Birthdays Activities

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

Play with shapes, like triangles and circles, to help your child review the different kinds and create a new picture!

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

Save some money on the decorations with this simple birthday banner that your child can make himself!

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

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

Looking for a fun way to display photos? Give recycled objects a second life by turning them into a creative photo holder.

In this colorful craft, make an enchanting star card for a birthday, holiday, or just for fun with construction paper and foam sheets!

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!

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.

Who says a party can't be productive? Next time your home is host to a hoard of giggling children, put those creative fingers to use with a party scrapbook!

Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

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.

Cookie cutters aren't just for gingerbread men anymore. Here are 8 fun and creative projects to do with cookie-cutters!

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.

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

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

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!

Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.

This cookie dough handles like molding clay, but also makes delicious cookies. Use this activity to strengthen your child's alphabet skills.

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