If you’re looking for boredom busters to get you and your kids through these long winter months, look no further. We’ve collected a list of 29 arts, crafts, and activities to do in February – one for each day of the month!
- Marbled Valentine Playdough – Playdough is an adaptable, open-ended, and inexpensive sensory experience.
- Groundhog Day Finger Puppet Craft – Groundhog’s Day is coming up soon! Try making this fine motor groundhog puppet craft to celebrate!
- Anti-Valentine’s Day Activities – Because sometimes it’s fun to think outside of the heart-shaped box.
- Heart Tissue Paper by Numbers Craft – This heart tissue paper by number activity helps reinforce a child’s understanding of basic numbers, color matching, as well as improve fine motor skills.
- Foam Heart Tangram Puzzles – Prepping this activity is about as easy as it gets!
- Rainbow Heart Suncatchers – Reminiscent of stained glass, this easy Valentine’s Day craft for kids is perfect for home or school.
- Conversation Heart Smashing – This activity works on fine motor skills and literacy skills.
- Heart Sensory Collage – This heart sensory collage explores tactile sensations, cutting, and fine motor skills.
- Valentine’s Day Scrabble Math – The perfect Valentine’s Day-themed combination of spelling and math.
- Valentine’s Day Messages in a Bottle – These Valentine’s day messages in a bottle could be great gifts for family and friends.
- Cut Punch Paste Valentine’s Day Crafts – This Fine Motor Fridays post focuses on Valentine’s Day Cutting Practice but you can add in paper punching, pasting and coloring depending on what you have on hand.
- Heart Math Sensory Bin – This Valentine’s Day sensory bin is a fun way to combine sensory play with beginning math skills for preschoolers!
- Valentine’s Gross Motor Balance Game – This simple heart themed gross motor balance game is really low prep, making it a perfect boredom buster for cold winter days.
- Valentine’s Day Nature Hike – It’s easy to make excuses to stay indoors this time of year. Encourage kids to get their daily dose of fresh air by taking them on a Valentine Nature Hikearound your neighborhood, local park, or nature center.
- Catapult Science for Kids – The catapult is a great way to talk about trajectory and projectiles with kids.
- Snowball Oral Motor Games – Not only do these activities provide oral motor sensory input, but they are great for providing heavy work and proprioceptive sensory input.
- Snow Process Art – If you don’t have snow outside, you can use an ice shaver to make your own!
- Winter Tinker Tray – This icy themed invitation to explore is sure to melt away boredom in a flash!
- Ball in a Box Boredom Buster – This ball in a box boredom buster for kids is such a simple idea and uses only two items.
- Snowflake Frisbee – This activity is super simple and a great way to incorporate movement and sensory input into play.
- Easy Shapes Snow Truck Craft – This is a fun visual memory activity for kids.
- Green Tea Scented Play Dough – This recipe is even taste safe for little ones and involves plenty of fine motor work through pretend play!
- Straw Rockets – Straw rockets seem to be a timeless activity to try with the kids. It is a fun way to test how to shoot a paper rocket off a straw and a great boredom buster too.
- Emotions Discovery Bottles – Emotions are a tough topic for kids to tackle, and these DIY discovery bottle can help you approach the topic.
- Ice Cube Smash – Try making these bright and vividly colored ice cubes and playing with sensory input today!
- Flashlight Alphabet Scavenger Hunt – This game combines multiple skills!
- Flower Fingerprint Craft – This is easy to make and a good way to get some extra color in your days while you wait for spring!
- DIY Spring Flower Math Cards – Beginning math games are fun for that toddler or preschooler in your life but also teaches them numbers, patterns, and even the beginning critical thinking skills they will need for later math skills.
- Spring Math Game – Dice games always seem to be a hit with kiddos, no matter their age. Add in some play dough and flowers, and this spring math game for kids is sure to a crowd pleaser.
Which boredom busters will you be trying with your kids?
