Make these homemade friendship pencils for a party or the beginning of school and have a stylish writing utensil that kids will love trading.

This brain teaser challenges your fifth grader to unscramble some specialized Winter Olympics language.

Help your young scientist celebrate the wonders of the night sky in the comfort of your own home.

Your child can re-purpose any used (and cleaned) can into a colorful container to hold Dad's pens and pencils on his desk!

Check out this fun and easy science fair project idea on germination of a seed and learn to identify exterior and interior parts of a bean seed.

This science fair project idea explores which fruit molds the fastest.

Let your fifth grader use his wits to challenge friends to complete their labyrinthine book of mazes!

Have your kid create his own service ribbons and then write a fictional story about someone in the military who was awarded the service ribbons.

Kids write about their favorite parts of school in 100 words to celebrate 100 days of school in this 5th grade writing activity.

Your aspiring poet will be delighted to learn how to write limericks, which are funny poems that correspond to a simple rhyming structure.

This science fair project idea attempts to train a worm to complete a simple maze in order to find out if worms can learn and remember.

Forget mass-produced, store bought holiday ornaments. Your fifth grader can usher in the holidays by making his own homemade marbled Christmas balls!

Got a kid who loves fashion? Help her develop her own unique style with this tie-dye project using natural dyes.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Encourage your child to explore color and its mood-altering effects by creating his own self portrait using only warm or cool colors.

Your fifth grader will have a blast sewing this plush neck pillow--and he'll sure be glad to have it on long car or airplane trips!

Show your fifth grader how to make this fun vinyl robot to spruce up her walls. Itâs quick to construct and easy to remove or transfer from wall to wall.

Take advantage of the fact that ink and water don't mix and introduce your kid to suminagashi, a Japanese form of art.

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

Collect meteorite dust with a magnet in your very own backyard! The objective of this science fair project is to gather meteorite dust to study outer space.

In this activity, your child will be challenged to create a device that protects an egg when it is dropped from a height of about 10 feet.

Here's a fun activity that will have your child deciphering directions for sandwich making, and learning about sequence along the way!

Create a prefix-suffix flip-book and help improve decoding skills and vocabulary.

Does putting soapy water on plants help or hinder plant growth? Kids learn about greywater and how it affects plant growth in this cool science fair project.

In this hands-on design challenge your child will make their very own Rube Goldberg Machine.

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

By using your child's own activity schedule, you can strengthen his understanding of elapsed time, and get him organized along the way!

In this Bernoulli's Principle experiment, you'll learn how an increase in the speed of a fluid, like air, decreases pressure.

Students explore hot desert plant adaptations in this cool science fair project by observing how these organisms prevent excessive transpiration.

Help your children practice their presentation skills by helping them create their very own show called "The Daily News."