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.

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.

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!

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

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

Recreate the fantastic phenomena of solar eclipses with your child using just a flashlight, a quarter, and her very own face!

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!

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

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.

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.

Try this kooky, spooky arts and crafts activity with your preschooler: make gummy worm ice cubes!

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

Make a spring collage with your preschooler to get her outside and those creative juices flowing!

In this exciting and empowering challenge, your child will construct a bridge using marshmallows and toothpicks!

Children research and make a timeline of an inspiring woman in this biography activity.

In this fun activity, your child will create their very own solar oven to bake s'mores!

Try this new twist to the traditional memory game to help your learner match number symbols to the correct quantity while sharpening their memory skills!

Children will learn why and how to compost as they help with the process of filling their compost, turning it, and observing the changes that occur.