Activities for kids
Start with
- Feels like…
- Cooking
- Then
- Easy recipes for kids
Celery is mostly water, which is why it crunches and snaps.
You need
- 4 sticks of celery
- 4 tablespoons peanut butter (or sunflower seed butter)
- ¼ cup raisins
Make it
- Wash your hands with soap for twenty seconds.
- Rinse 4 sticks of celery under cold water and pat them dry.
- Grown-up A grown-up cuts each stick into short logs.
- Spread 4 tablespoons of peanut butter along the logs with a butter knife.
- March the raisin ants along the top: count them as you go!
- Put your logs on a plate. Crunch time!
Pick by what your child feels like
| Feels like… | Start here | Then |
|---|---|---|
| Cooking | Ants on a Log | Easy recipes for kids |
| Building | Paper Airplane Lab | STEM projects for kids |
| Moving | Animal Parade | Workouts for kids |
| Finding out how the body works | Bones | The Body |
| Making music | Piano and song maker | Music |
| Drawing | How to draw | Coloring pages |
| Watching a story | Peabody TV | Cartoons |
Things to cook
| Recipe | Minutes | Ages | What it teaches |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Muffin Pizzas | 20 | 5 to 11 | Heat melts cheese: the fat inside goes soft, and the shreds turn into one gooey, stretchy blanket. |
| Ants on a Log | 10 | 5 to 9 | Celery is mostly water, which is why it crunches and snaps. |
| Banana Sushi | 10 | 5 to 10 | Cut a roll into 8 equal pieces and each piece is one eighth of it: that's fractions! |
| Pancakes | 30 | 8 to 14 | Baking powder makes tiny gas bubbles when it gets wet and hot, and the bubbles puff the pancakes up. |
| Ice Cream in a Bag | 15 | 5 to 9 | Salt makes ice melt a little, and the melting soaks up heat, so salty ice gets colder than plain ice and freezes the cream. |
| Fruit Kabobs | 15 | 5 to 9 | A rainbow's colours always come in the same order, red first, because every colour of sunlight bends a different amount in a raindrop. An order that repeats is called a pattern. |
A grown-up does every hot and sharp step. All of the Kitchen's recipes are on easy recipes for kids.
Things to build
| Project | Minutes | Grades | What it shows |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Airplane Lab | 30 | 1st–5th | Wings push on the air, and where the weight sits decides if a plane glides or dives. |
| Craft-Stick Catapult | 30 | 1st–5th | A lever stores your push in the bent stick, then throws it. |
| Wall Marble Run | 30 | K–3rd | Things roll downhill, and a gentle slope makes a slower ride. |
| Balloon Car | 45 | 3rd–8th | Push air out the back, and the air pushes the car forward. |
| Stretchy Slime | 25 | 3rd–8th | The activator links glue's long chains into a net, so runny glue turns into stretchy slime. |
| Fizzy Volcano | 15 | K–8th | Baking soda and vinegar make a gas, and soap turns the gas into foamy lava. |
| Hydraulic Robot Arm | 120 | 5th–8th | Push water into one syringe and it pushes the other, because water won't squash. |
More builds are on STEM projects for kids and science fair projects.
Ways to move
| Workout | Ages | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Animal Parade | 4 to 6 | Moving on your hands and feet is how every strong body starts. |
| Three Minute Shake-Out | 6 to 9 | A few minutes counts. It always counts. |
| Morning Stretch | 6 to 9 | Bendiness is a thing you train, like strength. It just takes longer. |
| Hopscotch Rounds | 9 to 12 | Springiness — power — is strength and speed at the same time. |
| Five Little Monkeys | 5 to 6 | Landing softly is the most useful thing a jumper ever learns. |
| Plank Party | 7 to 9 | Holding still is work. Your middle is doing all of it. |
For games instead of workouts, see games to play with kids.
How your body works
| Layer | Its science name | Parts to tap |
|---|---|---|
| Skin | Integumentary system | 16 |
| Muscles | Muscular system | 24 |
| Bones | Skeletal system | 24 |
| Heart & Blood | Circulatory system | 18 |
| Organs | Organs | 23 |
Music to make
| Page | What a child does |
|---|---|
| Piano and song maker | Tap the keys, pick an instrument and build a tune that plays back. |
| Rhythm game | Listen to a pattern, then tap along in time. |
| Sing along | Nursery rhymes and folk songs with the words lighting up as they are sung. |
| Freeze Dance | The music stops and everyone freezes. |
| Beat Buddies | Drag critters onto the stage and each one adds a beat. |
| Chord Finder | Any chord on piano, ukulele or guitar, drawn and played. |
Things to draw and color
| Page | What a child does |
|---|---|
| How to draw | Step-by-step drawings to copy onto paper. |
| Pixel art maker | Color squares on a grid to make a picture. |
| Symmetry drawing | Draw once and see it mirrored like a kaleidoscope. |
| Drawing prompts | Spin who, doing what and where, then draw it. |
| Coloring pages | Pictures to color on screen or print for the table. |
| Trace letters | Trace capital letters with a finger. |
Everything here is free through the end of 2026, with no ads, no sign-up and nothing to download.
Questions parents ask
What are good activities for kids at home?
Mix the kinds: one thing to cook, one to build, one to move and one quiet thing to draw covers an afternoon. Things to do with kids at home plans a whole day.
Do these activities need anything special?
Mostly not. The recipes use food most kitchens have, the builds use cardboard, tape, paper and cups, and the workouts need a bit of floor. Each page lists what it needs before you start.
What ages are these activities for?
About 3 to 12. Every table says the ages or grades of each row, taken from the page it opens.
Are these activities free?
Yes. Everything here is free through the end of 2026, with no ads, no sign-up and nothing to download.
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Checked against how Peabody works on 6 November 2026. Written with help from AI, from Peabody's own code and library. Peabody is a learning app, not an assessment: if you're worried about your child's learning, talk to their teacher. How Peabody's pages are made.