3rd - 8th Grade Activities : Page 68

Help your child navigate their own passion for reading with a bookmark that celebrates their favorite moments, allowing them to relive them again and again.

Use a recycling project to hone your childâs sewing skills and clean up her art supplies when she turns the leg of an old pair of jeans into a storage basket.

Hone observational skills and introduce the basics of data interpretation with this data gathering activity all about the different colors people wear.

Plan a family dinner based on the "Little House" books, and encourage reading in the household!

This crazy-easy felt sandwich sewing project is a fun way to get your child interested in the art of sewing.

Is your fifth grader trying overnight camp this summer? If so, prepare your child for writing a letter home with this activity!

Leadership is a word that can hold many meanings. In this activity, your child will define the word "leadership," learn more about a leader they admire, and reflect on their leadership. Finally, your child will reflect on how they too are a leader!

Want to go paperless this holiday season? Here's a delicious way to get your third grader started (and practice some writing in the process!)

What is a compound microscope? Kids find out by making one of their own in this cool science fair project.

Science fair project which measures the shadow cast by a meter stick at various times in order to predict the circumference of the earth.

Bring together science and style with this sweet homemade lip balm project.

Your child will have a unique vacation memento with this glass bottle art project sure to capture great memories!

Encourage local wildlife to settle down in your backyard with this adorable bird nest craft.

Your child can build the home of her dreams by creating a truly imaginative model. She'll get to draft her own blueprints to design her masterpiece!

Set off an a science adventure as you prepare a row of bee homes for your new visitors.

Let your aspiring poet use book titles to create a funky and visually-appealing masterpiece!

In this inspiring activity, children create and perform their very own Reader’s Theater about helping the planet!

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this sweet mint-flavored milkshake you and your child can make together.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Work on finding means and medians in this fifth grade math card game.

This science fair project idea explores whether it is easier to balance on a narrow ledge or on a rope.

When you see those sunscreen "protection levels," what does that really mean? Try this experiment to find out.

What can you do with hair after its cut? This science project teaches you practical uses for human hair.

Let your fifth grader get in touch with this inner chef by making these delicious no-bake nanaimo bars--named after a city in Canada.

Re-purpose an old glass bottle into a cute vase using a few pieces of felt and a little imagination.

Can you plant the insect-attracting borage plant to increase the amount of beneficial insects in your garden? Find out in this experiment!

This trick uses vertical and horizontal forces to help your child to push apart your hands apart, no matter how hard you try to keep them together!

Encourage the brain-body connection in your child with movement games. This activity will decide who’s got the better moves, throughout the ages of music!

In this fun fall-themed activity, your child will design and decorate a pumpkin based on a picture book. After completing their pumpkin, they’ll write a short story about a new adventure related to their picture book.

Create a piece of public art on a movable wall. This scrap paper mosaic is made on a board that can be displayed just about anywhere.