50+ Fun Winter Activities: STEAM, Outdoors & Arabic

Looking for something to do during the winter months?

We have an activity for everyone relating to: Science, Technology, English, Arts & Crafts, Math, the Outdoors and Arabic! Enjoy these multi-aged activities with your family, friends or classroom.

SCIENCE

• Grow ice crystals on evergreen needles

• Study snowflakes with a magnifying glass

• Practice thermometer readings with varying water temperatures

• Make a winter bath bomb

• Make frozen bubbles

• Make snow

• Study the effects of salt on ice

• Kitchen Science (bake something together, such as: homemade pizza, fresh bread, muffins for breakfast or make a warm bowl of soup)

• Perform a Blubber Experiment – How do animals stay warm in winter?

• Perform a Pine Cone Experiment – Why do pine cones open in the winter?

TECHNOLOGY

• Have kids use a phone or camera to take pictures on a sunny, winter day. Let them see what happens and learn how they can adjust the overexposure issue.

• Research Winter Solstice on the Internet

• Watch a video on why we have seasons

ENGLISH

• Snuggle up with a winter read 

• Write letters to relatives and friends

• Play games to learn winter words

• Write a winter story

• Take part in a winter reading challenge 

ARTS & CRAFTS

• Make a No Sew Sock Snowman

• Make a Q-tip snow painting

• Make a snow globe

• Make sparkly snowflakes out of popsicle sticks

• Knit a scarf

• Create a “stained glass” tissue paper window

• Paint a winter landscape using watercolour paint

• Create snowflakes using yarn and paper plates

• Paint a snowman using puffy paint

• Make a bird feeder (using a toilet roll, nut/seed butter, and seeds)

• Colour snow with food colouring and a water/spray bottle

MATH

• Draw 6-pointed snowflakes using geometric patterns

• Create a temperature daily log

• Use cotton balls for math counters

• Search the Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) site for winter theme math ideas

• Create a winter Math Learning Centre in your home or classroom

OUTDOORS

Winter Sports

• Ice skating

• Skiing

• Snowboarding

• Tobogganing

• Curling

• Ice hockey

• Ice fishing

• Have a race to put on winter clothes with your kids

• Build a snowman and dress it up

• Make snow butterflies

• Sprinkle some seeds and nuts for the animals

• Build a fort then have a snowball fight

• Run through deep snow

• Help shovel a neighbour’s driveway and walkway

• Collect items on a nature walk

ARABIC

• Learn Arabic words and phrases relating to the winter season

• Draw a picture of winter items and label the items with their Arabic names

• Read Arabic winter books

• Practice letter writing (ث for ثلج (snow)- ش for شتاء (winter))

• Identify animal tracks in the snow to review the Arabic names of animals

• Learn Prophetic words or prayers that contain the word winter or snow in Arabic

اللَّهُمَّ اغْسِلْنِي مِنْ خَطَايَاىَ بِالثَّلْجِ وَالْمَاءِ وَالْبَرَدِ ‏

O Allah, wash away my sins with the water of snow and hail.

Which activities interests you the most? There are many versions of these activities and experiments. Search Google or Pinterest to find the one you like best!