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Holiday Coding Activities
The holidays are a great time for kids to practice coding concepts through short, festive projects they can do with family.
Holiday Algorithms
Printable algorithm activities can help children practice sequencing and step-by-step thinking by guiding holiday characters around a game board. The important idea is not just getting the answer—it is thinking about the exact order of instructions.
Binary Ornaments
Binary-code ornaments combine a craft project with an introduction to how computers represent information. Children can use patterns of two values to encode letters or words into a holiday decoration.
Google Santa Tracker
Google’s Santa Tracker has historically included coding games and activities alongside its holiday-tradition content. These types of short activities can be a low-pressure way to let a child experiment with programming ideas.
Code with Anna and Elsa
Code.org’s Frozen-themed activities use visual programming to create snowflakes and patterns while practicing sequencing, repetition, and computational thinking.
Create an interactive holiday card
Scratch is a good fit for a holiday card because students can combine animation, sound, events, and simple code. Encourage your child to go beyond following a tutorial by changing the characters, message, motion, and interaction.
Turn a holiday activity into a creativity challenge
Ask your child to change one part of the project so it becomes their own. What could they add, combine, remove, or redesign?
Keep creating after the holidays
If your child enjoys building and coding, explore Create2Discover’s Roblox Studio and Minecraft Modding pathways for longer projects.