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Seasonal Activities for Kids: Halloween, Christmas and Half-Term Crafts
Whether you are looking for spooky Halloween crafts, magical Christmas projects or simple autumn sensory trays to get through a rainy half-term, we have you covered. Every idea here uses simple materials and comes with setup steps and safety notes.
Seasonal guides
Seasonal Activities · Updated 5 September 2023
Free Halloween Ghost Craft Activity: Strengthening Little Hands
Make your own Halloween decoration: a fluffy cotton wool ghost to cut, stick and hang, with plenty of scissor practice along the way.
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Seasonal Activities · Updated 7 September 2023
Free Halloween Crafts: Painted Leaf Ghosts and Bats
Collect leaves on an autumn walk, paint them white or black, and turn them into a flock of ghosts and bats.
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Seasonal Activities · Updated 6 September 2023
Free Seasonal Tree Craft Activity: Building Coordination
Four loo roll trees with cotton wool tops, painted for winter, spring, summer and autumn. A craft and a lesson in the seasons at...
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Seasonal Activities · Updated 15 September 2026
Pancake Day Activities for Kids: Batter, Races and Games
Make the batter together, then cut a stack of cardboard pancakes and race, toss, match and drop them. Pancake Day fun that lasts longer...
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Seasonal Activities · Updated 13 January 2023
Valentine's Day Craft Ideas for Kids
Heart-shaped cards, paper flowers and love bugs to make and give, plus a name-finding game hidden in red rice.
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Seasonal Activities · Updated 15 September 2026
International Women's Day Craft: A Paper Flower of Reasons
A paper flower for the special woman in your child's life, with a reason she is special written on every petal. A craft and...
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Seasonal Activities · Updated 16 January 2023
Mother's Day Crafts for Kids
A handprint flowerpot card, paper flowers and a decorated picture frame: three gifts a child can make for mum with a little help.
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Seasonal Activities · Updated 15 September 2026
Hanukkah Crafts for Kids: A Paper Plate Menorah and a Dreidel to Make
Two simple makes to talk about the Festival of Lights with your children: a hanging menorah from a paper plate, and a cardboard dreidel...
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Seasonal Activities · Updated 15 September 2026
Appreciate a Dragon Day: Sew a Felt Dragon Mask and Tail
Appreciate a Dragon Day falls on 16 January, and in our house that means dress-up. Here is the felt dragon mask and tail we...
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