There are plenty of fun and festive Christmas STEM projects and crafts that you can enjoy this holiday season! From simple to challenging, these engaging and educational activities combine science, technology, engineering, and math with the holiday spirit. Here are 12 ideas for Christmas-themed science activities that are perfect for teens:
- Santa’s Sleigh Challenge: Design and build a sleigh for Santa using LEGOs and conduct a series of experiments on each LEGO Santa sleigh.
- Homemade Marbled Ornaments: Create a fun color mixing experiment to make ornaments for the tree.
- Light-Up Circuit Ornament: Make a festive ornament that lights up using simple circuit components.
- Gnome Snow Globe: Create a cute snow globe featuring a gnome inside! You can use borax or salt to grow crystals for a magical effect.
- Ice Lanterns: This botanical ice lantern winter STEAM activity is one of our favorites!
- Build a Gingerbread House or Nativity Scene: It’s a fun and engaging holiday STEM activity for kids of all ages!
- Christmas Bath Bombs: Christmas is the perfect time for this fun chemistry lesson, plus DIY bath bombs make the perfect holiday gift.
- Make a Circuit Tree: Make your own Christmas circuit tree with LED lights.
- Make a Mobius Strip Garland: At first glance, it seems like any other loop, but it hides a fascinating secret… it has only one side and one edge!
- Grow Peppermint Rock Candy: Make your own peppermint-flavored crystals!
- Milk Beads: Figure out the best recipe to make your own milk plastic (often called casein plastic) and use it to make beads, ornaments, or other items.
- Make Light-up Cards: Imagine adding real lights to your artwork!
So, whatever your scientific interest, from botany or chemistry to engineering and math, there is a Christmas-themed STEM project for everyone. Did any of these Christmas STEM projects catch your eye? Have fun!!!
