Socially Distanced Fun

Looking for ways to entertain your children for more than just 15 minutes? Try a Themed Activity Day to provide a day of fun! Have the kids dress up and join in the fun with a variety of themed crafts and activities.


Pirate Treasure Read Pete the Cat and the Treasure Map and Shiver Me Letters, make a handprint pirate and an exploding treasure chest, then top the day off by setting up a treasure hunt for the kids.	Handprint Pirate: White and black paper Black, Tan/brown, red paint Google eye Exploding Treasure Chest: Ice cube tray Baking soda water Jello-O powder little treasure (pennies or plastic gems) glitter (optional) squirt bottle of vinegar
Pizza Pizza! Read Pizza Day and Pete the Cate and the Perfect Pizza Day, make paper pizzas, practice counting by adding pepperoni (dot stickers) to the paper pizza, have the kids practice ordering the steps to make pizza, make pizza with homemade dough or english muffin pizzas.	Pizza Craft: brown and red construction paper (cutout pizza crust and sauce cirlces) red and black dot stickers for toppings yarn pieces (cut for cheese topping) glue scissors to cut pizza into slices Pizza Making Steps (print, cut, recall and order) Pizza Dough Recipe	Hover over the image to view another craft example.
Bears Read Brown Bear, Brown Bear - What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear - What Do You Hear?, and We're Going on a Bear Hunt. Make cardboard bears and a set of binoculars with toilet paper rolls. Use the binoculars and setup a bear hunt for the kids with a stuffed bear. Looking to do more? If so, host a teddy bear drive to donate to a local charity.	Cardboard Bear Craft: brown, black or even white paint for a polar bear empty toilet paper rolls brown, black, white and pink construction paper googly eyes Binoculars: 2 empty toilet paper rolls construction or butcher paper glue string markers, paint or stickers to decorate Teddy Bear Drive: Ronald McDonald House Children's Mercy Hospital SAFE (Stuffed Animals for Emergencies) KVC Kansas
Camp Out Read Pete the Cate Goes Camping and Curious George Goes Camping. Make a handprint campfire, build a toothpick tent, and setup a tent in the bakcyard or build a tent inside with furniture and blankets. For a snack, make s'mores or s'more trailmix. Also, introduce Fire Safety and create a fire safety plan.	Handprint Campfire: Construction paper scissors glue writing utensil log template (optional) Toothpick Tent Challenge: toothpicks mini marshmallows tissue or napkin small figurine
Colors Read The Day the Crayons Quit, Elmer the Patchwork Elephant, and Dog's Colorful Day. Create your own colorful Elmer and have the kids recall and retell Dog's Colorful Day. Explore science with the Walking Water experiment and send the kids on a rainbow scavenger hunt. For a snack make a rainbow fruit skewer or sort and eat some rainbow goldfish crackers.	Elmer Craft: colored construction or tissue paper scissors and gluestick elmer template (consider having the kids tearing paper pieces instead of cutting) Dog's Colorful Day Activity: template markers/crayons, paint stampers or construction paper have the kids recall the story and add the colors to the dog as they retell it Walking Water: printable lesson 7 small clear plastic cups food coloring in primary colors water paper towels
Under the Sea Read I Spy Under the Sea, The Rainbow Fish, and A House for Hermit Crab. Explore A House for Hermit Crab learning activities and have fun painting a rainbow fish, making ocean slime, and enjoy an Under the Sea yogurt snack.	Rainbow Fish Craft template water colors or markers foil for the shiny scale Ocean Slime clear washable school glue liquid starch food coloring water glitter sea shells, plastic sea or ocean animals (optional) A House for Hermit Crab Activities
Zoo Read The View at the Zoo and The Biggest Shadow in the Zoo. Make paper plate zoo animals and play an active zoo animal game. Try a science experiment by making elephant toothepaste and learn more about shadows with fun shadow activities. For a snack, make a graham cracker lion. If you want to see some real-life zoo animals from your home, check out your local zoo live cams or explore the San Diego Zoo website.	Zoo Animal Craft: White paper plates paint (all colors) googly eyes scissors and glue Zoo Animal Game soft pocket die (or empty kleenex box) animal printables scissors and glue Elephant toothepaste: plastic bottle or cup yeast liquid dishsoap hydrogen peroxide water overflow pan
Snow Day Read Sneezy the Snowman and Snowy Day, make a coffee filter snowman, play snowman bingo with marshmallows, practice marshmallow counting or marshmallow addition, go outside and build a snowman, and enjoy a yummy cup of hot chocolate!	Coffee Filter Snowman: white coffee filter blue, orange, black construction paper crayons glue stick block dot stickers for smile (optional) scissors
Valentine's Day Read Love Monster, Pete the Cat Valentine's Day is Cool, and Danny and the Dinosaur: First Valentine's Day. Make a heart hat and a Love Bug, practice counting and sorting with candy heart, and play Valentine's Bingo with candy hearts.	Heart Hat: white or colored paper plate scissors paint, crayons, or stickers to decorate Love Bug: red, pink, black construction paper pipe cleaners glue and scissors crayons or markers googly eyes Valentine's Heart Activity (free printable)
Easter Read The Great Eggscape, How to Catch the Easter Bunny, and Pete the Cat - Big Easter Adventure. Make Easter hand print cards, design an easter egg puzzle, have an easter egg hunt, play "hop"scotch, and make hard boild eggs for lunch (have the kids practice peeling eggs).	Easter Hand-Print Cards: white, black, orange, yellow and pink construction paper cotton balls googly eyes small pink poms (optional) scissors and glue Easter Egg Puzzle: draw or print an outline for an easter egg draw diagnol, zig-zag or wavy lines on the outline have the kids decorate the egg, cut along the lines, then put the puzzle back together