Preschool - 7th Grade Activities : Page 17

Want to build some homemade instruments? These maracas make a racket, and they couldn't be easier to make...

Take a break with a paper bag costume. A great rainy-day art project.

Preschoolers can ply their creativity making recycled egg carton masks in this clever eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Have you ever noticed the ridges on a dog's nose? In this project, we take several dogs' nose prints and discover just how unique they are!

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Have fun making recycled paper using scraps of used paper in your home with this hands-on project.

This science fair project idea investigates how color affects temperature.

Help your first grade reader master those letter blends like "ch" and "sh" with this memorable and hilarious beanbag toss game.

This fun, think-outside-the-box activity introduces kids to gravity and other basic scientific concepts as they construct an impressive marble run!

In this fun science project your child will get practice following directions and getting messy as they learn all about slime!

This science project uses Mohsâ Hardness Test to show kids how to compare the hardness of different types of minerals.

Science fair project the demonstrates Newton's Third Law using a milk carton filled with water.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

Your child can use colorful construction paper to make an easy paper basket to hold some of his special things!

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Help your 4th grader learn how to make a topographic map and strengthen key grade level social studies and math skills in the process.

A homemade lava lamp gives any room a retro flair. Find out how to make a homemade lava lamp, and learn some science too, with this educational activity.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This classic children's game demonstrates how sound travels through air vs. through a solid.

In this sound experiment children listen for differences as they tap on a bag of air, a bag of water, and a wooden block held up to their ears.

Chlorine and chloramine are added to our tap water to kill harmful microorganisms. What is the best way to filter these disinfectants in your drinking water?

Do this experiment to help your first grader understand how salt can be removed from salt water. All it takes are a few household materials.

Here's an activity that puts a new twist on a classic game. Help your first-grader create their own wooden word blocks and play sight word Jenga.

Kids learn about examples of mechanical weathering and conduct an experiment with seeds and plaster in this cool geology science fair project idea.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Get into the Halloween spirit by creating creepy (but cute) spiders from paper egg cartons, paint, and pipe cleaners.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Follow these easy instructions to make a working sundial with your kid! Find out what other cool things the Aztecs created in this activity.

Draw letter people with your child to help her take a closer look at the letters, and see the differences between them.

Your little one will love making this bunny mask. From the mask's furry texture to its cute marshmallow nose, she will hardly be able to wait to wear it.