Fun Kids Activities and Crafts by Theme
You’ll find the best fun kids activities and crafts by theme here!
When it comes to keeping children entertained, fun activities are a must.
Whether it’s during weekends or school holidays, kids always need new ways to stay engaged, active, and curious.
One way to keep things fresh and exciting is to plan activities based on themes.
When my kids were little, they absolutely loved picking a “theme” for the week.
From crafts to books to activities, we would find fun kids activities to do surrounding that theme.
It certainly made the week more fun!
Themes can be based on seasons, holidays or even their favorite movies or TV shows!
Why You Should Choose a Theme
By incorporating a theme, children are able to immerse themselves fully in the activity and get the most out of it. From art projects to science experiments, cooking to outdoor games, there’s no limit to the kinds of activities that can be planned.
With a little creativity and planning, parents, caregiver, and educators can create fun kids’ activities that spark imagination, foster learning and promote family bonding.
Fun Kids Activities by Theme
Find the right fun kids activities for your family. Topics listed below that don’t have a link yet are coming soon!
- Airplanes
- Alphabet
- Angles
- Animals in Winter
- Apples
- Aquariums
- Art
- Astronauts (Space)
- Aviation
- Back to School
- Bats
- Beaches
- Bees
- Birds
- Body Parts
- Bridge Design
- Bugs & Insects
- Butterflies
- Coding
- Colors
- Community Service
- Computer Coding
- Counting
- Cows
- Dads
- Dentist
- Dinosaurs
- Dr. Seuss
- Dolphins
- Electricity
- Empathy
- Fairy Tales
- Fall (Autumn)
- Family
- Farm (preschool)
- Farm (elementary)
- Feelings
- Fish
- Friendship
- Frogs
- Gardening
- Gingerbread
- Giraffes
- Grocery Store
- Groundhogs
- Gravity
- Horses
- Human Body
- Ice Cream
- Leaves
- Levers and Pulleys
- Libraries
- Manners
- Maps
- Measurements
- Math/Numbers
- Mexico
- Moms
- Moon
- Mother Goose
- Mountains
- Numbers
- Nutrition
- Ocean Animals
- Opposites
- Peanuts
- Penguins
- Pirates
- Poetry
- Ponds/Lakes
- Presidents
- Pumpkins
- Rainbows
- Recycling
- Reindeer
- Respect
- Road Trips (Maps)
- Robots
- Rocks
- Safety
- Seasons
- Sharing
- Shapes
- Sheep
- Simples Machines
- Snakes
- Snow
- Snowmen
- Soup
- Space (preschool)
- Space (elementary)
- Spring
- Spring (Preschool-focused)
- Squirrels
- Star Wars
- States of Water
- STEM
- Summer
- Summer Olympics
- Summer Sports
- Sun
- Superheroes
- Strawberries
- Teamwork
- Teddy Bears
- Time
- Tolerance
- Virtues
- Water Science
- Weather
- Wild Animals
- Wildflowers
- Winter
- Winter Science
- Wolves
- Woodland Creatures
- Zoo Animals
Holidays:
- Groundhog Day
- Valentine’s Day
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Earth Day
- Easter
- Cinco de Mayo
- Mother’s Day
- Memorial Day
- Father’s Day
- 4th of July
- Halloween
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas (and other Winter holidays)
Authors:
- Berenstain
- Bill Martin Jr.
- Eric Carle
- Ezra Jack Keats
- Doreen Cronin
- Jan Brett
- Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Leo Lionni
- Mo Willems
- Sandra Boynton