Construct a card castle fit for a king! Treat your royal "face" cards (the kings, queens, and jacks) to the cool castle they deserve.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

These easy-to-make felt friends are created by sewing two pieces of felt together with yarn and make great gifts for holidays such as Easter.

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

No need to head to the toy store for her next stuffed animal once she has the skills to create her own!

Learn how to make a haunted house with this Halloween craft. See how to make a haunted house with a project that is fun for ghosts and ghouls alike.

Combine your child's natural curiosity with his developing classification and writing skills by helping him create a backyard field guide.

Help your child get creative and collect leaves of various sizes and textures that she can use to make animal art.

Make this paper mache gargoyle for a lesson in Medieval architecture and sculpture.

This science experiment has students test whether a snail moves faster on concrete or dirt.

Want to spark your third grader's interest in gardening? Help him make popsicle stick fairies to decorate an enchanting garden oasis.

Boost your child's imagination and creativity by having her design her own deck of trading cards.

Do earthworms like moisture or darkness? Find out as we explore the relationship between earthworms and light.

Based upon traditional Indonesian Wayang puppets; kids will make their very own puppet in this activity, with movable arms that can be operated with sticks.

This activity encourages self-expression. When your child is finished she will have created a personalized pin to wear or give as a gift!

Shadow puppets are a traditional form of folk art that originated in ancient China. Help your child create his own puppet and put on a show!

This activity works well with a group or just with a parent and child, and it can make a great party game since it's both fun and inexpensive.

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

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Has your child ever asked you how a submarine works? Here's a simple bathtub project that will make for a hands-on answer.

Forget model kits! Promote creativity by having your child construct a dinosaur model using marshmallows and toothpicks.

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

This science fair project idea explores whether talking to a plant will help it grow.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

The next time you and your fifth grader go on a hike, take along this key to figure out which common North American animal left a track along the river bank.

Here's a writing activity that helps young learners explore an ant's perspective...and practice writing, too!

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.