Even if sweet potatoes aren't your kid's favorite, try topping them with fluffy marshmallows -- it will be tough to find a child who can resist!

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

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.

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

Have your child construct his own Christmas tree from construction paper while cutting, overlapping and measuring to create an adorable modern design.

Here's a color matching game that is perfect for winter! Your child will race against the clock to assemble the name of a color with its matching parts.

Explore measurement with your second grader and make this terrific holiday craft.

Here's a sweet holiday recipe to make with your fifth grader: bake scrumptious sugar-dusted chocolate snowballs! Serve them at your next Christmas party.

Looking for an elegant cookie that won't give you a sugar rush? This traditional Italian biscotti cookie is twice baked, making it twice as good!

This reindeer hat is cute and festive for your child during the holiday season. Make a reindeer hat this Christmas with your child.

Everyone needs to stay warm during the cold winter months, including your cup of cocoa! This mug cozy will do the trick.

An easy afternoon craft, this reusable heating compress is just the thing for warming cold limbs on chilly winter days.

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

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

If you love the idea of handing out holiday tins of homemade cookies but you're not a baker, chocolate-covered apples are the perfect solution.

This winter world craft will introduce your kid to pointillism, a technique in which dots are used to create a recognizable image.

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.

Reuse old cardboard boxes and popsicle sticks to create a miniature sled that is perfect for pretend play with dolls or action figures.

Explore your kitchen and create a delicious holiday fudge that your child can share with friends and family!

How much water comes out of snow? Explore this timely question with your kindergarten scientist with this easy winter experiment.

Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.

Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.

Being sick stinks! Help make being achy a little easier by helping your child craft a comforting hot water bottle doll out of fabric, googly eyes, and ribbon.

Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

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

These handmade Christmas treat cups are perfect for house parties, school celebrations, and holiday bake sales.

Practice third and fourth grade measurement skills and make a practical holiday gift in the process!

Make a Christmas countdown calendar to get your child excited about the coming holiday. This Christmas countdown calendar helps you make holiday memories.