Birthdays Activities

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!

Your first grader or preschooler will love this arts and crafts activity. Write an "invisible" message in white crayon, then paint over it to reveal the secret!

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

Treasure hunts are tons of fun and they're a great way to introduce maps. Set the stage, and your kid's imagination will do the rest.

Liven up a lesson about graphing by helping your third grader compile a bar graph from his classmates' birthday data.

Tap into your child's imagination while creating magic water bottles by filling a bottle with objects that they can search for and locate.

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important first grade vocabulary.

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

Kids love making shapes with Play-Doh, so they'll love creating their own colorful playful clay!

In the spirit of Seuss and all things creative and silly, celebrate reading and all that it has to offer with this fun and interactive story box.

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.

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

Try this creative art project with your second grader to help him build up his fine motor skills and artistic awareness as he makes a faux stained glass vase.

This writing activity to get your third grader to combine the fun of poetry with the excitement of celebrating a birthday.

Play a sing-a-long Bingo game with your kindergartener's favorite songs to help her build her concentration and memory skills while she has fun!

Grandparents are always wondering what to get kids for their birthdays. Try out this idea: a list of 10 little-known facts about Grandma or Grandpa.

Transfer your child's artwork onto clothing using an iron-on transfer. It's easier than it sounds, and your child will love wearing his artwork!

Your kindergartener will love being able to paint a beautiful butterfly, and the lucky recipient of the finished card will be just as delighted!

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

Help your child rocket off for some high-flying fun with a jet pack you make from recycled materials and a few odds and ends.