Make learning fun this holiday season with these outrageously fun and inventiveĀ Christmas stem activities for December. Use these December stem activities are a great ways for kids to learn hands-on science, technology, engineering or maths and sometimes with an art twist as well. Use theseĀ stem Christmas ornaments with preschool, pre-k, kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students.
Christmas STEM Activities
Elementary age kids will have fun with these educational activities for December including lots ofĀ Christmas STEM activities, Christmas Science, engineering, and lots of Christmas projects for kids! Use these clever ideas including a Santa Claus chute, building a gingerbread house, candy cane salt crystals, Christmas tree pattern, holiday Lego circuit, a Christmas catapult and many more fun Christmas activities for kids. Use theseĀ Christmas Stem ideas with preschoolers, kindergartners, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, and grade 6 students.
Christmas Stem
Use bits and pieces, pine cones, pine tree leaves, berries etc. associated with the holiday for aĀ sink or float experiment.
Building gingerbread housesĀ are great to work on construction and engineering skills. Try it with healthy alternatives to make it more challenging.
Little ones will enjoy making aĀ Santa ChuteĀ with cardboard rolls, it is frugal fun too!
Print thisĀ Little Elf senses bookĀ and explore senses through the eyes of Little Elf.
December stem activities
TheseĀ crystal candy caneĀ andĀ salt crystal treeĀ will defined amaze your children. It will look great as tree ornaments too!
Create fabulous art and explore science with thisĀ STEAM Christmas treeĀ project.
Build a LEGO Ā Circuit treeĀ that actually lights up, it will wow the kids!
ThisĀ pattern block challenge is fun to explore patterns and work on visual perception as well.
Try this nature STEM project:Ā frozen pine cones, so pretty!
Stem Christmas ornaments
TheseĀ LED OrnamentsĀ look really interesting to make, I bet your kids will enjoy it.
Little ones will love toĀ construct a hat for Santa, adding an element of craft to it turns an ordinary construction project into fun!
Another great idea that combines art and science is thisĀ design a Santa sleigh.
Construct a Christmas tree:Ā use playdough and craft sticks, things I bet you already have at home?
ThisĀ simple catapult, with a Christmassy twist, looks like fun too!
Have you ever madeĀ Christmas magic milkĀ with the kids? It is mesmerizing, try it out.
Challenge your children with thisĀ balancing pom pom Christmas treeĀ activity or make trees fromĀ Magna tiles and jingle bells.
See how toĀ melt ice Christmas treeĀ and play around with color mixing or ice painting!
Lastly, useĀ LEGO and craft sticks to construct a Christmas tree, but be careful, it is tricky.
So many fun Christmas STEM activities. Which one will your children want to try first?
