Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

This Presidents Day, meet four of our country's most important heroes with this Mount Rushmore writing activity.

This simple art project will help your child think of nice words to say that come from the heart.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Here's a great activity to help learners satisfy their snow play cravings in a cozy indoor setting!

Have your kid imagine that she is a TV personality who has been assigned to cover the Olympics.

Celebrate Chinese New Year by teaching your child how to use chopsticks! She'll build her math and fine motor skills as she does this activity.

Want to help your child learn more about his community while boosting creativity? Set up a post office play station right in your very own home!

Help kids tap into their inner inventor by teaching them how to make peanut butter through trial, error, and lots of taste testing!

Capture a bit of mythological magic with this clever sock craft!

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

Car cluttered with old maps now that you've adopted GPS technology? Upcycle them in this fun geography craft.

The Egg in a Basket, a traditional British breakfast component, is a simple snack that kids and parents can cook together!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

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.

Do lefties just write different or are their brains different? This science project has students explore what it means to be left handed.

Get your creative kid into tasseography! The ancient art of reading tea leaves gets a modern update in this simplified version for youthful fortune tellers!

Help your child create his own pinata in this fun and easy activity. Use paper mache and fingerpaint for a party pinata everyone will love.

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

Make a garland of paper flags representing your child's favorite countries.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

Has your child ever told you he wants to travel the world and meet new people? Why not keep track of his future travel plans with some fun footprint art.

This family project is a fun way to teach your child about her heritage and practice her geography.

Help your fifth grader embrace the roots--literally--of Mother's Day by growing carnations to honor mothers in you family's history.

Help your child appreciate grandparents, history, and societal changes while making a poster handmade, heartfelt grandparent's day craft.

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Here's a place mat your second grader can create, based on the classic frontier tradition of patchwork quilting.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.