Elementary School Activities : Page 83

Make the 100th day celebration extra special by creating your own 100th Day of School Top Hat.

With Halloween right around the corner, find a way to use your brain and reward your tummy with a new type of science -- candy science!

Probability can be a tough concept to master. Try playing this fun card game in order to help your third grader understand it a little better.

Why pay for expensive plates when you can paint original designs on your own dishes? This fun activity will bring out your kid's creative side.

Try this fall-inspired art activity with your child to teach some basic art principles about color, pattern and texture.

Make a photo book to provide a reassuring guide for your child's first days and weeks of school.

Inspire your child to learn about an amazing animal as she creates her very own polar bear habitat.

Make vibrant faux stained glass art inspired by the art of Piet Mondrian, a Dutch painter who explored repeating shapes using the primary colors.

This project explores whether nails, toothpicks, straws, or pen nibs are best for applying ink to paper.

Cleaning can be a chore, but not with this sudsy experiment!

Give your kid a go at making art like master painter Michelangelo did on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel...by making her own colorful angel!

If you need a way to interest your child in sewing, look no further than this felt food craft.

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

A lemonade stand is a great opportunity for your kids to work on their money skills and donate some hard earned money to charity.

Budding bakers can explore the excitement of the kitchen without fear of cuts or hot ovens by making these super simple and tasty cookies.

Invite your kindergartener to explore the bright new world of measurement by starting out with nonstandard (and tasty!) units, such as gummy bears or worms.

Paying attention to headers and subheaders is a great way to orient your child to the text they're tackling. Here's how:

Introduce your child to the concepts of positive and negative space in design with this simple yet striking Valentine's Day art project.

Get ready for leftovers with an adorable turkey lunch bag! This recycled craft is a great way to remind everyone how much fun they had on Thanksgiving.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Let your child's imagination run wild with this creative third grade arts and crafts activity: make a fanciful costume out of a cardboard box.

Celebrate the popular holiday Diwali with a craft! Make a homemade diya lamp to welcome light over darkness.

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

When it comes to helping your third grader manage a school backpack, small steps now bring big payoffs later.

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Invite your kindergarten marine biologist to practice in scientific identification and categorization while creating a lovely treasure box.

This activity encourages children to sculpt in free form. The only rule is that they have to build upwards.

Introduce your fifth grader to the Kinara, part of the Kwanzaa tradition, by playing this fast-paced, two player game!

Help your child chart how much he has grown over his school break by creating his own tree-shaped Summer Growth Chart.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!