1st - 8th Grade Activities : Page 68

Give your child a glimpse of how another set of students approach reading by teaching him how the blind use braille.

Lead your first grader on a nature walk ... with a scavenger hunt-style twist! They'll try to capture photos that correspond to paint chip colors.

Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!

Learn how to make a mustache with these simple instructions. See how to make a mustache on a stick for Halloween, costume parties, or dress up.

Sometimes a sandwich is just ho hum boring. Help your kid make lunch fun by threading her favorite ingredients on a skewer for a quick and easy sandwich kabob.

Learn about Andy Warhol and his famous portraits with your child by creating your own self-portrait in his trademark style.

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Science fair project that identifies the differences between soils from different environments and attempts to figure out why those differences exist.

Combine art, history and food with this unique project! Your child will make her own butters, and learn a little about Colonial history at the same time

Your first grader will gain an understanding of time management as your holiday tasks become manageable, with this to-do list reinvented as an advent calendar!

New Year's Eve invitations are festive and easy for kids to make. Create a set of New Year's Eve invitations to invite guests to your home this December 31.

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

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

Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

Play the Vocabulary Game to help your child develop a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary!

Fall in love with Cupid this Valentine's Day, specifically an adorable paper version of the classic Roman god!

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!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year by making your very own lucky pot of (chocolate!) gold in this 3rd grade arts and crafts activity.

Your kid will delight in creating an extraterrestrial vehicle from goods found around the house. There's no telling where her imagination will go!

Practice addition with your child in a whole new way when you battle to defend your cards in this competitive game. Math has never been so fun!

Your third grader will delight in making this creepy night-flying creature using a simple pom pom!

Young artists will combine two animals into one in this imaginative art-project-slash-game!

Get your hands on a concoction that breaks the rules about what's a solid and what's a liquid.

Enlist the whole family and helpful friends in this heartwarming activity for Dad. Boost kids' writing skills in the process, too!

Here's a fun at-home activity that will help your child strengthen math skills using high and low temperature data, and become a master temperature tracker!

Give your fourth grader a lesson in making blankets, and he'll be able to give the gift of warmth. Fleece blankets are especially fun to make, and they're cozy!

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

Using dried beans and corn, foods that are prevalent in Mexican cuisine, your child will create three-dimensional sombrero art.

Full of charm and creative possibilities, this fun hat will be ready for playtime in no time.

Okay, identifying place value isn't as fun as eating ice cream, but with a few index cards and a competitive spirit, it can be disguised a game!