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This colorful garland can be strung across a fireplace and remind you of your blessings well into the new year.

Help your child build emotional awareness by creating a wheel full of pictures that make them feel a certain emotion.

Here's a tasty summer holiday treat: oatmeal chocolate chip cookie sandwiches filled with cinnamon ice cream.

Help your child celebrate the summer and the sun by making a sandy seascape.

Gather the neighborhood children together and practice graphing with this backyard tournament!

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

In this activity, your child will create a red envelope that can be filled with money to spread good will and ward off evil spirits in the New Year.

Play this homophone game with your child the next time you sit down with them to read a story and help them build some valuable reading skills.

Challenge your first or second grade reader to make 100 words in this reading and spelling activity for the 100th Day of School.

The goal of this fun science fair project idea is to microwave candy and investigate: do some colors of M&Ms melt faster than others?

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

Create a personalized gift bag by turning a plain brown paper lunch bag into a custom-designed costume or shirt.

Have your child experiment with layering by creating a feathered friend to celebrate warmer weather.

Keep your holiday memories safe in this crafty photo box, handmade by your child, that's decorated with the signs of the season,

Make a lei and bring a touch of the tropical lifestyle into your home!

Challenge your 1st grader to skip count with this sequence game. Help him find missing numbers by figuring out the pattern and building on math skills!

This Sephardic meat pie features ground beef, mashed potato, onions, and spices simmered in a hearty gravy and then baked in matzoh crust.

Little kids love this messy but fun Easter party game: bob for chocolate Easter eggs in a giant blob of whipped cream. The first one to find all her eggs wins!

Have your child imitate the masters or create her own work of art with a bar of soap!

Challenge your first grader to wordsmith her way to victory with this puzzle! Who can find the most words in the letters of "Saint Patrick's Day"?

Here's a way to bring young children into the process of preparing healthy school lunches, and build up early literacy skills while they're at it!

Every day can be Chinese New Year with a dancing dragon that your child can make at home.

Make this dragon relief with your first grader to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and teach her about an important part of Chinese culture.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Bring the Star of David symbol to life by baking and decorating festive sugar cookies for Hanukkah!

This science exploration lets your first grader see how eggs can provide a perfect environment for a living, growing creature.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Practice reading with this fun game, where your first grader will "hunt" for hidden words around the house.

Declare a "Pocket Day" in your house and help your child practice his addition skills as he counts how many pockets the family is wearing that day!

Why does purple cheese look nasty? Because color plays a big part in how we perceive the taste of different foods. Are birds just like us in this respect?