This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Have a bookworm on your hands? They'll boost their spelling and problem solving skills with this Oulipo activity re-writing lyrics to beloved Christmas songs!

Knowing how to use quotation marks to write character dialog is an important skill for developing writers. Here's a fun way to get your child writing speech.

In this activity, your child will reflect on how adults can learn from kids. They will watch a TED Talk presented by a 12-year-old girl about the power of young people’s ideas and teachings, and they will generate some of their own unique ideas.

Not every poem needs to be about leaves and love. If your fifth grader is more attached to his phone or computer, introduce him to the apostrophe poem.

Challenge your fourth grader to try to recreate the geography of her state using just flour, salt, and water.

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

This science fair project idea explores alcoholic fermentation at work by making your own soda.

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Making a freedom kite is a great way to show appreciation on Memorial Day or July 4th, and enjoy the summer sunshine with family.

In this cooler-than-average writing activity, your child uses paint chips and words to write a story!

Explore your kitchen and create a delicious holiday fudge that your child can share with friends and family!

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

Get your kids involved in the kitchen by making crepes with your choice of toppings in this fun fourth grade cooking activity.

Here is a nifty science experiment using Epsom salts to make "frost" appear on a piece of glass.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

What is biodiversity? Kids will study different areas of their backyards to see which is the most diverse to learn about biodiversity and random sampling.

Grab some rope and a couple of rafts and you're ready to play Rope Rush, an exciting race game for the pool!

Is your child tired of the same old fries with dinner? Invite him to bake up some tasty zucchini fries to accompany the next family meal.

This zombie cake will give your Halloween enthusiast an excuse to lurch and limp around the kitchen. Share this zombie cake with friends and the undead.

Science fair project that determines whether tapping a pomegranate with a spoon helps it release its seeds.

Young chefs can easily make this simple soup, perfect for a brisk fall day. Along with being very flavorful, it makes a perfect pre-dinner appetizer or lunch!

A tall glass of lemonade is the perfect summer treat. Make it even better with these creative twists on classic lemonade!

Along with being an interesting science activity, dehydrated strawberries are also tasty â and healthy!

This science fair project idea examines the distance a person travels on an average day and to relate that to an understanding of the size of the Earth.

Celebrate autumn by making a beautiful pastel art piece with corn as its theme.

This arts and crafts project isn't just full of creativity, it's got a lot to teach kids about world cultures as well.

In Colonial times, fixing a chair was a lot easier than making one! Any fifth-grader can wrap up a mirror or photo frame the same way Colonists caned chairs.

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