A collage of Diwali activities for kids, including printable coloring pages, a color-by-number elephant, paper diya garlands, a tissue paper lotus candle, a cardboard rangoli maze, and salt dough rangoli art on paper plates.

Diwali Activities for Kids

Diwali activities are a great way to bring cultural learning into your homeschool or classroom. The Festival of Lights offers so many opportunities for creativity, whether it’s making paper diyas, decorating rangoli, or exploring stories behind the celebration. We’ve used these kinds of hands-on projects to make lessons feel more connected and meaningful. This list…

Random name picker wheel showing six names (Alice, Bob, Charlie, Daisy, Ethan, Fiona). The wheel is divided into colorful segments with an arrow at the top pointing to the winner, Daisy.

Random Name Picker Wheel

Use this free random name picker to spin the wheel and choose a name for games, classroom turns, or homeschool activities in seconds. Random Name Picker Enter names (one per line): Alice Bob Charlie Daisy Ethan Fiona Remove winner Update Wheel Spin Reset How to Use the Random Name Picker Using the wheel spinner is…

Screenshot of a random letter generator tool with options for uppercase, lowercase, vowels only, and consonants only. The letter "R" is displayed in bold red.

Random Letter Generator

We’ve used this simple random letter generator in our homeschool for everything from alphabet games to spelling challenges. Just click the button to get a letter and try naming animals, foods, or objects that start with it. Random Letter Generator Uppercase Lowercase No repeats Vowels only Consonants only Generate Letter Reset – Pair the Letter…

Full printable set of community helpers worksheets including firefighter, doctor, builder, baker, and police officer.

Free Community Helpers Worksheet

When my son was in preschool, he had so many questions about the people we saw around town, firefighters, doctors, even bakers at the grocery store. This community helpers worksheet gave us an easy way to explore those jobs together through simple riddles, tracing, and matching activities. It wasn’t just busywork, he genuinely started noticing…