2nd - 5th Grade Back to School Activities

Start the school year off on the right foot by treating your child's new teacher to a special heart-felt surprise!

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Here's an activity to help your child create her very own time capsule to unearth and open in one, five, or even ten years later!

This is the perfect recycling project for back to school! Your child will put all those extra paper bags to good use and assemble her own personal notepad.

As school starts, there's no better time to get your kid off to a fresh, fun, organized start. Here's a desk craft for style-minded students!

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

Looking for a customized locker accessory? Try this DIY Mirror Craft and spruce up a plain old mirror with some original designs.

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

Celebrate the new school year with a back to school poem!

Here's a homemade bulletin board project to help your fourth grader's school year start off right.

Here's an arts and crafts activity to help your child put together his own "Back to School" scrapbook.

Make going back to school a fun time! Let your child create her own pencil topper creatures using everyday materials and a Styrofoam ball.

For kids who prefer to do homework flopped on a rug, this practical caddy can make all the difference!

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

Instead of tossing old school supplies, turn them into a work of art and teach your kids how to find new uses for old things.

To reach goals and gain accomplishments, you have to have a plan for success. This activity will help your child to create goals for the upcoming school year.

As your child heads back to school this fall, dust off those elementary math skills with our creative calendar activity!

This school year, have your child decorate his very own clip board and watch him do his homework in style!

Help your child get organized for the school year ahead and establish some important skills that will help him for years to come!