10 Christmas Chemistry Activities
It’s hard to concentrate on academics during the holiday season. Kids have gifts, cookies, and parties on their minds, and often, parents do, too. We all just want to relax and enjoy time together.
These Christmas chemistry activities have all the fun of the holiday season, plus your kids will learn as they do them. They will explore how molecules react to one another, how heat affects molecules, and more. Enjoy!
Christmas Chemistry
Mix creativity with science and make Shrinky Dinks. We have included a printable lesson about monomers, polymers, and copolymers. The printable can be used with a wide range of grade levels (even MS and HS). We have included 28 different Shrinky Dink templates for all occasions.
Make a crystal snowflake ornament
Make “Candy Cane” Slime/Floam – super-easy and it a good activity to pair with the Shrinky Dinks or at least download our printable on polymers and use it with this slime activity.
The chemistry behind Christmas cookies, plus a sugar cookie recipe . Here’s a free PDF from Oklahoma 4-H about the chemistry of cookies.
Make color changing fire pinecones
Make Poinsettia pH Paper from Bowling Green State University
Make copper-plated Christmas ornaments
Keep scrolling for information about our big listing of chemistry activities!
Chemistry Christmas Gifts
For more chemistry resources, visit this popular listing we have of chemistry activities divided by grade level.
