A fast two-player game: roll two dice, multiply, and race to fill your board first.
Indoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: Two dice, This page printed, or a hand-drawn 3 × 4 grid for each player, Two pencils
Free Printable Holiday Activities
Each of these activities includes a sheet designed to print on A4 in colour or black and white. Use the Print button on the activity page, or choose 'Save as PDF' in the print dialog to keep a copy.
Stick the sheet on the fridge so progress is easy to see — a bingo card filling up is a great motivator.
21 free activities
A printable bingo card of reading challenges — read in a cubby, read to a pet, read a comic — to keep books fun all holidays.
Indoor or outdoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, Books from home or the local library, A pencil or stickers
Plan, draw and write a six-panel comic with a beginning, a problem and a satisfying ending.
Indoor · Printable · medium
You'll need: This page printed, or paper folded into six boxes, Pencils and colouring pencils
Become a weather scientist for a week: observe the sky, measure rain, and compare your notes to the forecast.
Outdoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, A clear jar and a ruler (for a rain gauge), A pencil
Explore your backyard or local park to find, sort and sketch living things — no collecting required.
Outdoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, A pencil, A magnifying glass (optional)
Set one learning goal, one fun goal and one helpful goal for the holidays — and plan small steps to get there.
Indoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, A pen
Turn the kitchen table into an escape room: solve a chain of four maths puzzles to crack the secret code and open the locked box.
Indoor · Printable · medium
You'll need: This page printed, A box, tin or envelope to be the 'locked box', A small reward to hide inside (a treat, a note or a voucher for choosing dinner)…
Sixteen fun writing prompts to tick off over the holidays — from describing your perfect sandwich to writing a letter to your future self.
Indoor or outdoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, A notebook or exercise book, Pencils and coloured pencils
Sprout a bean in a clear jar so you can watch the roots and shoot grow, recording changes over two weeks in an observation diary.
Indoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, Two or three dried beans from the pantry (such as broad beans or borlotti beans), A clear jar…
Test your knowledge of famous places across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, then use an atlas or map to check your answers.
Indoor · Printable · medium
You'll need: This page printed, A pencil, An atlas, map or reliable website to check answers
Run your own mini Olympics in the backyard or park — time the races, measure the throws and work out everyone's average score.
Outdoor · Printable · medium
You'll need: This page printed, or a results table drawn on paper, A tape measure, A stopwatch or phone timer…
Record sunrise and sunset times for a week, work out the length of each day and graph the pattern to see how daylight changes.
Indoor or outdoor · Printable · medium
You'll need: This page printed, Internet access with a parent's permission, or a printed almanac, Graph paper or plain paper and a ruler…
Learn the four main cloud families, then head outside to spot them, name them and guess what the weather might do next.
Outdoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, A pencil, A blanket or towel to lie on…
Turn a plastic bottle, sand, gravel and cotton wool into a layered filter, then test how well it cleans muddy water.
Outdoor · Hands-on · medium
You'll need: A large clean plastic bottle (an adult cuts it in half), Cotton wool balls or a coffee filter, Clean sand (about 1 cup)…
Take a notebook outdoors, collect words with all five senses, then write haiku and a shape poem inspired by what you find.
Outdoor · Printable · medium
You'll need: This page printed or a notebook, A pencil and eraser, Coloured pencils (optional)…
Interview a grandparent or family elder about their childhood and life, then turn their stories into a timeline or keepsake to share.
Indoor or outdoor · Printable · medium
You'll need: This page printed, A notebook and pen, A phone or tablet to record audio (with permission, optional)…
Become the city planner: decide where homes, shops, parks and schools go, then link them with roads, bike paths and public transport.
Indoor · Printable · challenging
You'll need: This page printed, or a large sheet of paper ruled into squares, Pencils and coloured pencils, A ruler…
Plan a balanced lunch using the five food groups, write the shopping list, then make it and serve it to the family.
Indoor · Printable · medium
You'll need: This page printed, Ingredients for the chosen lunch, Chopping board, knife suitable for the child's age, bowls and plates…
Design a daily timetable that balances fun, movement, learning, helping and rest — then trial it and tweak it.
Indoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, A pen and coloured pencils or highlighters
Seven days, seven small acts of kindness. Tick them off, talk about how they felt, and see how kindness spreads.
Indoor or outdoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, Paper, pencils and colouring pencils for cards and notes, Gardening gloves (for the litter pick-up)
Get ready for a great term: set up a study space, check your gear, write term goals and practise the school routine before day one.
Indoor · Printable · easy
You'll need: This page printed, School bag, uniform and stationery, A pen…