Kindergarten - 7th Grade Activities : Page 114

Instead of painting a picture of a whale, let your preschooler make their own whale toy using a paper bag and some recycled art supplies.

Mobiles make fun art projects for creative kids. Help your child bend simple pipe cleaners into bug shapes as diverse as the creepy crawlies that inspired them.

Here's a pressed leaf card project that puts science and writing together for your second grader.

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Turn your child's favorite fruits and vegetables into an edible necklace!

Your first grader will love feeding his favorite winged creatures with these tasty Christmas "cookies" for birds!

Cook up a batch of monster blood this Halloween to add gory details to vampires, zombies, werewolves and more.

Most of us are familiar with haiku, but the tanka is an even older form of Japanese poetry. Learn to write a tanka poem with this activity.

Using simple materials, children will create a movement card game that the whole family can play together.

Have you ever noticed the way a dropped stone makes a fun pattern in a pond or lake? What's the science behind these splashy occurrences?

Make English grammar fun with this engaging card game! Play a few rounds after a lesson on tenses to help students review what they have learned.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Show your patriotism on the next great American holiday by making a shooting star spangled banner that's reminiscent of the American flag.

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

Children will deepen their understanding of global citizenship and create a collage that illustrates all of the ways many communities are connected.

Help your child to invent her own chore-helper to help her put that growing imagination to good use!

Show your kid how to put a new spin on an old classic with this fun party game.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Make a personalized pillowcase for your third grader with his old-fashioned silhouette image. You won't be able to find these in stores!

Your third grader will love both recreating and dressing up as his favorite reptile with this frightening crocodile jaw costume!

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Science fair project determines relationship between number and variety of insects and spiders by collecting and counting invertebrates in a ecosystem.

Need help teaching your child to sequence and organize information? Creating this graphic organizer will help your child see what happened before and after.

Help your child make sense of our colorful world with this easy-to-make color challenge!

Like "Mother, May I?", this following directions tag game focuses on gross motor skills, but to the theme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fun indoors or outside!

Caring for ourselves and others can build connections and a greater sense of love. In this activity, children reflect on what it means to be caring and to show kindness to others through drawing and performing a kind act of their choosing.

Learn about construction while making a fun new toy, the Mini-Marshmallow Popper.

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.