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A homemade lava lamp gives any room a retro flair. Find out how to make a homemade lava lamp, and learn some science too, with this educational activity.

Here's a fun family activity: have your child make a cameo appearance by creating and drawing on their own silhouettes!

This experiment has students record rat behavior to learn about the benefits of rats and research rat myths throughout history.

This project examines if computer screen and text color affect retention and if people subconsciously prefer combinations of colors that help their retention.

Using aluminum is a great way to recycle and make some shiny ornaments borrowing from this traditional Mexican art form. Here's an easy kids' activity!

Your child will be delighted to create a sweet painting in the style of pop artist Wayne Thiebaud!

Will potatoes spud or sprout faster in dry, dark, or cold conditions? Find out in this science fair project idea!

Your child can create a special winter headband with the help of some white felt and a length of silver ribbon.

Make this mason jar craft that looks like a glowing snowflake and works like a lantern!

Do you have your isopods straight? Learn about sow bug and pill bug behavior by building a terrarium to study them in!

This fragrant drawer sachet keeps clothes smelling sweet, and makes for the perfect gift.

Help your fifth grader execute this experiment involving a lit candle (submerged in water!) to show him the wonders of heat energy transference.

Introduce your fourth grader to the deliciousness that can come out of the kitchen by helping him make these sugary traditional Mexican cookies, or biscochitos.

Invite your fourth grader to celebrate one of four holidays by creating a kid-friendly homemade Menorah, Advent Wreath, Kinara, or Diya!

Invite your child and a few friends to get crabby in this game of soccer with a twist: Instead of running, players "crab crawl" around the playing field.

This activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

Based upon traditional Indonesian Wayang puppets; kids will make their very own puppet in this activity, with movable arms that can be operated with sticks.

Invigorate your fourth grader's mind by helping him turn his room into a woven masterpiece using various lengths of material.

In this science fair project, students discover how sedimentary layers form as sediments like mud, silt and sand settle over time.

Your fourth grader will get their mind working with this simple "Chanukah" anagram game. They will hone their language and spelling skills with this one!

For some good "green" fun, pull out your blender. A spinach smoothie?! You better believe it! And kids will not only slurp it up, they"ll beg for seconds.

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

Check out this fun and easy 4th grade science fair project idea that tests how gravity induces positive and negative geotropism (gravitropism) in bean plants.

Excite your fourth grader by recreating ancient Viking myths. This miniature longboat will explore the principle of water molecules expanding when heated.

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

The Earth is always providing in so many ways! In this activity, children reflect on how the Earth gives and on their love for the Earth through discussion and letter writing.

This science fair project teaches kids experimental design and how to test if subjects can really sense if they are being watched.

make the most original Easter eggs on the block with this beading craft to ring in the Spring!

Have your child build a model of a coral polyp, one of the tiny animals that composes a coral reef.

Make physical activity fun with this 4th-5th grade fitness game that's a twist on classic Tic-Tac-Toe.