Teach your fifth grader about the wonders of wind by making and observing this winter wind chime.

This costume wig is a simple craft that will result in a great item for Halloween, dress up, or pretend play. Make a yarn costume wig with your child.

Invite your fifth grader to design a fleet of miniature paddle boats to race in the family bathtub.

Your child can be Santa's Helper this year by making a Christmas card and a paper poinsettia for someone in her life who may get overlooked this year.

In this activity, your child will learn how to make a drop spindle with a handy vegetable.

Breathe new life into a battered old paperback with this creative book art craft that revolves around reading!

Spice up a traditional watercolor painting project with magazine cutout letters that spell out your favorite poem.

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.

A package of memory wire and some beads are all that your artist needs to make a bracelet. The challenge will be to come up with a design inspired by autumn.

Do something totally unique and new with a pumpkin this year! Practice designing patterns with stripes, zigzags, or geometric shapes. The sky's the limit!

This fun art activity gets your child to create background and foreground elements, building his art skills and creative development.

Show your teen how to live green by transforming old CD cases into drawer dividers and help her get organized in the process.

If you are looking for a special way to celebrate dad on his day, help your little one to design a creative letter photo collage.

Dive into U.S. colonial history by making a simple bottle gourd water cooler, crafted by colonists of Roanoke Island in the 16th century.

Your child can create a string wrapped headband to hold her hair back during the hot summer. Plus, it will re-purpose left over bits of string and thread!

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

Pretty fluttery feather earrings add a light touch to any outfit. Your child will float on air knowing she made the earrings herself.

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

Make Frankenstein bolts for your trick-or-treater this Halloween. These homemade Frankenstein bolts make your child look just like the popular monster.

Mummy chic or rag-tag retro? Catch the oldest trend in bandaged jewelry!

Teach your child how to accessorize the environmental way!

Create your very own creepy, haunted castle sitting in a turbulent field of flowing grass, eerily surrounded by dark, ominous clouds.

Frida Kahlo was a famous Mexican painter. In this activity, your child can put pick up a paintbrush and create a self-portrait inspired by this renowned artist.

This project is a great way to explore variations in how to paint using watercolor.

With this fun and easy method of printing your child will draw patterns, trace them with yarn, paint and press their very own masterpieces.

Kids learn about surrealism as they cut out items from magazines and combine them to create their own piece of surrealistic juxtaposition.

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

Honor dad's fatherly achievements with a handmade plaque for a job well done!