With the holidays coming up, there are so many fun ways to bring the holiday spirit into your learning. Since kids sometimes start to check out during the holiday season, bringing some Christmas fun to your lessons can be a great way to keep them engaged. So today I wanted to share a roundup of Christmas STEM activities to make learning fun this holiday season!

Christmas Tree STEM Activities

1. Evergreen Tree Building Challenge from the Preschool Toolbox encourages kids to use their problem solving skills to engineer a Christmas tree with simple supplies.

2. Christmas Tree Tinker Tray from Team Cartwright asks kids to complete engineering challenges with a tray full of supplies.

3. Christmas Tree Measuring Worksheets from The Keeper of the Memories are printable pages that allow kids to practice measuring with a ruler.

4. Salt Circuit Christmas Tree from the STEAM Powered Family offers a chance to build a festive glowing Christmas tree circuit.

5. How Much Water Does a Christmas Tree Drink? from Mama Smiles encourages families to make estimates and calculate the amount of water their tree needs.

6. Christmas Tin Tree from Teach Me Mommy is a magnet play activity that gives kids a chance to decorate a mini tree.

7. Christmas Tree Math is a hands on counting activity asking kids to add the correct number of button ornaments to paper trees.

Christmas Treat STEM Activities

1. Candy Cane Slime from The Best Ideas for Kids is a fun seasonal sensory activity that smells delicious.

2. Cranberry Molecular Structures from Engineer to SAHM teaches kids about molecular structures with just cranberries and toothpicks.

3. Winter Magic Milk Experiment from Mombrite is a festive spin on the magic milk science experiment.

4. Hot Cocoa Melting Snowman from Mombrite teaches kids about chemical reactions through melting marshmallows.

5. Hot Chocolate Math is a hands on counting activity that asks kids to add the correct number of cotton ball “marshmallows” to paper hot chocolate mugs.

6. Gingerbread Scavenger Hunt from Edventures for Kids encourages kids to find the numbered gingerbread men hidden around the house.

7. Christmas Coding Activity from Little Bins for Little Hands uses pony beads and pipe cleaners to create Candy Canes with binary code.

Christmas Ornament & Light Activities

1. Geoboard Christmas Ornament Activity from Engineer to SAHM uses a hammer, nails, and yarn to create math inspired ornaments.

2. Crystal Ornaments from Team Cartwright uses borax, string, and pipe cleaners to grow crystals for tree decorations.

3. Milk Plastic Ornaments from STEAM Powered Family creates Christmas ornaments through milk plastic chemistry.

4. Bubbling Christmas Lights from STEAMsational teaches kids about chemical reactions by creating colorful Christmas light ornaments.

5. 25 Days of Christmas STEM Challenge from Little Bins for Little Hands places STEM challenge cards into ornaments for kids to open every day leading up to Christmas.

Christmas Symbol STEM

1. Flying Reindeer Experiment from Team Cartwright teaches kids about Newton’s 3rd law by flying a reindeer across the room.

2. Design a New Sleigh from STEAMsational encourages kids to use their problem solving skills and creativity to create a new sleigh out of simple supplies.

3. How Many Kids Can Santa Visit from STEAMsational asks kids to act out Santa’s visit and use that time frame to calculate the time he needs to deliver gifts.

4. Christmas Shape Building from JDaniel’s4 Mom uses the book Stick Man to inspire kids to build shapes.

5. Christmas Addition Puzzles give kids a chance to practice addition problems through festive colorful puzzles.

6. Santa’s Sleigh Static Electricity Experiment from Edventures with Kids teaches kids about static electricity with a paper cutout and a balloon.

7. Flying Reindeer STEM Challenge from The Educator’s Spin on It encourages kids to think about how things fly.

8. Christmas Catapults from Little Bin from Little Hands teaches kids about force, levers and fulcrums with a fun Christmas spin.

Do you have any Christmas STEM activities that your family loves? Share them with us in the comments below!

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