Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!

Ancient tribes believed that these dolls kept worries away at night. Your 1st grader can make his own and learn about history, culture, and art in this activity

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

What do ants eat? Kids find out by observing a colony of ants in this cool zoology science fair project for 4th grade.

In this writing activity, let your child reflect on the past and practice their writing skills and word usage as they create an "I Used to, Now I" poem.

Looking for a fun group activity for kids? Offering writing practice, grammar review, and plenty of hands-on creativity, wacky word art is the way to go.

Your third grader will be amazed at the explosive combination of vinegar and baking soda in these chocolate volcano cupcakes with white chocolate "lava."

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this easy summer activity! Make homemade ice cream and let your child practice his science skills.

Strengthen your fourth grader's reading skills with this analytic "reader's theater" activity.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

This footwear-focused activity introduces fractions as part of a set and it's the perfect way to generate excitement about fraction concepts.

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

The objective of this science fair project is to investigate salt water density.

How does distance affect the spreading of light? Kids see diffraction and the inverse square law of light in action with this great science fair project idea.

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

This bon bon recipe will help you ring in the new year. Make this delicious bon bon recipe, coated with graham crackers, powdered sugar, and cocoa powder.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

Determine whether butterflies like to drink sugar water, salt water, or plain water.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

This pair of ice skates won't get you very far on ice, but they'll still dazzle during the coldest season of the year.

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Wondering how we know that air is there? Here's a quick and easy experiment that proves that air may be thin, but it's not too wimpy to block your shot!

Make unique and pretty bracelets using that all-purpose mainstay of crafts and home repair: duct tape!

Make a First Day of School Mobile to help commemorate the big step from preschool to kindergarten and ease those first day jitters!

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.