Winter Activities
Brrrr! Winter break feels long with a case of cabin fever! These winter activities are perfect if your kids love cuddling up with some hot chocolate and learning new skills. They'll have silly fun with ice cubes, cotton snow balls or paper snowflakes, building new family traditions along the way. Want to think warm thoughts instead? Try our colorful summer themed activities.
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Chocolate Snowballs
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Chocolate Snowballs
Here's a sweet holiday recipe to make with your fifth grader: bake scrumptious sugar-dusted chocolate snowballs! Serve them at your next Christmas party.
4th grade
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Winter Collage
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Winter Collage
Your fourth grader can have fun and get creative this winter by creating a colorful winter weather collage.
4th grade
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Make a Glittering String Ball
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Make a Glittering String Ball
Your child will jump at the chance to get messy (under adult supervision, of course) with this project and create some unique home decor that really shines!
2nd grade
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Make a Snowflake Headband
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Make a Snowflake Headband
Your child can create a special winter headband with the help of some white felt and a length of silver ribbon.
4th grade
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Gingerbread Logic
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Gingerbread Logic
Baking holiday gingerbread men has ever been more educational! Your kindergartener will work on fine motor skills, logic, and counting in this cookie activity.
Kindergarten
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Collard Greens Recipe
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Collard Greens Recipe
Dress up your holiday table with braised collard greens flavored with a smoked turkey leg.
High school
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Sew a Rice Heat Pack
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Sew a Rice Heat Pack
An easy afternoon craft, this reusable heating compress is just the thing for warming cold limbs on chilly winter days.
5th grade
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Painting Snow
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Painting Snow
In first grade, children are introduced to fractions. Here's a recipe that combines fraction practice with winter fun and lets kids actually paint the snow!
1st grade
Science
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Make a Folded Paper Illuminaria!
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Make a Folded Paper Illuminaria!
This simple illuminaria can be made for any season or holiday. It's so fun that parents and kids alike will enjoy making a new one for each special holiday!
5th grade
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Wax Paper Skating
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Wax Paper Skating
When itâs too warm to ice skate or too cold to roller skate or you simply want an anytime, indoor activity, set up a wax paper skating rink.
Kindergarten
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Lace a Paper Plate Snowman
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Lace a Paper Plate Snowman
Your child will "build" a snowman and lace her way around the paper plates, boosting her manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.
Kindergarten
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Bake Sweet Potato and Marshmallow Casserole
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Bake Sweet Potato and Marshmallow Casserole
Even if sweet potatoes aren't your kid's favorite, try topping them with fluffy marshmallows -- it will be tough to find a child who can resist!
4th grade
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Create a Snowflake Garland!
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Create a Snowflake Garland!
This snowflake garland will bring some winter wonder to your house. Make a sparkling snowflake garland with your child this winter.
3rd grade
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Create a Hibernating Bear Den
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Create a Hibernating Bear Den
Make a bear cave for your child to play and explore, learn about bears and winter hibernation.
Kindergarten
Science
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Make Woolly Pompoms
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Make Woolly Pompoms
Try this winter-themed arts and crafts activity for fifth graders: make colorful woolly pompoms! All you need is yarn and stiff cardboard to get started.
5th grade
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Mashed Potato Snowman
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Mashed Potato Snowman
Try this kindergarten arts and crafts activity and sneak in a little extra nutrition this holiday season: make a mashed potato snowman sculpture!
Kindergarten
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Winter Tea Party
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Winter Tea Party
Transform your kitchen table into a winter wonderland with a cookie and cocoa party that looks freshly dusted with snow.
2nd grade
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How Long is Your Shadow on the Shortest Day?
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How Long is Your Shadow on the Shortest Day?
Introduce your fourth grader to the concepts of solstices by observing the length of her shadow on the shortest day of the year, compared to other solstices.
4th grade
Science
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Make Creamy Coconut Curry Kale
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Make Creamy Coconut Curry Kale
Fresh kale and coconut milk come together in this a fragrant dish that makes a great vegetable side or light main course.
5th grade
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Cook Kale, White Bean, and Potato Soup
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Cook Kale, White Bean, and Potato Soup
Perfect on a chilly winter day, this hearty, nutritious soup is as warm and comforting as a thick blanket and a pair of wooly socks.
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Ladybug Home
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Ladybug Home
Give some of your local ladybugs a warm place to stay for the winter by making a ladybug home with recycled materials.
1st grade
Science
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Bake Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
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Bake Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Caramel Sauce
Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills this holiday season! This decadent bread pudding, dressed up with pumpkin and warm spices, is a holiday show-stopper.
3rd grade
Math
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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
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Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Did you know cooking supports your child in learning complex math skills? Reinforce your child's measurement and problem solving skills by whipping up some healthy sweet potatoes for a dinner side dish!
5th grade
Math
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Homemade Mittens
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Homemade Mittens
This simple sewing activity results in a pair of homemade fleece mittens!
2nd grade
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Winter Tree Watercolor
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Winter Tree Watercolor
Take your child outside during winter time and have them observe the leafless trees before having them make a watercolor of a tree or trees using masking tape. They’re sure to love their winter tree painting, plus they make lovely decorations in the home!
Kindergarten
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