Introduce your second grader to the crazy world of static electricity with just a balloon and a sheet of paper.

Watch the pop of complementary colors while creating a fun and beautiful collage you can create from magazine clippings.

Make a clever egg pop-up card for Easter that hides a special surprise: open the flaps, and out pops a fluffy baby chick!

Salute your "#1 Dad" with this creative pop-up card!

In this air pressure science experiment with a balloon and a jar, children will use heat to create a partial vacuum and suck a balloon into a jar.

Think you can blow up a balloon without using your mouth? This isn't just a cool trick, it's also a great way to introduce chemistry and biology concepts.

Make going back to school fun with this surprising pop up book, perfect for first graders!

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

Celebrate Mother's Day with this easy, attractive pop-up flower card.

A Valentine's Day pop-up card is the perfect way to show your love on February 14th. Get creative with a fun 3-D paper art project.

Here's a first grade arts and crafts activity: make pop-up puppets using a plastic cup, wooden dowel, and fabric. Put on a show once you're done!

Invite the hungry caterpillar over to your house by creating a larger-than-life, colorful caterpillar friend out of balloons!

Next time your second grader needs to send a card, consider this goofy writing and craft project.

When you rub a balloon on your head, your hair stands up; but is that true for everyone? Does hair color affect static electricity?

Water can go from solid to liquid to gas...but how does popcorn go from kernel to snack? Invite your first grade scientist to find out.

Bird watching is a fun way for kids to learn about Mother Nature. Make a bird feeder, a bird house, and binoculars and you can attract birds and watch them!

Bubble wrap is fun to pop, but it's also fun to paint with! Paint a pretty seascape using bubble wrap as your brush.

Pureed ripe peaches, vanilla yogurt, agave nectar, and juicy chunks of peach come together to form a refreshing pop that hits the spot on a hot summer day.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

Create cake pops in shaped like eyeballs in this extra sweet, gross-out Halloween baking activity!

What's cooler than an explosion? Not much! This simple science experiment lets kids build their own pop rocket. So put on your safety goggles and let her rip.

Even the most reluctant beginning writers love to experiment with the "cliffhanger."

This string a necklace arts activity teaches first grade readers to look for a story's beginning, middle, and end.

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

Promote the well-being of your first or second grader's mind and body by teaching him some beginning yoga poses and techniques.

How goofy can your first grader get? Show her how to use balloons and yarn to craft a collection of silly faces!

Your first grader will love making her favorite feline a chase toy out of old fabric scraps, and she will learn beginning sewing basics while she's at it!

Your kindergartener will improve his fine motor skills and learn beginning baking techniques as he helps you concoct this crumbly apple dessert!

How does a kazoo, the strings of a guitar, or the speaker of a radio make sound? The purpose of this science fair project is to show how vibration makes sound.

Before Twitter, birds were the ones tweeting, not humans. Have your child discover the magical sounds of nature while recording birds around his neighborhood!