2nd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 41

As Easter approaches, it's nice to put out a few decorations that emphasize the beauty and freshness of spring. This Easter wreath is the perfect addition.

Here's a great activity to get your child using imagination and artistic skills to create a handmade vocabulary book, complete with illustrations!

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

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.

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

This balloon-powered car project is a great way for your kid to learn about energy and how it can be used efficiently.

Here's a delicious and nutritious dish for St. Patrick's Day: make a NiÃoise-style salad bursting with a rainbow of colors!

Make a knight using metal washers, screws, bolts and aluminum foil, creating the most resistant armor anyone has ever seen.

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

In this activity, children will work on their mathematics and engineering skills as they attempt to recreate the Eiffel Tower out of building blocks!

This science fair project idea investigates how optical distances change the apparent size of an object as seen through a magnifying lens.

Celebrate the spirit of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech with this meaningful and educational art project.

This science fair project idea investigates how the height at which a pendulum is released affects the length of time it continues.

Show your fifth grade scientist how to create a siphon using two buckets, plastic tubing, and water. Watch her astonishment as the water travels uphill!

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Make some beautiful and unique candles to light your home.

Kids will learn about insulation, heat conduction, and the economic benefits of energy efficient windows in this cool science fair project.

Help your kids map the "global footprint" of your family's grocery cart by investigating how far your food travels before landing on your dinner table.

Explore griffins, dragons, and other medieval mythical beasts through sculpture by making your own bas relief beast out of modeling clay.

Is your precocious third grader a Shakespeare in the making? Challenge her growing vocabulary with a group game that rewards her wordy ways

A woven heart makes a thoughtful and heartfelt gift for a special friend or family member on Valentine's Day. Make a woven heart with your young crafter.

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.

Embroidery ain't your grandma's art anymore...it can be adapted to a number of cool designs Jazz up a traditional fabric embellishment with sparkly beads!

This science fair project idea determines if crystals will absorb food dye and if colors will mix by the process of diffusion.

Teach your child how easy it is to make homemade pasta, infused with delicious and nutritious autumn pumpkins.

Try a fun Mother's Day game for moms and kids to play together!

Bring the fun carnival game of ring toss to your home pool with this watery twist on the classic game.

These delicious Easter Basket Cupcakes are a simple, creative holiday treat. These cupcakes sit in waffle bowls with festive coconut grass and jellybean eggs.

This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

How do icicles form and what do they look like? Do this free science fair project and watch the formation of icicles occur right before your eyes.