Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.

There's more to corn than the sweet yellow kernels. This easy craft project shows you and your kid how to make pretty corn husk flowers using just a few tools.

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!

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.

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

Invite your kid to decorate your family's ordinary coffee mugs with brightly colored beaded rings!

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Create a piece of public art on a movable wall. This scrap paper mosaic is made on a board that can be displayed just about anywhere.

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.

Help your child to make a beautiful Africa mask to help her reinforce important spatial and compositional skills.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kokeshi dolls have been around since the 17th century, and now your child can recreate a piece of Japanese history and culture right at home.

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.

A DIY diffuser is a budget-friendly item that will add a pleasant fragrance to your home. Make a DIY diffuser with your child for great Valentine's Day gift.

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

Make your very own fortune cookies from paper and share good fortunes with family and friends.

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!

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.