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We’ve found 18 activities:
Make handprint celebration cards
Make a personalised card for someone you care about using your handprints or thumbprints
40 mins
Indoors
Create festive bottles
Make festive decorations out of plastic bottles, and put them around your home or meeting place.
1 hr
Indoors
Make paper snowflakes
Let it snow! Bring the outside in with this paper craft.
35 mins
Indoors
Make some eco-friendly crackers
Make your own reusable cracker in this eco-conscious craft.
45 mins
Indoors
Make melted snow buddy biscuits
Enjoy easy festive fun by decorating these simple biscuits.
30 mins
Indoors
Tasty turkey dinner in a 'tater
Rustle up a delicious dinner with a twist, using a campfire and a potato.
1 hr 30
Outdoors
Make festive chocolate truffles
Create some fun and festive treats!
1 hr
Indoors
Bubble wrapping
Create your own unique gift wrap with this fun eco-conscious activity.
45 mins
Indoors
Make salt dough decorations
Commemorate different events throughout the year with these fantastic ornaments.
45 mins
Indoors
Make campfire Christmas pudding
Add a festive touch to your campfire with this backwoods cooking treat.
45 mins
Indoors
Learn about Hanukkah with a Menorah relay
Explore the miracle of Hanukkah and race to get all the candles on your menorah.
30 mins
Indoors
Make caring cards for the local community
Spread some love around your community by creating and posting thoughtful cards.
30 mins
Indoors
Make Tangyuan
Celebrate the winter solstice with these simple Taiwanese treats.
30 mins
Indoors
Help a local foodbank
Visit a local food bank to find out about what they do and how you can help.
1 hr
Outdoors
LEDs celebrate!
Combine some common household items with an LED and a battery to make lovely, light-up greetings cards.
50 mins
Indoors
Learn about different religious festivals
Can you match the item or tradition to the celebration? Learn about religious festivals in this fast-paced game.
10 mins
Indoors
Faith feathers
Explore how a member of a world religion puts their faith into action, and create faith feathers for a paper bird.
30 mins
Indoors
Make cards from leftover wrapping paper
Figure out whether wrapping paper is recyclable, then save it from landfill by creating a card for someone else.
35 mins
Indoors