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This science fair project idea develops an understanding through experimentation of which shapes are the most structurally strong.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

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 activity teaches your third grader how to make a paper cut-out still life, in true Matisse-style.

This science fair project idea examines the reason boats are shaped and engineered.

Your child can make her own Mexican tin art mirror with cardboard, a mirror, and an aluminum pan.

Did you ever add salt to pasta? Did it help cook the pasta faster? If not, find out in this science fair project idea.

Draw your own beautiful mandala with this easy technique that ensures symmetrical results every time!

Creating a cloud of bats is a great way for your child to get familiar with the process of folding and cutting. They also make great Halloween decorations!

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.

This Thanksgiving cornucopia activity will give you a nice homemade table decoration and will give your child a festive reason to read, write, and be thankful.

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

Celebrate Easter with this hands-on activity making your own eggs.

Create your own version of an Aboriginal Australian dot painting in this fun activity!

This project demonstrates the correspondence between the volume of water displaced by a submerged object and the volume of the object displacing it.

Grow borax crystals and get your child excited about Earth science with this crafty science experiment.

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

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

Say goodbye to lost bookmarks with the flower bookmark that knows how to hold on tight!

Will the shape of an ice cube impact how fast the ice melts?

This science fair project idea explores how far the âdanger zoneâ is from different types of caution signs.

In this activity, your kid will watch coal turn into crystals right before her very eyes, and learn some science along the way!

Your child can transform a triangle of felt into a colorful and motivating pennant sharing all her favorite characteristics and traits.

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

Show your fifth grader how to create a vivid and colorful, Picasso-inspired, 3-D mask.

Encourage your child to take a page from Bridget Riley and the op art movement, and see if she can create an optical illusion in her artwork.

Dream big with a homemade dream journal, a great writing exercise for elementary-age kids.

Create a silhouetted Halloween candle holder with this upcycled activity!

Everyone needs to stay warm during the cold winter months, including your cup of cocoa! This mug cozy will do the trick.