1st - 5th Grade Activities : Page 65

Here are two streamlined breakfast ideas so that mom not only gets a delicious breakfast for Mother's Day, but a clean kitchen too!

You don't need to wait for rain to see a rainbow. Make one yourself, and teach your child about light and weather in the process.

Grab some rope and a couple of rafts and you're ready to play Rope Rush, an exciting race game for the pool!

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

Forget mass-produced, store bought holiday ornaments. Your fifth grader can usher in the holidays by making his own homemade marbled Christmas balls!

What could be more fun than doing sidewalk art? How about making your own colored sidewalk chalk!

Explore what freedom and liberty mean to you this Fourth of July with a beautiful portrait collage!

Make a gingerbread house with your kid with this tutorial. Learn how to make a gingerbread house using a milk carton, graham crackers, and frosting.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a rainbow card filled with three dimensional four leaf clovers!

Dream big with a homemade dream journal, a great writing exercise for elementary-age kids.

Make Hanukkah gift bags with your child this holiday season. These Hanukkah gift bags are great for passing out gelt to teachers and friends.

In this popcorn experiment, students can explore how two things made out of the same material can have very different appearances and densities.

Based on the popular "I Spy" game, this activity lets your kid practice important skills like number identification and place value.

Your third grader will delight in learning about sound waves as he observes the different sounds created by tapping on glasses with varying amounts of water.

Help your first grader design and create his very own bird feeder out of an empty milk carton.

The kitchen can be a favorite place for kids. And cooking helps them develop valuable skills-- from eye-hand coordination, to reading, to math

As school starts, there's no better time to get your kid off to a fresh, fun, organized start. Here's a desk craft for style-minded students!

Take a look at forensic science with your child. She'll learn how to take a shoe impression, just like the detectives do!

Create an American flag pinwheel in this Fourth of July craft activity!

Make Mom a Queen For A Day crown for Mother's Day.

It's easy to be a master Italian chef with this target practice game played with a pizza board constructed out of felt and Velcro bean bag "toppings."

This fun activity encourages your child to develop their skills in not only taking measurements, but also in working with the measurements themselves.

Topped with roasted pumpkin, prosciutto, herbs, and feta, these pita pizzas are a healthy, seasonal alternative to your classic pie.

Help to build your child's reading skills and get your point across with these homemade message magnets!

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!

This yarn heart is a rustic Valentine's Day decoration that will bring some heartfelt cheer to your home. Make a yarn heart with your little Valentine.

Invite your child, and any other kids attending the Seder, to help you make this "hands on" matzah cover for Passover this year.

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.

These homemade juggling balls are super simple to make and are a blast to play with. Not to mention, they're great practicing hand-eye coordination.

Celebrate Dia de los Muertos by baking pan de muerto. In this 5th-6th grade activity, your child will explore another culture while learning about baking.