For a fun activity that will have lasting effects, make this time capsule with your high school child, to be opened after college graduation.

Show your high school-aged child an offbeat way to let her friends know their future includes a party: fortune cookie cards!

Love is in the air, and there's no time like Valentine's Day for your high schooler to learn about the most romantic poetic form: the sonnet!

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.

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Help your child bring a bit of Halloween magic to school with a spooky ghost pen!

These handmade Christmas treat cups are perfect for house parties, school celebrations, and holiday bake sales.

Kids grow grass in homemade eggshell planters in this unique middle school arts and crafts activity. Makes a great gift for Easter.

These Halloween sandwiches are a creepy-crawly treat for a holiday party or an especially scary school lunch. Make these Halloween sandwiches for your child.

Help middle schoolers use maps, math, and history for some Fourth of July fun.

As your middle schooler writes a version of "The Gift of the Magi," he will practice creative writing as he reflects on image, sacrifice, love, and family.

Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.

Part food craft, part witchcraft, this is a yummy delight your middle schooler will want to make à and eat!

Here is a fun holiday exercise to reinforce your grade-schooler's understanding of adjectives from adverbs while she's away on winter break!