My kids&#x27; school, to some degree, solved this with &quot;Creativity Fairs&quot;.  
You want to design and sew a dress? Cool. 
You want to scale up Thor&#x27;s hammer from action figure size to your size? Cool. 
You want to recreate Fallingwater in SketchUp? Cool.
There were even a few more traditionally science-y projects.<p>As long as it doesn&#x27;t include food or live animals - you&#x27;re cool.