Holiday activities are some of my favorite on the website. They include crafts to help you decorate, games to help you celebrate, worksheets to challenge your mind, cards to share with loved ones, oodles of pages to color and lots of fun stuff to do.
100+ Holiday Crafts and Activities for Kids
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1st Jan – New Year
- 10 Free Printable Calendar Pages for Kids [ updated for 2019]
- Free Printable New Year’s Eve Coloring Party Hats [Updated for 2019]
3rd Jan – Drinking Straw Day
5th Jan – Bird Day
- Easy and Colorful DIY Origami Bird Magnets
- DIY Super Cute Fingerprint Bird Card
- How to make a decorative Cardboard bird house
- 20 Easy Spring Bird Crafts for Kids
- Paper Plate Bird Craft
- Paper collage birds
- ROCKING SPRING BIRD PAPER CRAFT – VIDEO TUTORIAL
- HANDMADE CLAY BIRDHOUSE BOOKMARK
- SHAPE BATS HALLOWEEN PAPER CRAFT
- CUPCAKE LINER OWL CRAFT
- PAPER PLATE PARROT CRAFT | RAINFOREST THEMED CRAFT FOR PRESCHOOLERS
- V FOR VULTURE CRAFT WITH PRINTABLE TEMPLATE
- Q FOR QUAIL CRAFT WITH PRINTABLE TEMPLATE
- HOW TO MAKE A PIPE CLEANER FLAMINGO CRAFT FOR KIDS
- ROCKING PEACOCK PAPER CRAFT WITH VIDEO TUTORIAL
- DIY THANKSGIVING TURKEY POP UP CARD
- 11 ADORABLE PENGUIN CRAFTS FOR KIDS
- 20 STUNNING PEACOCK CRAFTS FOR KIDS
13th Jan, – Make Your Dreams Come True Day
14th Jan – Organize Your Home Day
14th Jan – Makar Sankranti / Pongal / Lohri
- DIY Popup Kite Card for Sankranti
- Sankranti Customs, Crafts & Recipe Ideas
- Sankranti Quilling Kite Card
- Sankranti Craft – DIY Kite Mobile
- Sankranti Kite craft
- 5 Books about Kites for Makar Sankranti
- Sankranti Rangoli Designs – Easy and Simple
- Edible Kite Cookies
- 15 Simple Kite Making Ideas for kids
- DIY Madhubani style Kite bookmark & a Kite card
- Elaichi Caramel Popcorn Clusters for Lohri
15th Jan – Hat Day
- 11 Creative Hat Crafts for National Hat Day
- Thermocol / Styrofoam hats
- Printable Photo Prop Hats
- 12 Really Cute Printable Animal Crowns
19th Jan – National Popcorn Day
19th Jan – National Tulip Day
19th Jan -Artist Paul Cezanne’s Birthday 1839-1906
19th Jan – Tin Can Day
20th Jan – Penguin Awareness Day
- 11 Adorable Penguin Crafts for Kids
- Cute Clay Penguin Craft + Homemade Air Dry Clay Recipe
- Antarctic-Theme Potato Print Penguin Craft
- TP roll penguin
- Penguin Potato block print
- Homemade Penguin costume
21st Jan – Squirrel Appreciation Day
26th Jan – India’s Republic Day
- 70+ Ideas for India Republic Day party
- India Republic Day Air Show Collage Craft
- Tricolor India Gate Food Art – Republic Day Special
- India Republic day Crafts
- Tricolor Paper Quilling ideas for India’s Independence Day
- 20 Stunning Peacock Crafts for Kids
- 32 Best Children’s Books about India’s Independence
- Exploring Folk Art Craft from India with kids
- We the Children of India – The Preamble to our Constitution – Book review
28th Jan – International Lego Day
28th Jan – Artist Jackson Pollocks Birthday
30th Jan – Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
- Bubble Wrap Octopus
- 10 Super Fun Crafts to Make with Bubble Wrap
- No-Sew Costumes: Bubble Wrap Jellyfish Costume
31st Jan – Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
- Top 10 Van Gogh Projects for Kids – Inspire your Heart with Art Day
- 10 Andy Warhol Projects for Kids
