Santa's STEM workshop - Families

Join Santa in his workshop to make, create, imagine and discover this Christmas. Get festive with our fun craft ideas, recipes, experiments and activities for families to do with kids over the holiday season - providing free, STEM inspired learning through play.

You can also explore our Christmas themed STEM toys, books and movies to get the entire family holiday ready!

Don’t forget to share your final creations with us through our social media channels @IETeducation using #SantasSTEMworkshop or #SantaLovesSTEM.

Quick and easy

Small on time, but big on fun, these are quick and easy activities that can be done in 30 minutes or less.

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One hour+ activities

Hour long crafts, experiments, and ideas to fill up that extra time.

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Items at home

Get your inner engineer buzzing with activities that require just a few supplies you can find around your home.

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Resources by categories

Crafts >

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Baking >

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Outdoors >

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Experiments >

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Resources by subject

Design and Technology

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Engineering

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Maths

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Science

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View all our Santa’s STEM resources

Christmas themed fun activities, with lesson plans, videos and more.

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View all our primary STEM resources

Free teaching resources and classroom activities for students aged 4-11 years.

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Free teaching resources and classroom activities for students aged 11-16 years.

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