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Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

Teach your child about the importance and peacefulness of Ramadan as she gets creative drawing domes, minarets and prayer halls.

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while practicing directionality words.

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

Build a decorated box and fill it with research that can help you get to your dream location someday!

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Summer is a good time to teach children about other kinds of community helpers, such as lifeguards, forest rangers, and librarians. This activity is a fun way to get them introduced!

Celebrate Mexican heritage and inspire creativity in your budding artist with this unique arts and crafts activity.

Ancient Greek vases were not only utilitarian, they were also works of art. Jump into ancient cultures by decorating your own vase in classic Greek style.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

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.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Here is a guide to making a felt busy book that's perfect for focusing on specific learning areas with your child.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Tu B'Shevat is a Jewish holiday during which the "new year" for trees is celebrated. In this activity your child will paint a pot to grow his own plant.

Test of the effect of exercise on rote memory. Prepare a single list of 40 randomly chosen words. Have volunteers recall as many words as possible.

This shamrock magnet is the perfect project for St. Patrick's Day. It's simple to make and will fill your refrigerator with Irish spirit!

Here's how teens can produce an audio guide of an exhibit, field trip, or ballgame, confess their thoughts in an audio diary or record a letter to a friend.

Enhance fourth-grade measurement making skills and social studies learning with this stitching project.

The Declaration of Independence set forth inspiring ideals of liberty. If your kid had the chance today, would she sign the Declaration?

The objective of this science fair project is to assess the benefits of the game system for improving player performance following use.

As your fifth grader brainstorms and creates a plan for peace, your child will give his creativity and fine motor skills a boost!

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

Evaluate whether people can raise the temperature of their finger using the power of their thoughts.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Honor our 16th president by having your kid assemble his famous stovepipe hat! This Abe Lincoln hat craft is the perfect way to celebrate Presidents Day.