This watercolor landscape creates the background for the adventures of Little Red Riding Hood by using spooky silhouettes for the characters.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Focus on tasty savory dishes instead of sweet treats this Valentine's Day: make Caprese salad with heart-shaped mozzarella.

A St. Patrick's Day staple, corned beef and cabbage is a delicious way to celebrate the holiday and introduce your fourth grader to the kitchen.

Learning to count change can be tough! Help your child become a master money-counter with this simple game.

Let your second grader pay homage to an ancient Olympic tradition with this modern day Olympic wreath!

Combat summer boredom with this easy and fun game. Race against each other to see who can fill their bucket the fastest using leaky cups!

Music is all around us. Bring some melody into your home with a hand-crafted door harp.

Decorating pumpkins is a safer, cleaner alternative to carving. These Cubist art pumpkins are easy and fun to make, and serve as great fall decor.

This is an easy, edible craft that your second grader is sure to enjoy!

Here's a hands-on activity that helps your child understand the concept of "circumference."

Your child can transform an everyday sight into a persuasive writing exercise by starting with the "product" she knows best: her family!

Add some artsy fun to your child's next reading adventure by letting them draw the characters.

Return to school in style! Dress up your pencil holders with this delightful and always seasonally appropriate arts and craft project.

In this project, you'll build a model of the earth, complete with all seven continents and four major oceans.

In the mood for a little lighthearted magic? Make your own chi chi sticks, inspired by the divination tools of ancient Chinese fortune tellers.

Encourage your child to take in the tastes, smells, sights, sounds and textures of the year's spookiest holiday with a sensory poem!

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.

This zombie cake will give your Halloween enthusiast an excuse to lurch and limp around the kitchen. Share this zombie cake with friends and the undead.

Inspired by colorful African drums and crafted from recyclable materials, these pencil holders will make a bold and charming addition to any desk set.

Who knew that you could make beads out of rose petals? Not only can it be done, but the beads smell wonderful!

Using aluminum is a great way to recycle and make some shiny ornaments borrowing from this traditional Mexican art form. Here's an easy kids' activity!

Help your child create a magical miniature garden in the most unlikely of places: a recycled plastic bottle!

Transform a brown paper grocery bag into a hat in this arts and crafts activity!

Coil your daughter's two favorite colors into a wearable pendant with just a few scraps of felt!

In this experiment, students will discover how heat and pressure turn clay into slate, phyllite, and finally schist.

Vincent van Gogh painted golden hued pictures of the harvest using bold lines and vibrant color. Your child can explore this style of art using oil pastels.

For most second graders, a good secret code is just about irresistible. Here's one that builds math facts while you're at it!

This fun experiment provides a concrete and visually striking illustration of photosynthesis.

This easy at-home experiment is a great way to "see" science.