Not only is homemade wrapping paper pretty, but by experimenting with decorative tools, kids are also doing science, art, and small-motor muscle building.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Research shows that when we focus on things we are grateful for, we literally rewire our brains to focus on the positive. Help kids experience the joy of gratitude by creating trees that give thanks.

Make your own dreidel from modeling clay with this Hannukah craft activity!

Here's a classic celery science experiment that uses celery and food coloring to demonstrate how plants absorb water.

Learn how starch and carbohydrates interact with different solvents in this fun and easy packing peanut science fair project.

Put an oatmeal box, a flashlight, and some construction paper together and you have the makings of an incredibly cool bedroom planetarium!

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

The fish most kids see is usually filleted, and it's hard to see how it came from a lake or sea. This cool gyotaku activity blends life science with art!

This goofy scramble book activity will bring laughs...but also some good, solid comprehension skills too!

Let your child catch you making deliberate errors in this silly game that promotes serious learning about punctuation.

Inspire your learner to love poems like Sonia Sotomayor by reading some poetry aloud!

Delight your child by helping them to construct a boat that can hold two seaworthy toy figures in this engaging project made from upcycled water bottles.

Children tap into their own imaginative storytelling skills by creating and writing a richly embellished folk tale about their favorite member of the animal kingdom.

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

This hunt for leprechaun gold is so much fun, kids won't even realize they're working their reading muscles at the same time.

Make the abstract nature of time and money easier for your kid to understand with some fun ideas that focus on these concepts.

Learn how to make a paper snowflake with these simple instructions. Help your child learn how to make a paper snowflake with only paper and scissors.

Compound words get easier if kids can spot two smaller words that they already know inside. Add some fun to the process with this card game!

Take this "paper plate snack test" with your child for a hands-on lesson in making healthier choices to teach your child about what's in his food.

Save some money this Halloween and work out fine motor skills by helping your child make his very own computer costume.

This treasure hunt gets kids comfortable using the dictionary, and makes looking up words a lot of fun!

Stories change as you retell them. The objective of this science fair project is to demonstrate how information gets interpreted, distorted and changed.

The power of gratitude is endless! Research shows that cultivating a gratitude practice can gratitude strengthen relationships, improve physical and emotional well-being, deepen empathy skills, and improve self-esteem. With such wide-spread benefits, how

Your kid will be captivated as she watches liquids change color before her very eyes during this fun science project that introduces some chemistry basics.

In this science and engineering activity, children will explore types of tunnels and their purposes and then design and build a tunnel of their own.

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Here's a fun math and science activity: help your child explore four different kinds of measurement, using their hand and a few simple household tools.

This Where the Wild Things Are costume will make your little wild thing look just like Max. This Where the Wild Things Are costume is surprisingly easy to make.