Why would you pay for pricey dolls at the store when your second grader can create and play with her own personalized set?

Children get creative with this fun, imaginative activity that combines an upcycled everyday household item with a few craft supplies.

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

Help your child compose an alphabet poem about the season, and have them practice letters while awakening their creative writing skills, too!

In this activity, your child will transform an egg into a glowing, bouncy "ball" that they can play with.

Beetles come in many shapes and colors. Here's how your second grade child can create his own beetles to paint and play with!

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

In this pretend play activity, your child will get to design a custom superhero utility belt and invent a new superhero to go with it!

In this fun design challenge, your child will get creative with making structures out of toothpicks and gumdrop candies.

Here, kids can make edible collages out of cookies and candy. Colorful, creative, and delicious, they make great gifts for sweet-toothed family and friends.

A Valentine's Day pop-up card is the perfect way to show your love on February 14th. Get creative with a fun 3-D paper art project.

What exactly went on in a typical dinosaur family? Travel back to the Mesozoic Era and bring out your kid's creative side with this sequencing activity.

Who says a party can't be productive? Next time your home is host to a hoard of giggling children, put those creative fingers to use with a party scrapbook!

If helping your child learn parts of speech makes you want to take a nap, try this exercise. It's a sure way to keep those creative juices flowing.

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

Your child might have noticed how bubbles quickly lose their colors and pop. Check out this creative way to make those bubbles last longer.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Transform your home into a theater with this fun Fall Family Theater Night activity! Invite the family to gather together to practice reading a fun fall-themed story in the format of a play.

In this activity, your child will explore the differences between facts and opinions. Together, you will go on a scavenger hunt in your home and play the role of detectives in search of facts.

In this social emotional learning activity, children will practice problem solving with kind attention as they play math games, participate in a mindfulness session, and create a work of art to help get them in touch with their "lion mind."

This activity will inspire adults and kids alike to take time to explore the beauty in their community and discover the colors of fall while developing their descriptive and creative writing skills! 

Try this creative art project with your second grader to help him build up his fine motor skills and artistic awareness as he makes a faux stained glass vase.

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Playing a tactile game with multiplication will help your child get a better grasp of basic math concepts and transform your kid into a master multiplier.

In this project children practice the scientific method while playing with puffy paint.

Make counting coins make "cents" to your second grader while giving her the chance to practice her math skills by playing this fun game with her.

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

Your child will boost her gross motor skills as she has fun playing with your easy-to-make and totally safe dart board and dart balls.

This variation of Duck, Duck, Goose is played in pairs, which means a lot more activity for participants!

Try this fun addition game with your second grader! Arrange playing cards to find the largest possible sums.