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Many of the world's most important historical documents were written with quill pens. Have your kid make his own quill pen and put his penmanship to the test!

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

Here's a 4th of July project that invites your fifth grader to explore what "liberty" really means to her.

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

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

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Make this African collar necklace for a lesson in crafting and African culture.

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.