1st - 4th Grade Activities : Page 72

You don't need a garden to enjoy flowers. This first grade activity let's you make a lovely bouquet for Valentine's Day

If you need a way to interest your child in sewing, look no further than this felt food craft.

Help your first grader explore the world of scientific measurement by "weighing" fruit with a "water scale"!

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!

Make a homemade doll out of recycled materials, similar to dolls made by pioneer children.

Spiders may be creepy, crawly and sometimes frightening, but not this little fella. He's fun to make and sure will cause a lot of giggling!

Shake things up by introducing your child to charcoal pencils! These unique drawing tools make blending, shading, and smudging easy and fun.

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

Thousands of witches that come out to celebrate Halloween. Now, your child can make her very own self-standing witch.

In this painting and drawing project, not only will stars shine in the evening sky over the skyscrapers, they will also create a waterfront reflection.

Eating a healthy breakfast starts the day out right, and your child can make something tasty and nutritious while honing her culinary skills!

Your child can brush up on her math skills by charting the length of time that each candle on the menorah takes to burn.

examine how passive solar heating works, measure temperature in a parked car on a sunny day. ways to use passive solar heating as an alternative, energy

This simple Veterans Day craft is a great way to have your kid work on her drawing skills and put her vocabulary to the test too!

Take a closer look at the soil that surrounds us, and give your child a lesson in Geology 101!

Kids will build a turtle habitat in order to observe the climate preferences of this cold-blooded reptile.

Your child will have a blast developing their fine motor skills and working on shape recognition with this bright and cheery crab decoration.

Orchestrate a Cupid's arrow tossing game among your child and his friends. This fun game cultivates important motor skills and hand-eye coordination, too.

Here's an idea for an edible Father's Day "note" that also happens to give your second grader practice in using a fancy new tool: the thesaurus.

This easy apple cider adds cinnamon candies to give it a spicy kick for Valentine's Day.

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."

Is it a bird? Is it Superman? No, it's your third grader's homemade miniature plane zooming across the room on a zip line.

Encourage your child to learn about air pressure by helping him devise his own squirt gun with a water bottle.

These spring spring rolls are a tasty treat for lunch, dinner, or just a snack.

Whether it's a bag lunch, goody bag, or used to decorate a table, this cute little fox bag is sure to make your kid smile.

Kids will love this more challenging version of tag where they'll have to run while "attached" to someone else.

Using a glass fishbowl, you and your kids can create a low-humidity, open-topped terrarium perfect for easy care, drought-tolerant succulents.

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

Introduce your fourth grader to the deliciousness that can come out of the kitchen by helping him make these sugary traditional Mexican cookies, or biscochitos.

Help your crafty kid make rocket-shaped party favors to hand out to friends and family on Independence Day!