About the Activities
This holiday season, enjoy your extra time indoors with these fun science, baking, and crafting activities. Whether you’re a mad scientist, a curious baker (and taster), or a daring dreamer, there’s a little something here for everyone.
Grades: 1-12
Topic: STEM, Cooking and More
Estimated Times: 25-45 Minutes
Build Bubbling Snowmen
Use baking soda to make your own ‘snowmen,’ then melt them into bubbling fizz with vinegar – and learn the basics of acids and bases, along the way.
Grades: 4-8
Time: 30-45 Minutes
Up Your Cookie Knowledge
Learn what makes cookies fluffy, cakey, crispy, and tasty with this recipe for delicious chocolate chip cookies that teaches the food science of baking basics.
Grades: 1-12
Time: 25 Minutes
Make a DIY Wish Pillow
This craft activity is both fun and inspirational. Turn dreams into actions with this DIY throw pillow stuffed with your very own goals for the new year.
Grades: 3-8
Time: 30 Minutes
Courtesy of The Ponysitters Club
4-H at Home Holiday Activity Guide
Download this guide for 15 at-home activities to help your kid continue doing and learning during the holiday season and get a bonus Holiday Cooking Making cookbook with over 20 tasty recipes from 4-H'ers across the country!
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Made of 50 % Cotton/ 50%Polyester.
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Double-Walled Clover Tumbler
This 20 oz. Stainless Steel tumbler is double-wall vacuum sealed to keep hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold for hours!
- Very durable and fits most cup holders
- Slide top lid prevents spills and makes drinking easy
- Features embossed 4-H clover that adds an elegance to this item
$14.95
Six Piece Clover Coffee Set
This is the ideal gift set for tea or coffee lovers. Includes two 8 oz ceramic coffee mugs, two wooden coasters and two ceramic spoons for mixing. All pieces are already tastefully packaged in a Kraft gift box.
$24.99
4-H Classic Backpack
A great go-to bag for years to come, thie classic back offers strength, durability and comfort all while displaying a bit of 4-H pride along the way. Carry books, homework, and other everyday essentials from home to class and back again. It can also be used as a handy carry-on bag when traveling or as a daypack for field trips and other excursions.
$24.99
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