2nd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 33

April showers may bring May flowers, but your child can preserve the beauty of spring's bounty all year long with this simple craft project!

There are many benefits to bugs and insects. This science project shows how cockroaches, termites, and other critters benefit our planet.

Explore the craters, maria, and highlands on the surface of the Moon! In this fun science project you'll create a 3-D model of the moon using paper mache.

Take advantage of the upcoming Irish holiday, Saint Patrick's Day, to encourage your third grader to flex his poetry muscles and come up with a haiku.

This Santa Claus craft is made to look like the jolly holiday icon himself. Make a Santa Claus craft with your child this holiday season.

Play with balance and simple engineering as you hurry to create a sturdy rock tower.

Looking for an enjoyable evening activity you can do with your kids? Study the stars: help them learn about constellations by making one of their own.

Crisps are the hidden gem of the homemade dessert world.

Here is a cool and easy science project to determine the rate of chlorophyll breaks down and how it affects the color change of grass from green to yellow.

Show your child how to paint in true Georgia O'Keeffe style. He'll enjoy painting art inspired by a master, and boost his math skills, too.

Science fair project that develops latent fingerprints on a non-porous objects by converting superglue from a solid state to a gaseous state.

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

In this matching activity, your kid will match the clock faces representing analog time with the numeric readings representing digital time.

Does your child know all the greatest kid-friendly places in town? Here's an activity that lets them create a cool city guide and work their writing chops, too!

Ask your kids to write these one-sentence "Holiday Wishes." Without realizing it, they'll be building third grade Language Arts skills.

Want to build your child's literary repertoire with tools like foreshadowing and description? Try a spooky Halloween story!

This science fair project idea recreates the movement of planetary bodies in order to learn why they sometimes appear to move backwards.

Everyone has a dream. The hard part is striving to make those dreams come true. Encourage your child to dream big with this easy craft project.

This fun and easy middle school science fair project idea explores the topic of pollution and demonstrates if polluted soil affect the growth of green plants.

This little bumble bee is the perfect springtime party table decoration and is great practice for pattern-making, folding and cutting.

Use playing cards to learn about temperature as well as positive and negative integers in this fourth grade math game.

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

This science fair project will help students learn about non-vascular plants, such as mosses.

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

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

Conduct a mock interview with the President to teach your child about politics, the president and the world she lives in.

Who needs paint, glitter, or crayons when you have natural art supplies right outside your front door?

This homemade barometer allows your little scientist to contemplate and compare different air and weather conditions.

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.