Elementary School Activities : Page 77

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

Add these fun chocolate Groundhog Day cupcakes to your holiday desert recipe repertoire! They're fun to make with your kids and a delicious winter snack.

Teach your child about recycling and gardening as she re-uses an empty plastic milk gallon jug to craft a swan-shaped plant container!

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

Greeting cards are nice, but after they've been opened most cards soon end up in the trash. This year, make Dad a Father's Day card he'll treasure forever.

Help your child create a special Valentine's Day garland in this heart-y math activity. Soon he'll be creating patterns that are both intricate and lovely.

Learn how to be a bird scientist in this simple project of watching feathered friends in their habitat.

If your first grader loves to play with her food, turn the messy habit into a clever arts and craft project.

Teach your first or second grader about an important Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead, with this traditional skeleton mask made out of a paper plate.

This beautiful salad looks like a butterfly and tastes like your favorite vegetables!

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

Observe how your brain works while it is focused on one thing, and how it works while you are distracted by another thing.

Here's a festive, patriotic 4th of July fruit platter that is healthy, delicious, and guaranteed to be a real crowd pleaser.

This year on Mother's Day, try this gift project that brings together an appreciation for gardening with a hands-on lesson in art history.

Help your child use recycled materials, a little imagination and some writing skills to build his very own recycled creature.

Have your child make a holiday scarf with inexpensive materials, no sewing required!

Your first grader will love showcasing his favorite pieces of art with his very own personalized magnets created from old bottle caps!

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.

Using only the elements in your backyard, make paintbrushes with your child and create truly homemade works of art.

Help your child practice his writing skills, while ensuring he'll get some mail to call his own, by making Family Mailboxes, a fun arts and crafts project.

Recycle your child's beloved old t-shirt by sewing it into a pillow! The results of activity are unique, decorative, creative, and never wasteful.

This science fair project idea explores whether mint, known for its âcooling sensationâ really does lower temperatures.

Pin the nose on Rudolph with this festive Christmas game. Play Pin the Nose on Rudolph with your friends and family this holiday season.

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

Here's a fun arts and crafts activity that has you and your child creating a book with a secret hollow!

What do a pool, a raft and a golf club have in common? They are all integral ingredients in the fun game of Aqua Golf, a great activity for kids of all ages.

Bring together science and style with this sweet homemade lip balm project.

Bring a swell of high sea adventure to your own living room with this quick and easy paper sailboat craft!

Get this cool science fair idea to explore how arctic tundra animals change their behavior and adapt to survive in long, cold winters.

Get your kids to give you a hand in the kitchen--literally!--by making fun grilled cheese sandwiches decorated with their handprints.