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Whether your child is celebrating a great American holiday or simply feeling patriotic, this american flag craft is sure to please your little artist.

Civil War soldiers didn't take their wives with them to the battlefield, but they took along a piece of home: little sewing kits called "housewives".

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

Help your child create her own version of a Moroccan lantern to give her room an Arabian nights feel!

Celebrate the colors of the American flag with this playful craft project!

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

Bring a bit of the fun of Yuan Xiao Jie to your home with this lantern activity. Happy New Year!

With this activity, you'll create a family treasure...and reinforce social studies basics while you're at it!

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

Encourage your child to memorize the items on the Seder plate and what they symbolize with this artsy activity.

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Celebrate Mexican heritage and inspire creativity in your budding artist with this unique arts and crafts activity.

Kids are acutely aware of what's "fair" and what's not. Here's a quirky way to teach your first grader the importance of voting and democracy.

This Kool-Aid tie-dye activity is a kid-friendly craft that never gets old. Learn how to make tie-dye shirts using assorted Kool-Aid flavors here.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

Learn about the architecture of Asia by building your very own model of a pagoda!

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days