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

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

Keep your boiled breakfast egg cozy and warm on Easter morning with a bright chick egg topper. This craft can also double as a puppet!

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

Show your fifth grader how to create a vivid and colorful, Picasso-inspired, 3-D mask.

Nothing says Father's Day like a brand new necktie. Much tastier than fabric ties, these sweet baked versions are the perfect gift for Dad.

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

Discover whether a metal will expand under hot water.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Your fifth grader will have a blast sewing this plush neck pillow--and he'll sure be glad to have it on long car or airplane trips!

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

Get excited for St. Patrick's Day by making a Celtic knot.

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

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!

Have your child observe, measure and record the amount of space objects occupy, and you'll have an inside space explorer on your hands in no time!

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

Teach your fifth grader the ancient Japanese art of origami with this incredible origami balloon that uses just one piece of paper!

Breathe new life into a battered old paperback with this creative book art craft that revolves around reading!

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

Here's a fun, geometric puzzle activity that will capture your child's interest and strengthen his number awareness and graphing skills.

Some fossils have been been preserved for billions of years! Help your kid understand how fossils are created and preserved with this crafty project.

Be careful what you wish for... Centered around The Monkey's Paw, by W.W. Jacobs, this writing activity encourages your child to consider consequences.

Put old, worn-out picture books to work by constructing a book birdhouse, perfect for welcoming spring.

Create a tornado vortex in your kitchen in this 5th grade science experiment. All you need are two plastic bottles, duct tape, and a metal washer to begin.

Bake domino cookies and spark your child's interest in traditional games. This baking activity is great for 5th-6th grade children.

Give your daughter a neat project to hold the earrings or other small items that are taking over her dresser top.

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

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

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