Are you looking for fun ways to celebrate the holidays with your kids?
These educational activities, free printables, and fun resources are the perfect ways to have fun celebrations with your family, and in your homeschool.
In this section, you will find easy ways to make your holiday a big hit with kids for:
Roald Dahl Day Activities
Talk Like a Pirate Day Fun!
Bonfire Night Activities
Remembrance Day Fun
Halloween Fun
Thanksgiving Fun
Elf on the Shelf Activities
Christmas Fun
New Years Eve Activities
Valentines Day Ideas
Easter Activities
and much much more!
Christmas is our absolute favorite time of the year. Mainly as we put away our core curriculum and just spend time together learning about the holiday, and just doing Christmas-themed activities. Every day we also have Christmas read alouds. I stopped doing a read aloud when Freddie was about 9 (that is apart from Christmas…
New Year is the perfect time to think about what you want to achieve in the new year. This is something I do every year, but I have never done it with Freddie before. He is turning 12 at the end of the year, so we are going to start. Check out our favorite New…
We absolutely LOVE Christmas in this house, so much so we start decorating the house the weekend after Halloween. All of our birthdays fall between Thanksgiving and New Year so it is our favorite time of the year. I thought I would share our favorite Christmas countdown ideas that we have been doing over the…
We just love playing board games any time of the year, but these Christmas board games will definitely put you all in the Christmas spirit. You will for sure find the perfect game (or two!) for your family. Christmas board games combine two of my favorite things, Christmas and FUN! We put up all of…
Although we homeschool, there is no reason we shouldn’t have fun on the holidays. I have put together our favorite Valentines Day activities, which include lesson plans, books, and fun activities. These Valentines Day fun activities are not just educational though, I have included Valentine’s arts and crafts and lots of fun. We generally celebrate…
Whether your boy loves all things Valentines Day or like mine can’t wait for it to be over, here are our top Valentines Day gifts for boys (as hate it or not they still expect a present!!). As it has just been Christmas all of the gifts included in this list are under $20, and…
If you are looking for something super cute and fun to do, you are going to love this free Valentine’s Day scavenger hunt. It was written with kids in mind, but I suppose you could have fun with your significant other too! We love scavenger hunts here and we pretty much do one for every…
We absolutely love treasure hunts in this house, so I thought I would share with you our latest FREE Thanksgiving scavenger hunt printables. Here are some of the other treasure hunts we have created for you (all for FREE) Scavenger hunt for Christmas Elf on the Shelf Scavenger hunt Halloween treasure hunt Valentine’s Day Scavenger…
Since having Freddie we made the decision that New Year’s Eve is a celebration we wanted to have as a family. So for the last 11 years, we have had the BEST fun at home (or at friends’ homes) celebrating New Years Eve with kids. If you are looking for the best way to bring…
We homeschool all year round, however, when it comes to fun holidays, we put away the core curriculum and do fun educational holiday activities instead. This post will be constantly added to as we create new content. But if there is a holiday we haven’t covered that you want us to do please leave me…
Christmas will be here before we know it, so I wanted to put together a bucket list for Christmas that you can do together as a family. This is our first Christmas that Freddie knows Santa isn’t real (he was devastated, but we did manage to keep it going until he was 11, so I…
Remember Remember the 5th of November. Yes, we all know we have bonfire night on November 5th, and the fireworks are amazing. But can you actually remember why we celebrate it? (Edit to add – this is a celebration only held in the UK, but it is so interesting if you have not heard about…
Are you wanting to commemorate Remembrance Day (Veterans Day) in your homeschool this year? If so keep reading for Remembrance Day activities you can do for free with kids of all ages. Remembrance Day is November 11th and Remembrance Sunday this year is November 14th (the closest Sunday to the 11th). Learning about our history…
We have always sent Christmas thank you cards, but this year I wanted to make it even more personal. Therefore I have created these FREE printable coloring in Christmas thank you cards that you can make with your children. These are part of a matching set with the color in Christmas cards. If we have…
Are you looking for homemade Christmas cards for you and the kids to decorate? Then you are in the right place. You can download these 10 different Christmas coloring cards today and start creating. There is nothing more special than receiving a Christmas card decorated by a child in the mail. In fact, when we…