Educational Activities for Kids

Want to get your fortune told? Step right up and make your own fortune teller box out of a shoe box!

Grow potatoes in a plastic bag—easy to grow and harvest, and yummy to eat!

Try your hand at writing jump rope rhymes by organizing your ideas first, then composing your creation like a poem.

Use a simple toothbrush and a splatter painting technique to create this sparkling skyline work of art!

Perk up your front porch with this hanging vase craft, perfect for spring and for getting kids outdoors!

Inspired by the children's book, Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, this card brings the spunky spider Charlotte to life!

Make a beautiful nature silhouette to remember a family walk in the park or a camping trip with friends.

Help your child channel his inner wizard with this crafty activity perfect for imaginative youngsters.

Channel your inner shaman with a shaman stick made from recycled paper towel rolls and cereal boxes!

This homemade pom-pom garland requires very few materials and instantly brightens up a room with Easter-themed pastels.

These spooky eyeballs are simple enough for kids to make, and featur carrots, olives and cream cheese for a nutritious nosh.

Capture your beach memories—not with a photograph, but with a beach mosaic made from that classic beach souvenir, the shell.

Make these lasting felt hearts and fill them with a sweet smelling combination of rice and spices to keep the Valentine spirit alive all year long.

Transform an old chair into a chalkboard canvas! This painting activity is a useful and creative way to add some quirky charm to your existing furniture.

Explore scientific concepts with this experiment that introduces kids to the scientific method!

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Celebrate Mother's Day with this easy, attractive pop-up flower card.

In this activity, your child will be asked to create a boat that can successfully float while holding 25 pennies.

Try this simple activity to stimulate some very complex thinking with your first grader to develop those all-important reading and comprehension skills.

Does your child need help reading common words? Make this family board game. It's so fun, she won't even realize she's learning!

Craft a paper rocket in this hands-on activity inspired by the life of Mae Jemison!

In this exciting design challenge, your child will use design thinking skills to create a mixture that can inflate a balloon.

In this activity, children will let their imagination run wild as they design and build a new planet in the solar system.

Help your teen analyze "To My Mother" by Edgar Allan Poe, and then experiment with his poetry skills to create a version of his own.

Check out this dice game perfect for teaching your savvy kid the fundamentals of probability.

Turn an empty cereal box into a teacher appreciation card in this eco-friendly craft project! 

This activity uses the signs and words kids see around them every day, to create a book they can read on their own.

Reinforce your child’s understanding of geometry and 2D shapes while learning about the artist Mary Blair and her amazing contributions to many loved movies, books, and characters throughout her career.

Create a unique gift that is as useful as it is gorgeous by using eggshells, tempera paint and glue.