Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

Help your kindergartener recognize the signs of the season with a winter scavenger hunt.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.

Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.

Create a brush pile to help wintering wildlife stay warm and cozy through the winter.

This writing activity help give your child ideas for personal essays, important thoughts, and positive feelings throughout the holiday season.

Egg cartons are known to have abundant uses. As you get into the cold winter months, discuss penguins with your child by creating these adorable egg carton penguins!

Enjoy the fragrant scents of the holiday season with this pomander activity. A perfect arts and crafts project for preschool or kindergarten age children.

In the mood for a silly treat full of sweet goodness and winter-themed fun?

Who said snow globes have to be round and made of glass? Here’s our take on this holiday favorite, using paper and plastic.

Here's a fourth grade science craft with lots of benefits: it's good for birds, good for your child's learning, and good for the planet, too.

Your child can make her own at home with a little paint and her own foot. Make a whole colony!

Penguins just may be the cutest cold-weather creatures ever! Creating this penguin is a perfect way for your tot to practice cutting out different shapes.

Your child can count down the days until Christmas while giving Santa's beard a trim. This adorable project bolsters counting and number recognition skills.

Glass candy ornaments are easy to make and fun for kids. Make a batch of glass candy ornaments with your child this holiday season.

Here's a green arts and crafts activity that will get your preteen into the holiday spirit: transform an old magazine into a miniature Christmas tree!

Put together a pine forest to help you count down the days until Christmas with your little one.

Celebrate winter with some unique snowman decor. In this activity your kid will create a self-standing sculpture that'll look great on a table or in a window.

Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Coffee filter snowflakes are an easy winter craft and a good way to involve children of all ages in holiday decorating.

Instead of giving friends and family a store bought fruitcake you can make your own this year with your favorite ingredients!

Enjoy the sparkle of a fresh snowfall whether or not the weather outside is chilly enough for snow.

You don't need to head to the Arctic to experiment with life in an igloo. Learners can build their own ice igloo at home from water and empty milk containers.

If using regular watercolors is getting a little dry, liven things up by using salt to create a beautiful painting with unique crystal texture!

This pair of ice skates won't get you very far on ice, but they'll still dazzle during the coldest season of the year.

Bake these delicious Crisco Cookies with your child this holiday season to give as gifts to friends and family.

This beginner's sewing craft turns ordinary gloves into fancy fur fashion statements!

Send big holiday love on a small budget by sending these "Elf Tickets" this year...and give your child some writing practice in the bargain.

Your child will jump at the chance to get messy (under adult supervision, of course) with this project and create some unique home decor that really shines!