Winter Activities and Crafts
* Winter Activities *
Topics covered: Reading, Writing, Language Arts, Social Studies, Geography, History, Culture, Weather, Climate, Science and Math Skills, Arts and Crafts, Cooking and Decorating, Research Skills, Life Skills
Age level: Adaptable to your child's age and interest level
Length of time: Ranging from a few hours to a few weeks
Description: We each have our own special ways of celebrating winter holidays and events. Here, we provide links to dozens of sites that provide holiday fun and learning topics for all subject areas.
Crafts and Activities: Try the links below for educational ideas, lesson plans, stories, legends, traditions, crafts, printouts, and fun activities for a memorable and enjoyable holiday!
Winter Activities and Crafts
More Learning Activities, below:
More Winter Activities and Crafts
Homeschool Activity: Learn About Snowflakes! How are snowflakes formed? What does dust have to do with snowflakes? How many different types of snowflakes are there? Why do snowflakes have 6 sides? Who was "Snowflake Bentley"? Make a 3D snowflake, and make lots of paper snowflakes, too! Describe what you learned about snowflakes in your Science Journal.
Homeschool Activity: Learn About the North Pole! Where is the North Pole? What is the weather like at the North Pole? What is "sea smoke"? What groups of people have lived at the North Pole? How have they survived there? What does "magnetic North Pole" mean? Read and find out. Make your own globe, then draw and label the North Pole, Arctic Circle, and surrounding areas.
Homeschool Activity: Learn About Penguins! How many different types of penguins are there? Can penguins fly? What other fascinating facts can you learn about penguins? See the links, below. Then create a collage or display of penguins and write a description for your artwork.
Homeschool Activity: Learn About Polar Bears! Where do polar bears live? Why do polar bears look white? How far can polar bears swim? How much do adult polar bears weigh? Why are polar bears endangered? See amazing pictures of polar bears! Make a polar bear from a milk jug! Then describe all you've learned about polar bears.
Winter Creative Writing Activities
- Creative Writing Idea
Imagine that you are a snowman.
What would that feel like? What would a day in your life be like? What fun adventures might you have?
Write a story about your adventures as a snowman! We'll publish your story or poem on our Creative Corner page when you e-mail it to us!
Creative Writing Idea
Imagine that everything outdoors is buried under thick drifts of snow.
Write a story about huge snowdrifts that block your doorway and streets. Imagine snowdrifts as tall as the trees and houses, covering everything in sight.
Describe how you would get outside and get around on snow that covers trees and houses. Then draw a picture of what your day would be like.
Creative Writing Idea
What does Christmas mean to you?
Ask everyone in your family what Christmas means to them.
Write about what Christmas means to you and to all your family.
Creative Writing Idea
If you could give a special gift to a boy, girl, man, or woman, what might it be?
Why would you choose that gift, and who would be the lucky recipient of your gift?
Describe the gift you might choose and the person who would receive it.
Creative Writing Idea
Imagine that it's a "marshmallow world." What if everything around you were made of marshmallows?
What would it be like to walk on marshmallows, sit on marshmallows, and ride on marshmallow cars?
Write a story about living in a "marshmallow world." Make some marshmallow snowmen, too!
Creative Writing Idea
Create a snow globe. (See the instructions above.)
Imagine life inside the snow globe.
Write a story about a person or animal living inside your snow globe.