Christmas STEAM Advent Calendar

Ready for Christmas yet?  Here’s your chance to get everything you need all in one stop.  25 Days of Learning Play with a Christmas STEAM Advent Calendar is filled with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math activities for kids.  Plus get a ton of Christmas crafts, party, food and more ideas from the other creative bloggers in the Kid Blogger Network

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Christmas STEAM Advent Calendar

To make the Christmas STEAM advent calendar, I put together a super simple Christmas tree display.  I picked up a small Christmas tree at the grocery store and placed it into my favorite 500 ml beaker {affiliate}.  Then I made some 1″ circle ornaments and a star topper out of card stock and wrote the numbers 1-24 on the pieces.  Glittery pipe cleaners served as ornament hooks and tree topper stand.  Super simple, because this advent calendar is all about the activities, not the display!

Christmas STEAM Advent Calendar Activities

Here are 24 amazing ways to build Christmas STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math) skills in your kiddos.  Isn’t fun education a gift?

1. Learn about liquids with Snowy Christmas Tree Science. (Left Brain Craft Brain)
2. Wire a Christmas Tree Light Circuit (Teach Engineering)
3. Decorate a Sticky Christmas Tree.  (How Wee Learn)
4. Practice sequencing (and building!) with these Buildable Christmas Trees.  (Best Toys for Toddlers)
5. Explode some Santa Toothpaste.  (Growing a Jeweled Rose)
6. Design a Gingerbread House (Mama Smiles)

7. Mold, draw & erase with these DIY Christmas Erasers. (Left Brain Craft Brain)
8. Do some sweet Candy Cane Math.  (Fantastic Fun and Learning)
9. Conduct some Candy Cane Science. (Gift of Curiosity)
10. Build Santa’s Sleigh out of LEGOs with this tutorial.  (Chris McVeigh)
11. Decorate ornaments at a Christmas Creation Station.  (Learn With Play at Home)
12. Play a Santa Marshmallow Math Game.  (No Time for Flash Cards)

13. Build a Gum Drop Christmas Tree. (Left Brain Craft Brain)
14. Bubble up these Christmas Baking Soda Ginger People (Inspiration Laboratories)
15. Bend some Candy Cane Sculptures.  (The Artful Parent)
16. Count with a Christmas Math Activity Tray.  (Little Bins for Little Hands)
17. Look at Christmas Optical Illusions and see if they trick you too.  (Babble Dabble Do)
18. Build a Sparkleball.  (Craftster)

19. Go glitter crazy with a Tape Resist Glitter Forest.  (Left Brain Craft Brain)
20. Measure Nutcrackers.  (Mrs. Bremer’s Kindergarten)
21. Grow some Borax Crystal Ornaments (The Craft Train)
22. Construct a Tinker Toy Christmas Tree.  (A Little Hut)
23. Cut a Coffee Filter Snowflake Garland.  (Make and Takes)
24. Have fun with Christmas Tree Math.  (Mess for Less)
25. And what STEAM activity should you do on Christmas?  Think and dream about the STEAM it takes for Santa to travel around the world in one night :)

Want Lots More Christmas Ideas?!?

Want other ways to fill the holidays full of Christmas STEAM? Check out The Ultimate STEM Gift Guide for Kids.

To see more great Christmas STEAM ideas like crafts, food, decorations and more, check out these tips from the Kid Blogger Network crew of amazing bloggers: