Activities at Home
for School Age Kids
You’re staying home, so we’ve created lots of library resources to help you learn, create, and discover, right where you are! Check out our Activity Ideas (from arts & crafts to scavenger hunts), DIY Library Programs, and Books & Learning lists (which pair great books with other online resources). Actividades en español disponibles aquí.
Activity Ideas
Looking for ways to learn something new or spark your creativity? We’ve got ideas! Check out our Activity Idea worksheets that can be completed at home.
Art Circles
Big Mouth Drawings
Bowl Weaving
Butterfly
Cardboard Dinosaur
Coffee Filter Earth
Coffee Filter Flowers
Crayon Scratch Art
Dance and Paint
Decorative Peacock
Design a Bookmark
Design Your Own Superhero Mask
DIY Playdough
DIY Popsicle Stick Puppets
DIY Snow Globe
Doodle Drawing
Flower Craft to Celebrate Spring
Hedgehog Paper Craft
Jellyfish
Line Art: Fish
Litter Bugs
Make a Bird!
Make Your Own Puzzle
Mixed Media Unicorn
Nature Collage
Nature Paint Brush
Old-Fashioned Portraits
Origami
Paint & Fold Butterfly
Paper Bag Crafts
Paper Caterpillar Crawl
Paper Flower Crown
Paper Moving Fish
Paper Owl
Paper Plate Fan
Paper Tube Roll Mobile
Pipe Cleaner Creatures
Plastic Spoon Bunnies
Pool Noodle Boat
Popsicle Stick Crafts
Self-Portrait With Shapes
Shadow Puppets
Snail Pal
Star Wars Crafts
Surrealism For Kids
Tear Paper Art
Tin Foil Stained Glass
Tissue Box Vehicle
Tissue Paper Artwork
Torn Paper Monster
Tropical Fish
Family & Personal Stories
Biography Cube
Design Your Own Crest
Make Your Own Family Tree
My Journal
Picture Stories
Portraits and Interview
Tell Your Story
Vision Boards
Games & Activities
Collaborative Drawing Games
Compare and Contrast
Giant Tic-Tac-Toe Board
Indoor Scavenger Hunt
Instrument Picture Search
Lava Island
Make Your Own Secret Code
Math Coloring
Memory Game
Monster Box Ball Game
Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt
Penny Shuffleboard
Pom-Pom in a Cup Game
Race the Wiggles Out
Random Acts of Kindness Activity
“Simon Says”… Draw
Sock Toss Game
Spell Your Name Workout
Spider Web Game
String Hallway Laser Spy Maze
Talent Show
Time Capsule
Word Scramble
Word Searches: Back to School
Word Searches: Hobbies & More
Word Searches: Mythology
Word Searches: Science & Nature
Language Arts
Acrostic Poetry Challenge
Adjust the Anagram
Alphabet Bingo
Alphabet Practice and Memory Game
Fairytales: Compare and Contrast Themes
Fairytales: Read and Create
Grammar Practice
Play With Palindromes
Animal Numbers
Balloon Powered Car
Box Robots
Build a Bot
Coins, Coins, Coins
Dancing Raisins
DIY Rocketship
Drinking Glass Music
Germ Scatter
Grow a Vegetable Garden From Scraps: Celery
Grow an Avocado Plant from Seed
Growing Succulents
Hatching a Dinosaur Egg Experiment
How Many Drops of Water Can a Coin Hold?
Inside Out Balloon
Let’s Explore America: 50 Day Challenge
Let’s Explore Central America
Make Your Own Bird Feeder
Milk Carton Bird Feeder
Naked Egg Experiment
Narwhal Fun Facts
Neighborhood Nature Study
Rainbow Milk: A Colorful Experiment
Solar System Knowledge
Space Mission
Sprout a Bean
Walking Water: Capillary Action
DIY Library Programs
Since you can’t attend a program at one of our libraries right now, why not host your own library program! Our librarians have prepared these step-by-step guides for kids and families to experience a real-life library program in the comfort of their own homes. You can also participate in library events online by visiting our Virtual Programming page.
Books & Learning
The Library is your gateway to a world of learning! Check out these booklists and Additional Resources to take a deep dive into a variety of topics with books, online courses, databases, and more.
Adventurous Eaters: Make Healthy Eating Fun for Everyone! – Additional Resources
African Safari: Fiction & Nonfiction About Animals of Africa – Additional Resources
Coding & Computer Programming for Kids – Additional Resources
Crafts for Kids – Additional Resources
Do-It-Yourself Storytime – Additional Resources
Drawing for Kids – Additional Resources
Explore the Arts! – Additional Resources
Gardening for Kids & Families – Additional Resources
Growth Mindset for Kids: Work Hard, Keep Learning, Build Resilience – Additional Resources
Home Science Experiments – Additional Resources
Math for Kids – Additional Resources
Nature Exploration for Families – Additional Resources
Origami for Kids – Additional Resources
Schooling From Home (When You Aren’t a Homeschooler!) – Additional Resources
Space Exploration – Additional Resources
STEM Education for Young Children – Additional Resources
Stress Management for Kids – Additional Resources