Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Put your young paleontologist's puzzle-solving skills to the test by having her hunt for dinosaur bones and then assemble them to create dinosaur skeletons.

Cookie cutters aren't just for gingerbread men anymore. Here are 8 fun and creative projects to do with cookie-cutters!

Avoid holiday card clutter by arranging cards into an artfully simple display: pin them to a length of yarn with classic wooden clothespins.

How do you turn an everyday object into a scary skeleton? This project is the perfect way to practice counting while using cotton swabs to create a skeleton.

Encourage a bit of mystery and intrigue by teaching your clever kid how to create and use secret codes.

Make water and clay play a little more scientific with this hands-on experiment that teaches displacement and shows how an object's shape affects its buoyancy.

Your second grader can piece together an adorable--and edible!--wreath for Mom in minutes.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

This fragrant drawer sachet keeps clothes smelling sweet, and makes for the perfect gift.

Your child can twist and turn their way to creating a freestanding wire form! When they're done they can position and display their small statue wherever they want.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

Instead of buying new sunglasses this summer, why not use recycled materials to make some of your own?

Inspire your child to put on her engineer hat for the day, as she builds her very own, double-decker bridge.

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Forget toy stores! Show your first or second grader how to make a vehicle out of fruit from a neighbor's tree or local farmers' market.

Get a leg up on counting concepts with this project where art and math collide.

Hanukkah stamps help you decorate anything from cards to gifts to wrapping paper. Make your own Hanukkah stamps out of potatoes.

Refresh your third grader's understanding of idioms with this hands-on art activity that encourages him to manipulate clay to represent his favorite idiom.

This simple "how to make a water wheel" activity makes physics come alive for your child by demonstrating how different kinds of energy work.

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