Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

The aim of this science fair project is to examine the differences between brands of bottled water and analyze consumer preferences through a taste test.

Create origami claws that can transform your child into a bird, cat, or other clawed creature.

Your child can build the home of her dreams by creating a truly imaginative model. She'll get to draft her own blueprints to design her masterpiece!

This winter garden project is just about bomb-proof, and believe it or not, it might even make a great gift. So get craft happy with your first grader!

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your preschooler: make pendulum paintings using only a funnel, canvas, and paint!

By using watercolor paints to practice writing letters, sentences, and math problems, your child will practice first grade skills in his "Sidewalk School."

This Santa mask is a fun way to celebrate Christmas with your kindergartener. Make a Santa mask to bring a little cheer to your Christmas season.

Check out this cool science fair idea on why hard fruits become soft and learn how to compare the sugar content between ripe and unripe fruits.

This butterfly costume comes together in under an hour and is perfect for your little trick-or-treater. Make this butterfly costume for Halloween or play time.

Inspire a love for the written word by creating an illustrated nature poetry book with your kids.

Devise list of randomly chosen words, test how many words volunteers can remember. Compare results of adults and children. Which have better memories?

Check out this science project idea to compare organic produce to non-organic produce and how preservatives in food extend the shelf life of goods.

Those second grade spelling lists may be getting serious, but that's no reason to stop having fun. Here's a high-energy hopscotch game to try.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

Have fun with the kids by "shaping up" your standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, and teach kids about sorting and shapes while you're at it.

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

Here's an activity to help your first grader read and write, while staying in touch with a faraway friend or relative. Here's how:

Turn spring cleaning into an opportunity to spend quality time with your teen by helping her redecorate her room.

Store seeds under three different environmental conditions. Plant seeds in carefully marked groups, watch them grow. Compare results.

Help your child pick up spelling, alphabetical order, sight word practice, and reading fast with just simple clothespins and paint sticks.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Research historic methods of food preservation. Analyze alternative recipes and techniques of food preservation. Document success with photographs.

Help your preschooler make an alternative to carrying messy sidewalk chalk in hand: a helpful, handmade sidewalk chalk caddy.

A hands-on guessing game that teaches kids to recognize different coins. First graders will learn their money and their math at the same time!

Build a peek-a-boo book and give your child a fun vocabulary and reading boost, on the fly!

Home made candles make for great home made gifts at Christmas, Mother's Day, birthdays. Great presents for any special occasion!

In this free science fair project, learn how to separate salt from water using heat. A great science project for elementary school kids.

This sunshiny art project is perfect for a rainy day and it helps preschoolers with fine motor skills.

Research optical illusions and human auras. Understand why the probable cause of perception is mach bands.