Being a kid is hard work. Soothe stresses and calm fears with this DIY Zen garden -- all you need is sand, stones and a shoebox.

Learn about the beautiful Indian art of Madhubani painting with this fun and creative project.

Follow this Colonial recipe for candied rose petals, and share the sweets with friends, family or classmates.

Test your learner's knowledge of Barack Obama by challenging your child to complete a crossword puzzle about the President after reading a short biography.

Travel to ancient Mesopotamia with your kids by carving your own unique cuneiform cylinder seals.

This activity with add some fun and education to long car trips. Perfect for family vacations!

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

Have your kid imagine that she is a TV personality who has been assigned to cover the Olympics.

This science fair project idea explores whether people have an innate feel for the passing of time from a few seconds to 20 minutes.

Help your fifth grader trace your family's roots and interview all the living mothers to create a makeshift, 3-D family tree!

To celebrate black history month, use this matching quiz to help your kid demonstrate their knowledge of famous African-Americans.

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.

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

This science project has students study a group of volunteer liars actively lying to study the behavior of a lie. Students see if they can figure out the truth.

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

Celebrate our nation's colonial history by making your very own weaving loom!

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.

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.

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.

In honor of Black History Month, this activity encourages your child to focus on African American inventors, and do a little inventing of his own.

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

This science fair project idea measures out the sugar of various foods and find out whether people can correctly determine how much sugar is in common foods.

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

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

This science fair project idea explores whether cats can be trained in the same way that dogs can.