Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Have your kid imagine that she is a TV personality who has been assigned to cover the Olympics.

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

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

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!

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

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.

In Japan, ozoni is one of the main dishes eaten on New Year's Day. Here's how to make this delicious traditional dish with your child.

Have you ever taken a bag of snacks with you on a road trip? If you lived in the 19th century, you might have taken hardtack instead.

How can your child learn about nations during the Olympics? By adopting 5 teams as his own! Here's how.

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 Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

This science fair project idea examines whether boys and girls differ in reflexes.

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

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

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Your child is sure to find this colorful pink, green and white salad simply irresistible. For an added challenge, give your youngster a pair of chopsticks!

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.