Nothing says party like a bright and bursting piÃata! Create your own mini festive centerpiece with paper towel rolls and ribbons.

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

In this experiment you explore how tectonic plates move to create land and expand bodies of water.

This science fair project idea demonstrates that plants give off water.

Learn all about colors with the best teachers of all -- cupcakes!

Making personalized postcards out of meaningful photographs is a fun, rainy day project.

Determine if gender affects the ability to identify different smells.

The purpose of this science fair project is to demonstrate how yeast, a fungus, causes bread to rise.

Your child will make her mark on the world with unique homemade ink stamps.

Here's a hilarious alternative to those sugary conversation hearts...and a way to keep building first grade literacy skills while you're at it!

In this cool science experiment, learn about magnetism and poles, and test magnet strength to find out if two magnets are twice as strong as one.

Be a chemist for a day and study the simple reaction between sugar and heat. Try heating sugar and see what happens!

This project can help prepare your child for a trip to the tide pools, or give him a way to remember some of the many creatures he saw during his visit.

Choose a destination and "race" your way there! This activity is a great for charting progress and motivation.

Science fair project that determines whether cooling eggs helps them be peeled more easily. Compare the time it took to peel each egg.

Make your own wrapping paper with some materials from around the house. Try to make your own wrapping paper this year for a unique presentation for your gifts.

How does frost form? How fast does it form? Do this simple science project using a plastic glass, rock salt and some water to learn about deposition.

Try making these hand-dipped candles with your child and help bring colonial history to life!

Here's a household scavenger hunt that shows kids the natural sources behind everyday objects...and builds reading skills, too!

Explore form, space, and texture with your child this Valentine's Day by making a charming papier-mâché heart sculpture!

Prepare your child for winter with a fake igloo and a list of cozy and chilly vocabulary words.

Celebrate the Presidents Day the creative way by constructing toilet paper tube figurines of a couple famous U.S. Presidents!

These decorative vampire bat baskets make for the perfect Halloween party favors, and they're fun for you and your child to make!