Elementary School Holidays Activities : Page 3

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Celebrate Earth Day, or any day, by recycling an old CD and make a colorful, decorative fish!

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with your child and teach her about Mexican heritage with this fun arts and crafts activity.

Make sourdough bread...and learn some colonial history and modern science in the process!

Kids generally can't come up with the cash to buy the bling they dream of giving mom. With this project, they can make her jewelry themselves!

Show your kindergartener how to craft a pretty Mother's Day jewelry box that's fit for the baubles of a queen (or at least an extra special mom)!

Help your kid pack her lunch in style with a recycled show box redesigned as a zombie survival kit.

Help your child make a recycling poster for your household and teach them how to take care of the environment!

Practice math and social studies skills with this fun game based on the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

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.

Covered in patterns and reflective texture, this paper purse is sure to stand out!

Make a clever egg pop-up card for Easter that hides a special surprise: open the flaps, and out pops a fluffy baby chick!

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Quilling, a craft that has been around for centuries, is a beautiful way to create a unique card for Mother's Day, or any special occasion.

Craft a patriotic placemat from red, white, and blue construction paper in this festive craft project!

It's always good to have a little help during the holiday. Show your child how to set a table setting and then help him create a placemat map.

Want to build some homemade instruments? These maracas make a racket, and they couldn't be easier to make...

Give your kindergartener a beautiful way to say "I love you" while giving end-of-year math and writing skills a workout!

Celebrate Mother's Day with this easy, attractive pop-up flower card.

It's easy and fun to make puzzles, and your child can pick any design.

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

Make the sentiment of live flowers last and last by showing your kindergartener how to craft a bouquet that will never wilt--a family photo bouquet, that is.

Reuse and recycle cardboard tubes to make spooky spiders, kooky caterpillars, wacky worms, and more.

Make an elegant Mother's Day card to celebrate the love and work in raising kids.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Need another reason to celebrate Thanksgiving? Now kids can create a sunny, textured sunflower card to remember the day!

Combine kids' love of scavenger hunts with consonant blends to create a fun game that's perfect for everything from birthday parties to rainy days at home.

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.

This 'handy' Thanksgiving wreath gets your child to focus on things he's grateful for all year. Create a Thanksgiving wreath with your child this November.