- 10 Joan Miro Projects for Kids
- 10 Awesome Piet Mondrian Projects for Kids
- Top 10 Henri Matisse Projects for Kids
- Top 10 Georgia O’Keeffe Projects for kids
- Top 10 Pablo Picasso Projects for Kids
- Top 10 Claude Monet Art Projects for Kids
- Top 10 Leonardo Da Vinci Projects for kids
- Kandinsky’s water color circles
- 12 fun and unique ways to paint with preschoolers
1st Feb – Decorating with Candy Day
5th Feb Chinese New Year – 7 Days [ year of the pig]
- The Best 60 Chinese New Year Crafts and activities for kids
- 20 Pink and Playful Pig Crafts for Kids | Year of the Pig Crafts
- Year of the Monkey Chinese New Year Crafts
- Chinese New Year 2015 Year of Sheep Craft
7th Feb – Send a card to a friend Day
8th Feb – Kite Flying Day
- Quilling Kite Card
- DIY Kite Mobile
- Kite-craft
- Edible Kite Cookies
- 15 Easy Kite Crafts for kids
- DIY Madhubani style Kite bookmark & a Kite card
10th Feb – Umbrella Day
14th Feb – International Book Giving Day
- 75 Children’s books that’ll tickle their funny bones
- How to choose a book that your child will love
- 150+ Children’s books recommended by moms
14th Feb – Valentine’s Day
- The Ultimate List of 100 Valentine’s Day Crafts and Activities
- Free Printable Coloring Cards for Valentine’s Day
- DIY Crepe Paper Heart Wreath for Valentine’s Day
- DIY Origami Valentine’s Day Gift Boxes
- Valentine’s Clay Penguin Photo Holder
- 14 Yummy Valentine Treats to make at home
- 3 Adorable Last Minute Valentine’s Day card ideas
- Valentine Heart Lollipop Treats
- Valentine’s Tic-Tac-Toe XOXO card
- DIY Chenille stick Valentine Pencil Toppers
- Valentine’s day Rolled Roses wreath
- 15 Easy Valentine’s Day Art & Craft Ideas for Kids
- DIY 3D melted Crayon Heart Cards
- 10 DIY Valentine party Decorations
- 30 of the best Classroom Valentine Ideas for Kids
- Free Printable Valentine’s Day Memory Game
- Dot marker Heart Card for Toddlers
- Thumbprint Heart Bookmark
- DIY Doiley Roses
- 15 Valentine’s Craft Ideas
- Crayon Resist Valentine Cards for Preschoolers
14th Feb – Ferris Wheel Day
15th Feb – Hippo Day
18th Feb – World Whale Day
18th Feb – Presidents Day
27th Feb – Polar Bear Day
28th Feb – Mardi Gras
1st Mar – Pig Day
2nd Mar – Dr. Seuss Day
- 30 Ideas for the Perfect Dr. Seuss’s Party
- 15 Inspiring Dr. Seuss Quotes that can Change your Life
- Horton Hears a Who Dr. Seuss Craft
- One Fish Two Fish Dr. Seuss Craft – Origami Fish
- Easy Watercolor Bookmarks for kids to make
1st Mar – Horse Appreciation Day
3rd Mar – World Wildlife Day
4th Mar – Maha Shivratri
6th Mar – Michaelangelo’s birthday
7th Mar – Piet Mondrian’s birthday
9th Mar – Barbie Day
13th Mar – Jewel Day
13th Mar – Holi
14th Mar – Pi Day
14th Mar – Butterfly Day
16th Mar – Panda Day
17th Mar – St Patrick’s Day
19th Mar – Earth Day
- 25 Recycled Styrofoam Projects for Earth Day
- Print & Color your own Earth day Paper Headbands
- 15 Recycled Crafts for World Environment Day
- 20 Recycled Tin Can Crafts for Kids
19th Mar – Poultry Day
19th Mar – Let’s Laugh Day
20th Mar – First Day of Spring
- SPRING FLOWERS: RED POPPY FELT CRAFT
- EASY NEWSPAPER HYACINTH FLOWERS PERFECT FOR SPRING
- VEGETABLE PRINTS : MAKING SPRING FLOWERS WITH OKRA & BEANS
- 72 FUN, EASY SPRING CRAFTS FOR KIDS
- MAKE A CUSTOM LIFT-THE-FLAP SPRING BOOK FOR A TODDLER
