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Fifth Grade Arts & Crafts Activities

Think your fifth grader is too old for arts and crafts activities? Think again! Fifth grade arts and crafts enthusiasts will love these age appropriate projects, and you will love the learning that comes with them. Using common household materials, watch your kid learn hands on and create something they will be proud to show off.

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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.

Homemade Thermometer

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to complement what he's learning about this instrument in school.

Write with a Quill Pen

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

African Collar Necklace

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

Make a Better Paper Airplane

Turn the common time killer of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.

Get Organized With CD Case Drawer Dividers

Show your teen how to live green by transforming old CD cases into drawer dividers and help her get organized in the process.

Be careful what you wish for... Centered around The Monkey's Paw, by W.W. Jacobs, this writing activity encourages your child to consider consequences.

Ready, Aim, Marshmallows!

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Keep your clever kid occupied with this tricky grille cipher.

Tie-Dye with All-Natural Dyes

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Carve a Cuneiform Cylinder Seal

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

Solar System Garland

Are you looking for an out-of-this world activity that's both fun and educational? This solar system garland is a great way to introduce your kid to astronomy.

Make an Aztec Inspired Mosaic Plate

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

Make a Galaxy Mobile

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

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!

Duct Tape Flowers

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

Create Animal Silhouettes and Patterns

This art project encourages kids to look closely at their favorite animal and recreate texture, pattern and silhouette with easy to follow instructions.

Create Your Own Crushed Can Artwork

Inspired by Charles Kaufman's crushed can art, this activity lets kids make their own unique works of art using, you guessed it, crushed cans and paint!

Halloween Watercolor

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

Make Marbleized Paper!

Learn how to make marbleized paper with simple everyday ingredients in this fun activity! Your child will learn about oil and water while doing this project.

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

Make String Art

Sick of the same old arts and crafts projects? Try a new kind of art--string art!

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

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