2nd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 61

Have your child make a holiday scarf with inexpensive materials, no sewing required!

Your child will look forward to lunchtime with this artistic reinterpretation of the same old cold lunch.

Create a beautiful piece of pottery by hand using a few simple ingredients, and learn about the Native American Acoma tribe while doing it!

Get started on an ofrenda for Dia de los Muertos with this easy edible sugar skull project.

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

To help your child learn how to use a thermometer, try this temperature collecting activity at home.

Get your fifth grader involved in some earth science by helping her plan and create her very own rock collection.

The rock cycle will come alive for your child when he uses broken crayons to create the three basic rock types.

Make the prehistoric monsters of the past seem a bit more real with a craft that brings the chill of the Ice Age to life!

Help your first grader understand what a noun is with this fun photo book that catalogs her favorite people, places, and things!

This chocolate gelt is the perfect Hanukkah treat. Chocolate gelt is used as a gift for children or in the classic Hanukkah game of Dreidel.

This valentine bag craft makes a chic little pouch that holds cards and treats. Fall in love with this valentine bag craft this February.

Brighten up the life lessons with a colorful and fun reward jar!

If your kid looks like she needs a break from homework or something to work on during commercials, show her how to make a necklace of paper beads!

Help your crafty kid make rocket-shaped party favors to hand out to friends and family on Independence Day!

Make lucky bracelets with lentils and black eyed peas for a New Years art project to remember all year!

Who wants to take a boring paper bag to school -- just to throw away as soon as the bell rings -- when you can create a reusable lunch bag out of fleece?

A lemonade stand is a great opportunity for your kids to work on their money skills and donate some hard earned money to charity.

Here's how to create an easy travel checkers board that you are your child can enjoy together using simple materials.

Picnic getting boring? Here's a fun game that gets the kids moving around, and doing a little addition while they're at it.

Practice measurement using centimeters in this fun math race designed for your second grade student!

Here's a great project to get your child on the right track towards writing well thought-out proposals.

Use adorable animal photos from books or magazines to make these simple valentines that can be given to classmates or friends.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

This Santa puppet brings a little extra cheer to your Christmas celebration. Make a Santa puppet with your child this holiday season.

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

Learn an ancient craft with this introduction to weaving. A great tie-in for kids learning about ancient cultures.

Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

Here's a fun holiday activity that will have you and your child singing, laughing, and using a thesaurus!

In this activity, young learners will make a balance using a plastic hanger and weigh a variety of small objects using candy corn.