Welcome the holiday season by making your own paper lantern. Learn about traditional light festivals from the United States with this fun, easy activity.

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.

Celebrate Hanukkah the old-fashioned way with an oil lantern. This craft is a perfect opportunity to teach your child the history of this special holiday.

Pop up a pup tent, just like Civil War soldiers did on the battlefield.

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

Help your child comprehend the past by using hands-on activities like this homemade lantern project.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

Take a stab at 18th century American cooking with your kids by following this tasty recipe from one of the first colonial cookbooks.