Kindergarten - 7th Grade Activities : Page 47

Making candles from old candles is easy. Recycle old candle stubs to make a "new" candle, and teach your child about recycling at the same time!

Here's a simple and fun kindergarten or first grade gardening activity: grow a miniature container garden in a paper egg carton. Great for kinesthetic learners.

Invite your child, and any other kids attending the Seder, to help you make this "hands on" matzah cover for Passover this year.

If you can make a list, you can write a poem! Get your child to practice their writing and expression with a list poem.

Let your fourth grader contribute to your 4th of July picnic with this creative caddy craft project.

This Thanksgiving table runner craft isn't just fun and festive, it also helps your child build muscles for hand strength, fine motor skills, and handwriting.

Have a lot of loose buttons lying around the house? Here are four ways to turn those loose buttons into an easy and positive learning experience. Button up!

In this arts and crafts activity, work with your preschooler to transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater and put on your own puppet drama.

In this science fair project, students will create a model of a shoreline, observe erosion and examine how jetties prevent erosion.

Kids will learn about insulation, heat conduction, and the economic benefits of energy efficient windows in this cool science fair project.

Here's a simple activity to reinforce your fourth grader's study of her home state and help her make a pretty keepsake.

Gather your child's old artwork together into a bookmark, a perfect gift to retain these memories long after kindergarten is over.

Okay, engaging in a graphing activity may sound ho-hum, but if you use fun data, it changes the picture entirely.

Here's a delightful kindergarten project that will boost your child's reading and writing skills--and make for a happy time on a rainy day, too.

Build second and third grade writing skills by using pictures to help kids "see" how to use details in their stories.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

What are buttress roots? In this fun science project, make a model of a rainforest tree and learn how they help trees survive in the tropical rainforest!

Who says you have to buy your toys at the toy store? In this activity, you can plan and build a pretend play city entirely out of recycled materials.

Help your budding artist construct this paper chain caterpillar craft, inspired by the intelligent bug from "Alice in Wonderland."

Teach your child how to make an all-natural, yellow-brown dye, using just walnut shells and water. This deep dye can be used on textiles, art, and wood.

Help your third grader craft a homemade version of this classic strategy game, using just an old egg carton and a few beads!

This science fair project idea explores how the shape of a boat affects its density and how much weight it can float.

This Fourth of July, create some explosive colors on black paper for fun Fourth of July decorations!

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

Create a sun-shaped summer words chart in this DIY craft activity!

Give your local birds a treat — and your young birdwatcher some fun — with this simple DIY bird feeder.

Here is a hands-on activity to help third graders understand the four points of a compass...and how we use them to get around.

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!

Sick of the same old arts and crafts projects? Try a new kind of art--string art!

Give your budding young observers a chance to discover simple machines at use in their own home.