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Fifth Grade Activities

By the time students reach the fifth grade, they will be able to create many educational and entertaining activities by themselves. The fifth grade activities ideas Education.com provides below, such as making a bouncy ball, keeping a candle burning underwater, and building a homemade thermometer, are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to inspiring ingenuity and resourcefulness in the fifth grade classroom.

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How to Make a Secret Code
How to Make a Secret Code
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How to Make a Secret Code
Encourage a bit of mystery and intrigue by teaching your clever kid how to create and use secret codes.
5th grade
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Negative Space Drawing
Negative Space Drawing
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Negative Space Drawing
It's not always bad to think negatively -- step into the creative and unique world of negative space drawing!
5th grade
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How to Make a Bouncy Ball
How to Make a Bouncy Ball
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How to Make a Bouncy Ball
In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.
5th grade
Science
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Ink Art
Ink Art
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Ink Art
Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.
5th grade
Science
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Chinese Shadow Puppets
Chinese Shadow Puppets
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Chinese Shadow Puppets
Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!
5th grade
Social studies
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Paper Fortune Cookies
Paper Fortune Cookies
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Paper Fortune Cookies
Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.
5th grade
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DIY Mirror Craft
DIY Mirror Craft
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DIY Mirror Craft
Looking for a customized locker accessory? Try this DIY Mirror Craft and spruce up a plain old mirror with some original designs.
5th grade
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Sufganiyot Recipe
Sufganiyot Recipe
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Sufganiyot Recipe
Celebrate the holidays by making sufganiyot, or fried jelly donuts. This Hanukkah recipe is great for kids learning about the Festival of Lights.
5th grade
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Snow Globe Cookies
Snow Globe Cookies
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Snow Globe Cookies
These 3-D snow globe cookies look amazing on any table and will gets kids excited about the upcoming holiday season!
5th grade
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Fruitcake Recipe
Fruitcake Recipe
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Fruitcake Recipe
Instead of giving friends and family a store bought fruitcake you can make your own this year with your favorite ingredients!
5th grade
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Bird Mobile
Bird Mobile
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Bird Mobile
A mobile craft filled with beautiful flying birds will brighten up any child's room.
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Make Your Own Campaign Poster
Make Your Own Campaign Poster
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Make Your Own Campaign Poster
Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.
5th grade
Social studies
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Zombie Kit
Zombie Kit
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Zombie Kit
Help your kid pack her lunch in style with a recycled show box redesigned as a zombie survival kit.
5th grade
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Witch Sandwich
Witch Sandwich
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Witch Sandwich
Part food craft, part witchcraft, this is a yummy delight your middle schooler will want to make à and eat!
5th grade
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Monster Animals
Monster Animals
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Monster Animals
Unleash your child's inner Doctor Frankenstein and invite her to create a hybrid monster the world has never seen!
5th grade
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Mummy Bracelet
Mummy Bracelet
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Mummy Bracelet
Mummy chic or rag-tag retro? Catch the oldest trend in bandaged jewelry!
5th grade
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Ghost Biography
Ghost Biography
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Ghost Biography
Let your imaginative child "ghost write" the life (and afterlife) story of a made-up phantom.
5th grade
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History Scavenger Hunt
History Scavenger Hunt
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History Scavenger Hunt
Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.
5th grade
Social studies
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Soda Can Jewelry
Soda Can Jewelry
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Soda Can Jewelry
Teach your child how to accessorize the environmental way!
5th grade
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Origami Heart
Origami Heart
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Origami Heart
Is your child an amateur origami master? Help her reach the next stage of paper folding genius with this origami heart!
5th grade
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Paper Clip Bracelet
Paper Clip Bracelet
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Paper Clip Bracelet
Transform ordinary metal paper clips into wearable jewelry by adding beads and linking the clips together.
5th grade
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Washi Ningyo
Washi Ningyo
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Washi Ningyo
Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.
5th grade
Social studies
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Social Media Book Review
Social Media Book Review
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Social Media Book Review
Teach your child the art of the status update with this cutting-edge take on the old-fashioned book report: the social media book review!
5th grade
Reading & writing
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Dream Journal
Dream Journal
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Dream Journal
Dream big with a homemade dream journal, a great writing exercise for elementary-age kids.
5th grade
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Monster Blood
Monster Blood
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Monster Blood
Cook up a batch of monster blood this Halloween to add gory details to vampires, zombies, werewolves and more.
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