Preschool - 7th Grade Activities : Page 21

Make these simple homemade New Year's gifts with your child this holiday season to give to friends and family, each with a special message inside.

A twist on the gingerbread house, this train is made with graham crackers, icing, and candy decorations. A great 2nd-3rd grade holiday arts and crafts activity.

The moon doesn't produce its own light, so why can we see it shining in the sky? Learn about reflection and planetshine in this fun and easy science project!

This science fair project idea determines if the size of the parachute will change the rate at which an object falls.

Preschoolers can ply their creativity making recycled egg carton masks in this clever eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Every time a sound is produced it emits a sound wave. This experiment demonstrates how sound travels, using nothing more than a spoon and a string!

Jump into pretend play this Easter with a classic preschool arts and crafts activity: make a bunny paper bag puppet!

Build your child's social studies skills by making a map together.

Promote your child's appreciation for Jackie Robinson, an important figure in African-American history, by having your child create a baseball card!

Make an initiation shield like the ones from the Kikuyu tribe in Africa for an art project.

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

In this plastic wrap science fair project, you'll learn about polymer permeability and find out which plastic wrap keeps food from dehydrating best.

Encourage your child to help make dinner special this holiday season! If your child is loves to help in the kitchen, this is a great activity. They will build mini-penguins to enjoy while waiting for dinner!

Play this hidden number game with your preschooler that will give her a leg up in learning numbers.

How do you tell time without a watch? Use the sun! This simple activity will show your child how to build his own sundial.

Toss playing cards into boxes while you practice addition and multiplication with decimals in this fun, fifth grade math game.

Sweets are for the sweet, but this pretty frame will last longer than a box of chocolates.

Your child can re-purpose any used (and cleaned) can into a colorful container to hold Dad's pens and pencils on his desk!

Learn how to tell time by the sun with this cool science fair project idea that tracks how the accuracy of a sundial changes over time.

Have you ever noticed the ridges on a dog's nose? In this project, we take several dogs' nose prints and discover just how unique they are!

Help your kids put together a travel journal for your family's next vacation to get them reading, writing, and thinking about what's happening on the trip.

Help you child learn the key pieces to a sentence, by creating sentence puzzles at home.

Help your third grader author a lovely limerick in honor of Valentine's Day! He'll be delighted to compose and recite this nonsensical poem.

Here's an arts and crafts activity for preschoolers and pre-kindergarteners: build brick buildings with homemade mud bricks made from dirt and water.

The purpose of this science fair project is to build a basic radio.

A woven heart makes a thoughtful and heartfelt gift for a special friend or family member on Valentine's Day. Make a woven heart with your young crafter.

Jump into Japanese culture with your child by making your own calligraphy scroll. Try your hand at painting kanji on paper just like Zen masters of old!

This handprint angel adds some sparkle to Christmas. Watch as your child's handprints turn into beautiful angel wings.

Kids love to hear about themselves. And reading about themselves is even better! This personal yearbook will let them record all their important facts.

Design a fruit-inspired artwork using paints, paper plates, and real watermelon seeds in this seasonal craft project!