Activities : Page 98

Does your kid love crafts AND food? Teach him to paint with natural dyes from food! He'll be amazed that food can be made into art, just like in ancient times.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math

As school starts, there's no better time to get your kid off to a fresh, fun, organized start. Here's a desk craft for style-minded students!

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

Make Mom a Queen For A Day crown for Mother's Day.

In this fun snack-time activity, kids boost counting, sorting, and color recognition skills as they make a delicious and nutritious snack.

The goal of this fun science experiment is to explore the limitations of sight and learn working of the human eyes.

Show your teens the connection between making history and writing it by having them write, illustrate, and edit a newspaper from the past.

It's easy to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings."

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Topped with roasted pumpkin, prosciutto, herbs, and feta, these pita pizzas are a healthy, seasonal alternative to your classic pie.

Help to build your child's reading skills and get your point across with these homemade message magnets!

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

This yarn heart is a rustic Valentine's Day decoration that will bring some heartfelt cheer to your home. Make a yarn heart with your little Valentine.

Invite your child, and any other kids attending the Seder, to help you make this "hands on" matzah cover for Passover this year.

In this art project, budding entomologists will create a larger than life, moveable puppet version of a praying mantis.

Make your own wrapping paper with some materials from around the house. Try to make your own wrapping paper this year for a unique presentation for your gifts.

These homemade juggling balls are super simple to make and are a blast to play with. Not to mention, they're great practicing hand-eye coordination.

Help your kindergartener practice his shape recognition and develop his fine motor skills by making a scarecrow at home.

Let your child lend a helping hand while decorating the Christmas tree this year! This festive activity doubles as a lesson focusing on the number five.

Make caterpillars out of papier-mache and let the kids explore their inner creepy crawler.

Observe if dissolved aspirin will help plants grow healthier and faster in this science fair project idea.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for your budding artist: make a fitted paper-mache mask. Once it's complete you can use it in a play or hang it as art!

This science experiment explores why leaves change color in the fall and the role of photosynthesis in leaf coloration.

Put those paper bowls to good use! Enjoy a preschool classic craft, great for passing the time on a rainy afternoon.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.

This free science fair project explores the "dirty" relationship between the presence of organic material in soil and water absorbency.

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.