- COOLEST DIY WALL ART PROJECT FOR SPRING
- 20 EASY SPRING BIRD CRAFTS FOR KIDS
- DIY BURLAP BUTTON FLOWER GARDEN WALL ART
- DIY SUPER CUTE FINGERPRINT BIRD CARD
- EASY ORIGAMI TULIP CRAFT FOR KIDS
- STICK AND LEAF BUTTERFLY NATURE CRAFT
- 3D CORRUGATED SHEET QUILLED FLOWERS
- SUPER EASY CLAY CRAFT FOR KIDS- TIC TAC TOE BEES VS FLOWERS
21st Mar – International Day of the Forests
26th Mar – Purple Day
26th Mar – Stationary Day
30th Mar – Doctor’s Day
30th Mar – Pencil Day
- Clay Pikachu Pencil Topper
- Easy Heart-Shaped Pencil Toppers
- Teachers day pencil shaped card + Free printable
- Pipe cleaner pencil topper bird
30th Mar – Van Gogh’s Birthday
31st Mar – Eiffel Tower Day
2nd April – International Children’s Book Day
3rd April – Find a Rainbow Day
- Throw a Rainbow Party
- Make a Rainbow Paper Collage Art for Kids
- Rainbow Caterpillar Button Craft
- Tissue Paper Rainbow Flowers
- DIY Scrabble Tile Craft – Follow your Rainbow Nursery Wall Art
7th April – Caramel Popcorn Day
8th April – Zoo Lovers Day
9th April – Unicorn Day
National Unicorn Day is celebrated on 9th April every year. Unicorn is a mythological creature resembling a white horse with a single large, pointed, rainbow, spiraling horn in the middle of its forehead. It is also the national animal of Scotland.
- Dress up like a Unicorn
- NO SEW FELT UNICORN POUCH + FREE TEMPLATE | UNICORN CRAFT FOR TEENS
- 20 UNIQUE UNICORN CRAFTS FOR KIDS TO MAKE
- U FOR UNICORN CRAFT WITH PRINTABLE TEMPLATE
- DIY UNICORN VALENTINE PAPER PUPPET
- Popsicle Stick Unicorn Craft
- DIY Unicorn Paper Ornament
11th April – National Submarine Day
13th April – Scrabble Day
14th April – National Dolphin Day
15th April – Leonardo da Vinci’s Birthday
17th April – Bat Appreciation day
20th April – Artist John Miro’s Birthday
20th April -World Circus Day
21st April – Easter
- 25 Of The Cutest Easter Crafts for Kids
- 12 Adorable Paper Plate Easter Crafts
- Quilling Easter Egg craft
- Craft Stick Easter Bunny Bookmarks
- Rocking Easter Rabbit Craft with Video Tutorial
- Easy Easter Bunny Paper Craft
- Easy Easter Egg Button Wall Art for Kids
- Rocking Chick Paper Craft with Video Tutorial
- R for Rabbit Craft with Printable Template
22nd April – Earth Day ( US)
- 25 Recycled Styrofoam Projects for Earth Day
- Print & Color your own Earth day Paper Headbands
- 15 Recycled Crafts for World Environment Day
- 20 Recycled Tin Can Crafts for Kids
25th April- World Penguin Day
- 11 Adorable Penguin Crafts for Kids
- Cute Clay Penguin Craft + Homemade Air Dry Clay Recipe
- Antarctic-Theme Potato Print Penguin Craft
- TP roll penguin
- Penguin Potato block print
- Homemade Penguin costume
1st May- Save the Rhino Day
1st Friday in May – Space Day
- 20 Fabulous Outer Space Birthday Party Ideas For Kids
- 10 Outer Space Art Ideas that are Out of this World
- Free Printable Solar System Bingo
4th May – Star Wars Day
4th May – Artist Keith Haring’s Birthday
4th May – International Migratory Bird Day
- Easy and Colorful DIY Origami Bird Magnets
- DIY Super Cute Fingerprint Bird Card
- How to make a decorative Cardboard bird house
- 20 Easy Spring Bird Crafts for Kids
- Paper Plate Bird Craft
- Paper collage birds
- ROCKING SPRING BIRD PAPER CRAFT – VIDEO TUTORIAL
- HANDMADE CLAY BIRDHOUSE BOOKMARK
- SHAPE BATS HALLOWEEN PAPER CRAFT
- CUPCAKE LINER OWL CRAFT
