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In this activity, your child will reference Matisse and also learn about patterns.

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

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

Using butcher paper, ink and charcoal, your child will explore ancient motifs such as buffalo, bison and hunters by creating her very own cave painting.

Bring history to life by helping your child create her own cartouche like the Egyptians did thousands of years ago.

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

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.

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Introduce your kid to abstract art with this painting activity. It's the perfect way to engage a kinesthetic learner and spark an interest in art history!

This project, focused on the burial practices of ancient Egyptians, is a great addition to a social studies curriculum.

Help your child put a new spin on her favorite myth by turning it into a mad lib! Guaranteed to bring the giggles, this fun activity also packs in the learning.

Put your kid's Internet research skills to the test with this activity that will help him learn more about the history and cultural significance of fireworks.

Turn your child's learning about ancient civilizations into a swashbuckling adventure by having her make an ancient treasure map!

Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

Encourage your child's interest in other cultures by helping him create his own colorful prayer flag inscribed with a special message for the world.

Craft like the Colombians did in ancient times and make these line drawings out of twine, rope, or yarn.

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

Learn about the Bill of Rights this Presidents Day by playing a Pictionary-inspired drawing game. Players draw a right as others try to guess what it is.

The words of great thinkers throughout the ages have changed the course of history. Have your kid find an inspiring quote and create a work of art around it.

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

Play Exquisite Corpse with your high schooler to give her a taste of French Surrealism while working collaboratively to create unique and funky pieces of art!

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

Have your child create her own version of an ancient Egyptian jewelry cuff similar to one that a goddess might have worn with this fun recycled craft.

Your child can create a portrait of himself or his loved ones in the style of Modigliani with the help of oil pastels!