1st - 8th Grade Activities : Page 68

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.

Kids will make predictions about cricket behavior by conducting this fun and easy experiment which simulates different environments for crickets.

Show your fifth grader how fun and fashionable recycling can be! Guide her in making her own wallet by fusing together old plastic bags with an iron.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year by creating mosaic shamrock art with your child.

This Valentine's Day, pair up science and crafting with this simple crystal formation project that's sure to bring a little love into your home.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

On Martin Luther King Day, help your third grader create an original "scratch art" card to thank a person who has made a difference in his life.

Teach your first grade scientist the difference between liquids and solids using maple syrup.

Learn about different fern fronds with your third grader as you create lacy, natural decorations on your Easter eggs this year.

Head out to the driveway, ball in hand, for a bouncing challenge. Then use those results to make a colorful graph that lets your child compare results.

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