- PAPER PLATE PARROT CRAFT | RAINFOREST THEMED CRAFT FOR PRESCHOOLERS
- V FOR VULTURE CRAFT WITH PRINTABLE TEMPLATE
- Q FOR QUAIL CRAFT WITH PRINTABLE TEMPLATE
- HOW TO MAKE A PIPE CLEANER FLAMINGO CRAFT FOR KIDS
- ROCKING PEACOCK PAPER CRAFT WITH VIDEO TUTORIAL
- DIY THANKSGIVING TURKEY POP UP CARD
- 11 ADORABLE PENGUIN CRAFTS FOR KIDS
- 20 STUNNING PEACOCK CRAFTS FOR KIDS
5th May – Cinco De Mayo
5th May – Ramadan
7th May – National Teacher’s Day
- 20 Awesome Teachers’ Day card Ideas with Free Printables!
- 12 Useful Crafts For Teachers that Kids Can Make | Teacher Appreciation
Saturday closest to May 10th – National Train Day
10th May – Clean up your Room Day
11th May – Artist Salvador Dali’s Birthday
National Windmill Day – the second Saturday in May
Mother’s Day second Sunday in May
13th May – Leprechaun Day
18th May – International Museum Day
22nd May – Buy a Musical Instrument Day
- Can’t buy them? Make them – 20 DIY Musical Instruments for Kids to Make and Play
22nd May – Artist Mary Cassatt Birthday
23rd May – World Turtle Day
4th June – Hug Your Cat Day
4th June – Eid-Ul-Fitr
- Make a Crescent theme DIY Eid Card
5th June – Hot Air Balloon day
6th June – World Environment Day
- 25 Recycled Styrofoam Projects for Earth Day
- Print & Color your own Earth day Paper Headbands
- 15 Recycled Crafts for World Environment Day
- 20 Recycled Tin Can Craft for Kids
7th June National Doughnut Day
8th June – World Ocean Day
- 15 Easy and Engaging Ocean Crafts for Kids
- Printable Ocean Themed Pom Pom Mats
- How to Make a Paper Plate Octopus | Ocean Crafts for Kids
- Paper Weaving Seahorse Craft for Kids
- W for Walrus Craft with a Printable Template
- S for Shark Craft with a Printable Template
- J for Jellyfish Craft with Printable Template
- Printable Under The Sea Theme Shape Match
- Easy Origami Whale Craft for Kids
- DIY Paper Cup Octopus Craft | Craft Ideas with Paper Cups
11th June – Corn On The Cob Day
12th June – Red Rose Day
16th June Father’s Day – third Sunday
- 10 Cute DIY Cards for Fathers Day
- 12 Useful Gifts for Fathers Day that Kids can Make
- 15+ Books for Father’s day
- 10 Last minute father’s day gifts to make
17th June – Artist M.C. Escher’s Birthday
18th June International Picnic Day
18 International Sushi Day
National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
25th June – Artist Eric Carle’s Birthday
1st July Canada Day,
2nd July –World UFO Day
- 20 Fabulous Outer Space Birthday Party Ideas For Kids
- Cardboard Tube Aliens
- 10 Fun Monster Crafts for Kids
4th July American Independence Day
- 10 Amazing Last-Minute 4th of July Centerpiece Decor Ideas
- DIY American Flag-inspired Outfit for 4th Of July
- 4th of July Handprint Crafts-Uncle Sam and Bald Eagle
- 4th of July Paper Flower Craft for Kids
- 15 Sparkling Fireworks Craft Ideas for Kids
6th July – Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) Birthday
7th July – Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Birthday
7th July Build A Scarecrow Day – first Sunday in the month
8th July National Blueberry Day
- 23 Classic Blueberry Treats for National Blueberry Month
- Pretend Play Food – Make a Paper Blueberry Pie Craft
14th July – Shark Awareness Day
14th July – Artist Gustav Klimt’s (1862-1918) Birthday
15th July – Cow Appreciation Day
