Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.

Your fourth grader can have fun and get creative this winter by creating a colorful winter weather collage.

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

Combine winter charm with DIY fashion to create this lovely piece of jewelry.

Use the holiday gift giving season as an excuse to give your fourth grader a valuable lesson in making and keeping a budget!

Instead of giving friends and family a store bought fruitcake you can make your own this year with your favorite ingredients!

Practice third and fourth grade measurement skills and make a practical holiday gift in the process!

Nothing says fall like pumpkin soup, but it's also really good for you, with high amounts of fiber, iron, zinc and free radical busting antioxidants.

Complete with the drippy, glittery shapes that make icicles so popular, this paper project can be hung everywhere from door frames to tabletops.

Even if sweet potatoes aren't your kid's favorite, try topping them with fluffy marshmallows -- it will be tough to find a child who can resist!

Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders

Here's a sweet holiday recipe to make with your fifth grader: bake scrumptious sugar-dusted chocolate snowballs! Serve them at your next Christmas party.

Have your child make a holiday scarf with inexpensive materials, no sewing required!

Everyone needs to stay warm during the cold winter months, including your cup of cocoa! This mug cozy will do the trick.

Use simple items to create a kindergarten "grow box" that lets a kid see just how salad plants send down their roots and grow underground.