1st - 5th Grade Activities : Page 67

This easy-to-make perfume powder will keep your kid smelling fresh and clean. Got a birthday or special occasion coming up? It also makes a great gift!

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

Compare and order numbers and introduce mathematical inequalities in this fun math card game.

Young scientists develop a hypothesis, conduct an experiment, and then revise their hypothesis to find out which common household liquids dissolve candy corn.

This paper project is sure to hit a home run with your sporty kid.

Before your treat your child (and yourself!) to a yummy snack, help her learn a little about Sir Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion!

Even if sweet potatoes aren't your kid's favorite, try topping them with fluffy marshmallows -- it will be tough to find a child who can resist!

Your first grader can create this cute heart puzzle with craft sticks and watercolor paints to challenge her friends!

This winter world craft will introduce your kid to pointillism, a technique in which dots are used to create a recognizable image.

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Which do you prefer: real or artificial? Try this sweet little taste experiment to help your kids develop a better awareness of the food they consume.

Your fifth grader will have a blast sewing this plush neck pillow--and he'll sure be glad to have it on long car or airplane trips!

Help your young learner discover why the insects that a spider eats stick to its web but the spider doesn't.

Do you think you could walk around upside down -- with your feet in the air and your head on the ground?

Construction paper, scissors, markers and glue are all your child needs to make these gruesomely whimsical monster bookmarks.

Chocolate dipped candy canes make an elegant and delicious Christmas treat that your fifth grader can make. Make chocolate dipped candy canes with your child.

Put a spin on traditional salad by tossing in a few toothpicks! You and your child will have a bast making these healthy, bite-sized treats.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child researching, collecting, and charting plant specimens from the neighborhood.

Wonder why bugs always fly around your lights at night? This experiment determines whether insects are attracted to the heat or the light.

Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.

Valentine cookies are a classroom staple on Valentine's Day. Make a batch of delicious valentine cookies with your child this February.

Foster a love of words in your little cupid this Valentine's Day by creating a memory game that doubles as an early reading activity.

Channel the artistic spirit of Romare Bearden by making a mixed media collage to express different moods.

Help your child plant a "tea garden": a garden made of herbs for making teas.

Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!

In this version of the classic card game, students will gain an understanding of equivalents and may not even realize it's a math review!

Teach your creative second grader about proportions, animals, and proper cutting methods with cucumber carving.

It's always fun to recycle household items into something great. Here's a quick and easy way to turn a used juice box into a police radio for hours of play!

Science fair project that uses muriatic acid to develop fingerprints that would otherwise be invisible.

This children's menorah is a fun craft that lets your child celebrate Hanukkah while learning their ABCs. Make this children's menorah for the Festival of Lights.