Preschool - 6th Grade Activities : Page 137

Meet Medusa, a terrifying, spine-tingling monster -- and the inspiration for your child's latest colorful art project!

Your child will create their very own filigree drawing; twirling, or coiling small strips of lightweight paper around toothpicks and gently gluing them down.

Make a planter full of delicious seasonings and classic grilling vegetables, great for a Fatherâs Day gift or a fun start-of-summer outdoor activity.

Have your kid practice completing number patterns and then create her own patterns on the wings of a butterfly with this delightfully simple paper project.

Make a big green alligator with household items and help your kindergartener practices letters and sounds!

Create cake pops in shaped like eyeballs in this extra sweet, gross-out Halloween baking activity!

Science fair project which examines the relationship between frequency of spider web vibration and spider's response time.

Help your child make sense of our colorful world with this easy-to-make color challenge!

This homemade alphabet game will keep your kindergartener on his toes and help him practice letter, numbers, and taking turns. The whole family can participate!

Add a little patriotic flair to your snack table with this 4th of July nachos recipe that's red, white and blue...and healthy to boot!

Make homemade glitter to add glamor and glitz to art projects galore.

Using only straight-line sewing, your fourth can create a nifty felt pencil case perfect for his busy life.

Engineers in training can get started with this simple wheel-and-axle construction activity.

Science fair project determines relationship between number and variety of insects and spiders by collecting and counting invertebrates in a ecosystem.

Want to play publisher for a day? Become a book jacket illustrator for this creative and fun project.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Your child can transform plain yogurt into a healthy and tasty treat the whole family will love! She'll learn more about baking as well as how yogurt is made.

Help your kindergartner make a delightful and delicious lunch for the whole family.

Learn about Ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, with your child while artfully arranging spring flowers!

Show your teen how to live green by transforming old CD cases into drawer dividers and help her get organized in the process.

Take a page from Art Nouveau master Gustav Klimt and compose a shining collage.

This unexpected art project is sure to result in a Picasso-esque jumble of imagination that will teach your kid about shapes, colors, and abstract form!

Learn more about the fascinating folk art of Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs with this easy craft.

This science project teaches students about organic farming and the benefits and disadvantages of commercial plant food.

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.

Calaveras means "skulls" in Spanish, and in Mexico, skulls are brightly decorated to celebrate Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

Want to help your child recognize the recipe for a successful sentence? Here's a fun activity to get your child thinking about how sentences work.

Create a dramatic, elegant line drawing of a pumpkin in this white-on-black Halloween art project. 

Cinnamon is tasty, but does it have super powers as well? Find out if cinnamon can repel mosquitoes in this outdoorsy experiment.

In this activity, children will write letters to their future selves and draw encouraging pictures. These letters will be given to back to them at a future time when they are in need of some encouragement and kind reminders.