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.

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

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

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

Help your fifth grader bring the magnificent spirit of Rome to a modern day, personalized clay coin.

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

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.

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

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.

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!

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 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.

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.