November 12, 2022

National Popcorn Day Crafts and Activities (January 19)

Kids Activities

Kids will have fun celebrating National Popcorn Day on January 19th with these fun popcorn crafts, popcorn books, national popcorn day activities, and more! These are great for kids from toddler, preschool, pre-k to elementary age students in kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade kids.

National Popcorn Day

January 19th is National Popcorn Day. At our house, we’re big popcorn lovers. We love eating it, popping it, experimenting with it, and just having fun with the snack. Take your Popcorn day celebrations to a whole new level with these national popcorn day activities, crafts, and ideas. Your kids will love learning about all the things popcorn can do. Popcorn is so much more than just a fun afternoon or movie snack. Popcorn has an incredible history and there are so many fun things you can do with the kernels, both popped and un-popped.

National Popcorn Day Activities

Use these fun popcorn crafts and popcorn activities for kids to create a whole popcorn-themed unit study that you can use to celebrate Popcorn day activities, or just for fun any time you want to celebrate your love of the delicious snack.

Educational popcorn activities perfect for national popcorn day, preschool themes, and homeschooling families

Popcorn Day Activities

You can use these fun ideas during school on Popcorn Day.

Play the Hop on Pop popcorn sight word game from ObSeussed.
Use these fun mats with popcorn from Simple Fun for Kids.
Explore popcorn science from KC Adventures.
Explore the five senses with popcorn from I Heart Crafty Things.
Try this popcorn steam activity from Our Family Code to learn about heat transfer

Popcorn Crafts

These popcorn craft are as adorable as they are fun to make!

Try painting popcorn from Mess for Less.
Make popcorn trees from Craftulate.
Popcorn hyacinths from I Heart Arts and Crafts.
Make a popcorn rainbow from Kids Activities Blog

popcorn recipes perfect for National Popcorn Day

Delicious Popcorn Recipes

No unit study is complete without an edible element!

This Frozen-inspired popcorn looks delicious from Simple Fun for Kids.
Make your own caramel for caramel popcorn from Schooling a Monkey.
Experiment with making popcorn on the cob from Tinker Lab.
Make strawberry popcorn with this recipe from Kids Activities Blog.

Popcorn Printables

Letter Reversal Popcorn Printables
Practice sight words with these cute popcorn worksheets
Alphabetize letters A to Z with this fun popcorn printables activity
Popcorn themed b and d worksheets
Count to 10 with this cute Popcorn Activity
LOTS of fun Popcorn Crafts and Activities for National Popcorn Day January 19th

Popcorn Books for Kids

We love these books about popcorn.

First Grade Printables

If you have a 1st grader and you are looking for more fun, hands on grade 1 worksheets, games and activities to make learning fun – you will love these resources!

Over 5000+ pages of 1st grade Worksheets
100 Books 1st Graders can Read Themselves with free 1st grade reading books pdf
Chapter Books for 1st Graders
1st Grade Book Report Template
Free Cut and Paste Worksheets
Solar System Worksheets Pack
Printable Sight Words List
First Grade Word Search Printable
Free printable 1st grade math worksheets
Gumball Math Worksheets to practice addition & subtraction
Life-size Human Body Project with free printable template

1st Grade Reading Games – Reading the Easy Way 1st Grade
Fun, hands-on Counting Coins Games
Over 500 pages of Kindergarten Writing Prompts Free
Sentence Scramble Worksheets
Princess Color by Sight Word Worksheets
Time Puzzles make learning to use a clock FUN
HUGE Ocean Animals for Kids Unit
Discover 16 Countries for Kids
Crack the Code Worksheets for practicing math while having fun
Learn about Animal Classifications for Kids with these free printable cootie catchers
Fun, hands-on History Lessons for kids
Lots of 1st Grade Science Projects
Over 1+ million pages of Free Printable Worksheets

Fun Holidays

We love celebrating fun holidays and fun days throughout the year! We have lots more special days throughout the year with activities to inspire you to create memories with your kids:

Did you know there is a national Dice Day on December 4th? Try these dice games for kids
Try these candy cane activities for National Candy Cane Day on December 26th
After Christmas comes Three Kings Day for Kids on January 6th
Celebrate Penguin Day on January 20th with these penguin crafts and activities
Fun crafts and activities to celebrate Chinese New Year for Kids
Carnival Crafts and Activities for National Carnival Day February 26
These moon activities for kids will take you out of this world for National Moon Day on July 20th
National Honey Bee Day is August 17th, celebrate with these bee activities for kids
Learn about author Roald Dahl on September 13th with these roald dahl craft ideas
Enjoy National Chocolate Day in Octoboer with these chocolate activities
Become a super hero on Batman Day this September 15th with batman crafts and activities
August 3rd is Watermelon Day, celebrate with these watermelon activities
Sweeten your next July 15th with these gummy worm games for Gummy Worm Day
Happy Birthday Donald Duck! Join in on the celebration this June 9th with these Donald Duck Day activities
Head down to Seasame Street for these sesame street crafts for Sesame Street Day on November 10th
Eat up on October 4th and celebrate Taco Day with these taco crafts
Kids will love celebrating the largest living land mammal with these elephant activities to celebrate World Elephant Day on August 12th
Mark your calendar for one of two donut days on June 7th and try these fun donut activities
Celebrate Eric Carle’s birthday March 2nd with these hungry caterpillar crafts
We celebrate Dr. Seuss day on his birthday on March 2nd with these fun dr seuss activities
The 2nd week of mark is Bubble week! Join in on the fun with these bubble activities
Let’s hear it for National Popcorn Day on January 19th with these poporn crafts
Stay in your pjs for the Festival of Sleep Day on January 3rd and try one of these pajama day activities
Grab some candy and try one of these activities for National Candy Day on November 4th.
Make one of these mad hatter hat ideas to celebrate Mad Hatter Day on Octoboer 6th
Show your patriotism by celebrating Flag Day on June 14th with one of these flag day activities
Kids will go nuts over these jelly bean crafts for National Jelly Bean Day on April 22nd.
Teach kids about our amazing planet on Earth Day this April 22nd with these Earth Day crafts
Learn about frogs on Save the Frogs Day this April 30th with these frog activities
May the 4th be with you on Star Wars Day! Try one of these star wars crafts today
Celebrate Dental Health Month in February with these clever dental crafts
20 FUN peanut butter crafts to Celebrate National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day on April 2nd

Beth Gorden

Beth Gorden is the creative multi-tasking creator of 123 Homeschool 4 Me. As a busy homeschooling mother of six, she strives to create hands-on learning activities and worksheets that kids will love to make learning FUN! She has created over 1 million pages of printables to help teach kids ABCs, science, English grammar, history, math, and so much more! Beth is also the creator of 2 additional sites with even more educational activities and FREE printables – www.kindergartenworksheetsandgames.com and www.preschoolplayandlearn.com. Beth studied at the University of Northwestern where she got a double major to make her effective at teaching children while making education FUN!