Early Childhood Holidays Activities

Jump into pretend play this Easter with a classic preschool arts and crafts activity: make a bunny paper bag puppet!

Use these pretty egg carton flowers to decorate a spring table. They don't require water, they'll never wilt, and they're perfect for Easter.

In this Halloween-themed activity, young learners will find out what happens when they mix two household items together to create a surprising chemical reaction.

Kids can put old magazines and unwanted clothing to good use by creating an Earth Day-themed multimedia collage in this eco-friendly arts and crafts activity.

Use watercolors and crayons to teach your child about resistance while she creates a beautiful Easter decoration with this festive craft.

Create your very own colorful stained glass collage Easter egg.

Design a colorful leprechaun trap—and make some memories—with this fun St. Patrick's Day craft project!

Reuse and recycle your CDs by having your kid turn them into colorful, eye-popping suncatchers.

This fun craft will teach your child a little bit about the human skeletal system and can be adapted to teach the biology of many different living animals.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways ... on my eight limbs and eight hearts!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

This creepy, crawly spider fiber arts project is a great way to practice combining different materials to create an interesting work of decorative art.

Teach children how to upcycle dried-out markers with this homemade paint-making activity!

In this activity, your kid has your permission to get his socks nice and filthy. In fact, it's a necessity, because those socks are going to make a garden.

Help Mother's Day feel special for weeks and months ahead, while giving your child some good writing practice, too.

Children will learn all about cause and effect as they experiment with potion-making in this Halloween themed activity.

Have your preschooler lend a hand when it comes to the Easter decorations by making this adorable popcorn lamb.

This Easter, try putting on a guided family scavenger hunt to help your kindergartener track down the Easter eggs.

Make a rainbow chain for St. Patrick's day to introduce your child to Roy G. Biv.

Decorate eggs for Easter without the mess by making an Easter egg collage instead in this preschool arts and crafts activity.

Learn all about balance and motion as your child designs a corn maze!

Create a three-dimensional X-ray of your child's hand in this simple modeling activity. All you need to get started are black paper and drinking straws

Celebrate Earth Day with a decorative tree made out of strictly reused and recycled materials.

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

This activity spotlights everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, and preserves your child's handprints in his "antlers".

All you need is chalk and pavement to set up this silly, fun, and practical game that reinforces important vocabulary.

Lots of kids wonder what it would be like to be a police officer. Celebrate the people who help keep our communities safe with this fun craft.

Here is a guide to making a felt busy book that's perfect for focusing on specific learning areas with your child.

This slightly messy, but tons-of-fun tactile activity will cement the idea of the land and water as pictured on maps in your young learner's mind.

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