3rd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 64

Keep your clever kid occupied with this tricky grille cipher.

Not only a fun way to practice sewing, felt cupcakes make great gifts, party decorations, and doll accessories once theyâre finished

Improve critical thinking and logic skills as you compete to win in this fun, educational card game.

In this activity, your child will practice mindfulness, choose one thing to do in which they can slow down, and reflect on this experience. You can even try slowing down together!

Wraps are a great alternative to the traditional PB & J and a BLT wrap is something your young chef can even make himself!

Help your child get a grasp on what it was like to build gigantic ancient structures with this easy engineering activity about science and physics.

Create a graph based on the interests of family member's to see who has what in common. Your child will practice her math skills and get to know the family!

Give your third grader's reading and writing skills a stretch: have her create a Care Manual for your pet the next time your family goes away.

In this experiment, kids will see if pruning tomato plants makes them more fruitful and learn about the factors that contribute to a plant's fruit production.

Frisbee golf is a game that incorporates the rules of golf with the fun of frisbee. Here's how to get started with your child:

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia makes a great addition to any dining table because once youâre done looking at it, you can dig in and eat it!

This experiment tests which gender is better at catching how a magician performs his tricks.

Kids will have a hoot constructing this cute owl craft from a recycled toilet paper roll.

Encourage your fourth grader to develop their critical thinking and critical writing skills with this Critics' Choice movie booklet for your family.

Cultivating resilience is one of the most important ways we can overcome challenges and reach our goals. In this activity, children will explore the concept of resilience and then create a video to explain and teach resilience to others.

Turn yourself into a personalized paper doll, along with a collection of your favorite outfits.

This science research project challenges students to think of more effective lobster farming methods.

This science fair project idea investigates if heat from direct sunlight is hotter than heat from reflected sunlight.

If your child's paragraphs need to transition from out-of-order to organized and smooth, try this simple, real-life activity.

Your child can explore color mixing and design while folding together a paint-filled paper and then using a marker to outline it.

Beach bags don't have to be bought...make your own beach bag out of recycled materials in this summer craft.

This felt pie craft not only teaches sewing skills, but is a sneaky introduction to elementary math standards like geometry, measurement and estimation.

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

This activity challenges your student to use spatial reasoning and computational thinking to program multiple robots.

Bend, twist, squish and press a paper bag into a tree! Once it's finished, your child's Halloween tree will look like it came right out of a scary fairy tale.

Your child will learn science and make a fun new malleable toy with this balloon sandbag science experiment.

Help your child craft her first pair of knitting needles out of recycled chopsticks!

Your child can learn more about traditional Irish cooking this St. Patrickâs Day by making some apple barley pudding â a real tasty treat!

Do you think heat can affect a plant's growth rate?