce your fifth grader to the irresistible fun of string art with this letter project!

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.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

Surprise your favorite bookworm this Halloween with a witchy bookmark!

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

Encourage a bit of mystery and intrigue by teaching your clever kid how to create and use secret codes.

Create a piece of public art on a movable wall. This scrap paper mosaic is made on a board that can be displayed just about anywhere.

Inspired by Japanese woodcuts, this make your own stamps project will be a big hit with your fifth grade or middle school child.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

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

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your child to astronomy.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Sick of the same old arts and crafts projects? Try a new kind of art--string art!

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

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

Is your child an amateur origami master? Reach the next stage of paper folding genius with this origami heart!