16th July World Snake Day
17th July – World Emoji Day
19th July –Artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Birthday
20th July – National Lollipop Day
20th July – Moon Day
21st July – National Junk Food Day
- Make Pretend Play Food – Paper Pizza Craft for Kids
- Velvety Scrambled Egg Pasta with Cheese & Chives
- Pretend Play Food Spaghetti and Meatballs Craft for Kids
- 20 No Sew Pretend Play Food Crafts for Kids
29th July – International Tiger Day
3rd Aug Campfire Day – First Saturday in August
3rd Aug National Clown Day – Saturday during International Clown Week
3rd Aug – National Watermelon Day
4th Aug – Friendship Day – First Sunday in August
4th Aug- National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
6th Aug – Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Birthday
7 National Lighthouse Day
9 Book Lover’s Day
- 14 Bookmark Crafts for Eager Bookworms
- How to Choose the BEST Books for your child
- The best books to gift a child
12 Eid-Ul-Adha – date varies
15th Aug – India’s Independence Day
- 32 Amazing Children’s Books about India’s Independence to Read Right Now.
- 70+ INDIA REPUBLIC DAY CRAFTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
- India Independence Day Special Crafts – Paper Peacock and Crepe Paper Lotus
- Tricolor Paper Quilling ideas for India’s Independence Day
- We the Children of India – The Preamble to our Constitution – Book review
16 National Tell a Joke Day
19 National Potato Day
- Yummiest Cheesy Potato Croquettes – Cooking with kids
- 5 Potato Print Monsters for Kids + Free Printable
- Antarctic-Theme Potato Print Penguin Craft
- Potato Print T-shirts
- Warli art with a Potato stamp
- 5 Fun Things To Make And Do With A Potato
22 Be an Angel Day
- Popsicle Stick Angel Craft
- Felt Angel Christmas Ornament Craft + Free Template
- How to Make Paper Angel Christmas Ornaments
26 National Dog Day
- Make a Dog Hand Puppet
- Make an Origami Dog Face
- Printable dog crown/headband; Print, color, cut out and wear
30 Frankenstein Day
- Onam ,
- Sri Krishna Janmashtami
- Teachers Day
- Read a Book Day
- Teddy Bear Day
- Hot Cross Bun Day
- Chocolate Milk Shake Day
- Make a Hat Day
- Author Roald Dahl’s Birthday (1916)
- Grandparents Day
- Ganesh Chaturthi
- Play-Doh Day
- Elephant Appreciation Day
- Eid ul-Adha ,
- International Rabbit Day
- Apple Month ,
- Bat Appreciation Month ,
- Fire Prevention (3rd Week)
- World Vegetarian Day ,
- National Dessert Month
- Gandhi Jayanti ,
- World Farm Animals Day
- World Teacher’s Day,
- Chic Spy Day
- World Octopus Day
- Native American Day
- Navratri Begins
- World Maths Day
- Durga Puja
- Monster Mash Day
- Reptile Awareness Day
- Dussehra
- United Nations Day
- Pablo Picasso’s Birthday,
- World Pasta Day
- National Cat Day
- Candy Corn Day
- Halloween
- Jellyfish Day
- Sesame Street Day
- Sandwich Day
- Diwali,
- Kali Puja ,
- World Origami day
- Govardhan Puja
- Bhai Dooj
- Children’s Day [ India]
- Artist Georgia O’Keeffe’s Birthday, 1887
- Button Day
- Mickey Mouse’s Birthday
- Fibonacci Day
- Thanksgiving Day,
- Cake Day
- St Andrews Day
- Pie Day
- World Wildlife Conservation Day
- Cookie Day
- Hannukah
- Poinsettia Day
- Christmas Card Day
- Gingerbread Decorating Day
- Monkey day
- Christmas
- Make Cut-out Snowflakes Day
- Artist Henri Matisse’s Birthday (1869)
