Need January activities ideas? Our monthly activities list for kids’ winter fun will give you great ideas for children’s projects and lessons and January school activities! So, what are some good activities for this month?
Activities For January
January activities for kids can be difficult, especially if you live in an area where you get cold and snow AND you hate that kind of weather!
One of the best ways to create monthly activities is to look at special dates for the month.
What are the special days in January?
Fun January events for kids:
- January 1: New Year’s Day
- Date Varies: Feast of the Epiphany (Also called Three Kings)
- January 4: National Spaghetti Day
- January 4: Trivia Day
- January 5: National Bird Day
- January 11: Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
- January 13: National Rubber Duckie Day
- January 14: Dress Up Your Pet Day
- January 15: National Hat Day
- January 16: Appreciate a Dragon Day
- January 16: National Nothing Day
- January 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (MLK Day is honored on the third Monday in January)
- January 18: Thesaurus Day
- January 18: Winnie the Pooh Day (author A.A. Milne’s birthday)
- January 19: National Popcorn Day
- January 20: National Cheese Lover Day
- January 20: Penguin Awareness Day
- January 23: National Pie Day
- January 23: National Handwriting Day
- January 24: Compliment Day
- January 25: Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day
- January 27: Chocolate Cake Day
- January 28: National Kazoo Day
- January 29: National Puzzle Day
- January 31: Backward Day
Monthly January Holidays:
- National Soup Month
- National Braille Literacy Month
- National Hobby Month
- Hot Tea Month
- National Oatmeal Month
What are the winter activities?
What can you do at home in the winter?
- Make a snowman
- Have a snowball fight
- Make food garland for animals
- Have a staycation
- Create a summer bucket list
- Brush up on skills with an online class
- Make stop animation videos with Lego bricks
- Take a hike or winter nature walk
- Have a photo scavenger hunt (indoors or outside!)
- Have a winter bonfire (don’t forget the s’mores!)
- Make a snow penguin army
- Make a snow fort (USE THIS!)
Winter activities indoor
Fun indoor winter activities or things to do on a cold day inside:
- Make hot chocolate
- Read together
- Listen to audiobooks
- Host a Netflix Watch party
- Make crafts
- Bake a snowman cake
- Do a virtual scavenger hunt with friends and family
- Have a virtual sleepover
- Play board games
- Do Puzzles
- Make soup for National soup month
- Listen to kids’ podcasts
- Hygge
JANUARY ACTIVITIES
Whether you need January activities for preschoolers, January activities for elementary students, or winter family activities, we’ve got you covered.
Here are your January events and ideas:
21 January Activities Ideas
Add some of these fun monthly activities for January!
Winter is a great time to review your emergency go bags (or create them)!
MLK Day is in January, so be sure to add some Martin Luther King Jr learning to your schedule.
Need Dr. King craft ideas? Try this hand ideas craft!
A new year is a great time to declutter, organize, and create real livable spaces that kids will love. Think about adding a cheap and easy reading corner!
When is the last time you played dominoes? Exactly! Pick up a set an have some indoor family time!
Stuck at home? You can still "gather" with friends - create a Netflix Party to watch movies with friends and family!
Online platforms like Zoom are perfect for an online scavenger hunt for kids!
Can't get together with friends? Have a kids' virtual playdate!
Winter makes being stuck at home super trying. Check out our winter ideas for being at home!
Check out these UNIQUE Bored Things To Do When Stuck At Home With Kids (and how bored kids are creative kids)
Let your kids have an online sleepover party!
What better way to embrace the cold January weather than with a movie about penguins?
Don't discount nature walks and winter hikes in cold weather months! Here's how to go hiking in the winter and make hikes fun for kids (even if they/you hate the outdoors!)
Board games are perfect for indoor January activities!
Snowflake crafts are perfect January activities and winter craft projects!
Make nature garland and hang it on the trees for winter bird food and animal food.
Do some leftover candy cane crafts and projects!
Snuggle up with some homemade hot chocolate or even a hot chocolate charcuterie board!
Make Do You Want To Build A Snowman treat bags!
Ever had snow ice cream? If you live in an area where it snows, try this snow ice cream recipe!
Have fun with this snowman cake recipe!
WHAT’S ON YOUR JANUARY ACTIVITIES LIST?
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