Winter break activities for kids
Tap a present. Each one hides an idea for a day off.
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Or start with The Rainy Day Box🍎 For your classroom
A winter break in four kinds of day
| Kind of day | Start here | What a child does |
|---|---|---|
| A move day | Exercises at home | Real exercise, sorted by room. |
| A make day | The Rainy Day Box | Forts, crafts and experiments. |
| A kitchen day | The Kitchen | Cook with Crumb: a grown-up does the hot and sharp jobs. |
| A quiet day | Winter stories | Read together under a blanket. |
| A project day | STEM projects | Build or test something over a whole afternoon. |
| A friends-over day | Winter games | Games for a room of children. |
| A learning-light day | Free learning games | Ten minutes of reading or math that feels like play. |
A week at a time
| Day | Try |
|---|---|
| Monday | Winter activities |
| Tuesday | Banana snowmen |
| Wednesday | Activity Book |
| Thursday | Winter games |
| Friday | Family game night games |
| The weekend | Weekend activities |
Break lengths differ by school and country, so the plan is by kind of day, not by date. For the last night of the year, see New Year's activities. Everything here is free through the end of 2026, with no ads, no sign-up and nothing to download.
Questions parents ask
How do we fill two weeks off school?
Give days a kind: one move day, one make day, one cooking day, one quiet day, one project. Repeat the kinds, not the activities.
What should kids do over winter break to keep learning?
Ten minutes a day of reading or a learning game, and a project like the ones in STEM projects.
What if we are stuck inside?
See indoor activities and the Rainy Day Box.
Are these free?
Everything here is free through the end of 2026, with no ads, no sign-up and nothing to download.
Teacher? Share this page to Google Classroom. Children open it with no sign-up.
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.