3rd - 5th Grade Activities : Page 60

Your child can twist and turn their way to creating a freestanding wire form! When they're done they can position and display their small statue wherever they want.

In this activity your child will make a coiling snake out of simple household materials, and also find out why they coil.

Help your child work on her sewing skills by making one-of-a-kind luggage tags for everyone in the family.

Create a dramatic, elegant line drawing of a pumpkin in this white-on-black Halloween art project. 

Here's a fun and simple activity to introduce your child to surface tension, and pull an awesome stunt in the process!

Create some cards and a factor board and get ready to practice multiplication. This game will help your kid get one step closer to memorizing times tables!

This November, it's elephant versus donkey! Does your third grader understand the meaning behind the animals political parties choose to represent them?

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!

This healthy chicken salad is spiced up with a dash of fragrant curry.

In Muslim culture, the ninth month of the calendar year is a celebration called Ramadan. Make badam sharbat, a traditional drink made during Ramadan!

Show your love of nature with this pretty vase made with vines. It will be perfect for holding a floral bouquet!

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

Ever wonder why refrigerator lights turn off when you close the door? Does the darkness prevent food from spoiling? This experiment, determines just that.

In this activity, your child will interview a caring adult or friend to ask them when they have seen them at their best.

Science fair project that determines whether mass and weight are the same or different.

Create a homemade pair of sunglasses with colored lenses to see just how light and color affect our sight! Use this fun project to practice science!

Your child will reflect on the term "beauty" and the things they are grateful for. They will read the book All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon and reflect on how focusing on the small and big things of beauty around them can benefit themselves and others.

Coil your daughter's two favorite colors into a wearable pendant with just a few scraps of felt!

Discover the science behind materials that absorb heat, and materials that don't, by constructing this cork trivet for your dinner table.

Use this great no-bake recipe to save energy and keep cool.

Help your own young scientist tackle the wonders of static electricity from the comfort of his own home!

Children build a "Loving Kindness Garden" to represent what they have learned about love, mindfulness, and caring for others in community.

In this activity, your child will experience multitasking, then mindfulness and compare the two in terms of productivity and calmness.

Kids go wild over this colorful and tasty recipe that's perfect for St. Patrick's Day: make green mashed potatoes loaded with healthy vegetables.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Make a dreidel card this Hanukkah to give to someone special and help your child celebrate the holiday!

If you're trying to teach your child about waste and its impact on the environment, why not repurpose a plastic milk jug and make your own sandwich container?

Watch pre-packaged seeds and seeds taken from inside fruits and vegetables grow. Which ones will grow faster? Read more in this science fair project idea.

Budding bakers can explore the excitement of the kitchen without fear of cuts or hot ovens by making these super simple and tasty cookies.

each some early sewing skills with this cute felt egg project that can be reused as a silly gift, a toy for younger siblings, or a doll accessory.