Preschool - 2nd Grade Activities : Page 62

Zombie cupcakes are baked goods that look as if they've been pulled fresh from a skull. Make zombie cupcakes this Halloween.

Be adventurous this Cinco de Mayo and give this simple recipe using pickled nopalitos a try!

Invite the hungry caterpillar over to your house by creating a larger-than-life, colorful caterpillar friend out of balloons!

Introduce the idea of measuring weight to your preschooler or kindergartener by making a fun and easy-to-use bungee scale to weigh household objects.

Help your child explore their imagination and self-image with a larger-than-life-size self-portrait!

These decorative vampire bat baskets make for the perfect Halloween party favors, and they're fun for you and your child to make!

Teach your child about using pumps to move water in this simple and educational preschool science activity!

In this arts and crafts activity, encourage your preschooler to create these shape-stick puppets which can be used to put on plays or act out stories with.

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

Aquariums are usually reserved for fish, but this aquarium will contain creatures from your child's imagination!

Uh-oh! Is that a pill sitting on the counter or a piece of candy?

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

In this arts and crafts activity, help your preschooler make metal cloth embroidery art using only a metal screen, yarn, and other materials!

Let your kid have fun painting by blowing the paint around on the paper rather than using a paintbrush. The result will be a fabulously abstract piece of art!

Your child can celebrate autumn by creating their very own beautifully decorated tree cone, covered with bright leaves celebrating the season.

New readers need to develop a "bank" of words they can read by sight. Hate flashcards? Consider this fresh way to practice sight words to perfection...Bingo!

In this activity, your child will make her own book of Swahili numbers filled with pictures of animals found throughout Africa.

Enjoy this kid-friendly recipe for Irish soda bread, just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Your child may have fallen in love with certain brand-name trains, but it's just as much fun to make your own - and a whole lot cheaper. Here's how.

This activity is a creative and fun way to boosts a child's motor skills while giving her a lasting toy.

This butterfly costume comes together in under an hour and is perfect for your little trick-or-treater. Make this butterfly costume for Halloween or play time.

Does your child always demand to know why the sky is blue, how the sun moves across the sky, or where wind comes from?

Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!

This fun arts and crafts activity will help your child learn about the colors of the different seasons through the art of relief sculpture.

This Hawaiian costume is fun for luaus, Halloween, or playtime. Make a Hawaiian costume, complete with tissue-paper lei and crepe-paper grass skirt.

Your child will practice her counting and number recognition as she matches printed numbers to the same number of repetitions of a simple design.

Put a spin on your child's old routine with this salad spinner painting project.

Made entirely out of recycled materials, this handmade decoration is a great way to spruce up a dresser, bookshelf, or the living room mantle.

Give your child some hands-on experience mixing autumn colors. All you need is a large piece of white paper and tempera paint.