2nd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 36

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

Looking for a unique arts and crafts activity that gives some writing practice? Help your child make her own back-to-school business cards!

This fun geometry game requires players to use measurement, find perimeter, and draw polygons. It's great for a fourth grade math student!

Kids will learn how to show the direction of magnetic field lines and create a permanent model using iron filings in this great science fair project idea.

Cook Halloween pasta on All Hallows' Eve. This green pasta with toothy almonds is a super scary and tasty dinner for trick-or-treaters on Halloween night.

Your child can cut and fold her way to lots of lovely spring tulips through the art of origami!

Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.

Cookie, snow globe or puzzle? This holiday cookie is all three! Celebrate the holidays with this puzzle cookie, a crafty twist on a delicious dessert.

Find out whether matte or shiny nail polish lasts longer.

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

Turn an empty cereal box into a teacher appreciation card in this eco-friendly craft project! 

Learn to solve a crime scene investigation using an important forensics tool: oblique lighting.

Here's an entertaining ball game filled with spins, jumps, and claps to keep your child having fun while you get a moment to yourself.

Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.

Jazz up your patio or backyard with hip and quirky planters made from simple Mason jars.

Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

Valentine's Day is a great day to show loved ones how much you appreciate them, and this love bug craft is an adorably simple way to spread the love.

What's my number? Go ahead and guess! This logic game focuses on number sense that suits all ability levels, as players' questions can be simple or complex.

These sparkling earrings look fancy but they're super simple to make using inexpensive craft items.

Find out whether putting something on top of a plant will inhibit its growth.

Explore aromas with your child and help boost her brain power with some fun and interactive science activities.

Do different types of oil mix or stack? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Young chefs can easily make this simple soup, perfect for a brisk fall day. Along with being very flavorful, it makes a perfect pre-dinner appetizer or lunch!

The objective of this science fair project is to study the photosynthesis process and demonstrate the important role that leaves play in the process.

This activity creatively guides students in reflecting on and understanding what's happening inside of themselves at any given point.

Sweet on someone this Valentine’s Day? Making jewelry with gumball beads is a fun Valentine's Day craft and a great gift that shows someone you care!

This zombie shirt is a fun and incredibly simple Halloween costume. Have your kid don the shirt lurch around the neighborhood searching for brains...or candy!

Get back into school with this exciting architecture exploration! In this craft activity your child will research, draw, and build his own school.

Chemistry isn't just incredible ... sometimes its edible! These crystal lollipops are a delicious introduction to chemistry concepts.

Have your kid create DIY abstract art Easter decorations worthy of a spot at the Smithsonian!