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Pumpkin carving party activities are great for a pre-Halloween party. Try pumpkin carving party activities, including jack-o'-lantern ideas and fall recipes.

Help your child create an autumn poem full of colorful sensory details.

Make an "I'm NOT Bored" book filled with your child's favorite activities, to reference the next time she has the urge to declare, "I'm bored."

With school, home, and activities in between, life can sometimes feel chaotic to kids. Help your child learn how to stop and relax with handmade peace rocks.

Come take off your shoes and explore with your feet. Your child will embark on a barefoot adventure as he plays with different textures.

Draw some educational value out of a summer stocked full of adventures!

This fun game helps children learn to estimate the most basic unit of time--a minute--without a clock.

Take paper football to the next level by creating a "field" with objects from around the house. A great indoor and rainy-day activity.

Wool can absorb 1/3 of its weight in water, while still keeping the body warm. She can test this theory by performing a scientific sock comparison!

Help your first grader emboss his own design reminiscent of Middle Ages metalwork. Using foil and a wooden stylus, he'll create pretty springtime flower images.

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

If your 2nd grade child asks for time often, encourage him to read time on his own by talking about time throughout the day.

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

In this hands-on craft project, kids will make an analog clock of their own, and then use it to learn how to tell time.

Cornucopia still life painting is a great activity for your young artist to look at light and shadow, textures and composition in creating art at Thanksgiving!

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!

Looking for hot weather fun? Cool the kids down with a homemade slip and slide! You can create your own water park atmosphere for just a few bucks.

Your child can enjoy the summer sun as she creates her own one-of-a-kind mural!

This turkey hand activity will help your child practice patterns and number recognition, key concepts that she'll encounter throughout your child's academic career.

Add a Hannukah twist to Chutes and Ladders by using a dreidel as the dice.

Matzoh brei is a fun-to-eat Jewish breakfast. It is a lot like traditional French toast, only it is made with matzoh instead of bread.

Add an ancient protective tool to your child's dress-up chest: the Viking shield!

Have fun making recycled paper using scraps of used paper in your home with this hands-on project.

Make exercise fun for your child with this energetic fitness game that's a cross between a cake walk and musical chairs.

This activity will keep your child entertained long after you've put away the markers and glue. Help him turn a paper bag into a self-portrait puppet!

Blend science and math to explore a very important first grade social studies question: does our planet contain more land or more water?

Is our water polluted? Help your young scientist understand the importance of taking care of the environment with this simple experiment.

Here's a fun science experiment that's refreshingly tasty too! Turn regular water into a tasty treat perfect for consuming on a hot day.

In this activity, have your second grader practice measuring by finding the height, weight, and length of their most treasured toy!

This is a great activity for when the kids get a little stir crazy. It works indoors or out.