Help your high school revive some Renaissance history with art by making a silverpoint sketch. In this activity, make your own stylus and special paper.

Celebrate the holidays by making farolitos, paper lanterns with elaborate designs and historical roots.

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

Inspire young anthropologists with this 5th grade art project: make patterned pottery in the Anasazi style! All you need are a paper plate and markers to start.

To pay tribute to the ancient Mexican art of mosaics, your child can craft a colorful mosaic using old magazines, a paper plate and lots of imagination.

Spark your child's interest in current events by encouraging them to write a letter to the U.S. president.

Send your child on an online hunt where he will practice working with search engines and use his reading comprehension skills to find specific information.

Show your kid how to put a new spin on an old classic with this fun party game.

Let your child find her place among the politicians, the flyers, the debates and the countless television ads with a slogan and poster of her very own.

What are the benefits of good posture? Kids will learn about the cognitive effects of good posture through conducting and observing a controlled experiment.

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

Celebrate Black History Month by having your child make her own version of a kente cloth after learning what the different colors on a kente cloth symbolize.

Help your fifth grader create an art card that celebrates the enduring values of Passover.

This project examines whether people's taste perception is influenced by what they see.

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

Bring historical figures alive with this fun family activity! Your child will plan a founding fathers feast by researching historical figures.

What are the rules of your home? Help your fifth grader draft a Family Constitution and even give it an aged look using soaked tea bags.

In this fun project, use a memory game to test various age groups and determine whether aging directly affects short-term memory loss.

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

Helping your child write their own "Thanksgiving Proclamation" can help them grasp the spirit of the day, and develop more of an attitude of gratitude.

This science project encourages students to investigate the Mozart Effect, the idea that classical music promotes learning.

This science fair project idea examines how well individuals can remember a story they were told and how accurately they pass that story along.

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

Retablos are a kind of Latin American folk art that blend personal and spiritual themes. Have your child create her own version of retablo artwork.

Test your kid's knowledge of presidents one through forty-four with this fun and educational matching game!

This experiment tests which gender is better at catching how a magician performs his tricks.

In this fun experiment, learn about brand awareness and the influence of media on children by testing logo recognition in different age groups.

Fish for headlines! This fun and exciting social studies activity is a great way to get your fifth grader reading and understanding newspaper articles.

Science fair project which determines whether people are more likely to follow rules if they are easy to understand.

El dia de los muertos (the day of the dead) is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st and 2nd every year. Other Latin American countries celebrate a variation of the holiday, but it originates in Mexico and is unique to this country. These two days