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.

Encourage a bit of mystery and intrigue by teaching your clever kid how to create and use secret codes.

Inspired by Japanese woodcuts, this make your own stamps project will be a big hit with your fifth grade or middle school child.

Show your child how to construct a homemade thermometer. It's hands-on fun and a great way to learn about this important instrument!

This spider mobile activity encourages learning about the science of motion, air currents and art.

Pair a planetarium visit with this fun art project that mimics the look of far-off galaxies.

Create a string of paper jack-o'-lanterns with this simple Halloween paper craft!

Check out this activity that has your kid create her own Cubist montage. Soon your kid will be well on her way to understanding the vibrant art of Cubism!

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

Sick of the same old arts and crafts projects? Try a new kind of art--string art!

Create a giant octopus from cardboard that holds onto a sea of creatures from its tentacles!

Make some beautiful and unique candles to light your home.

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

Your child can now recreate history by building his very own fortified castle.

Here's a black fuzzy spider that's sure to cause a silly fright! This eight-legged creepy crawler is sure to surprise anyone looking for a treat.

Create a haunted house from upcycled materials in this lively craft project!

Is your child an amateur origami master? Reach the next stage of paper folding genius with this origami heart!

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

Help your child create her very own invention just like Leonardo da Vinci as she develops her critical thinking skills and lets her imagination soar!

Get excited for St. Patrick's Day by making a Celtic knot.

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.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

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.

Encourage your child to think outside the bathtub by making her very own handmade soaps! Perfect as a present, a decoration, or just to pamper herself.

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!

Introduce your fifth grader to the irresistible fun of string art with this letter project!

Make a bouquet of colorful duct tape flowers in this hands-on spring craft.

In this activity, you'll not only make your own bouncy balls at home, but your child will also learn how polymers are made.

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.

Turn the common pastime of constructing paper airplanes into a lesson on the physics of aerodynamics and flight with this fun science activity.