Maths inspired arts & crafts, games, puzzles, baking and more!
A calming art puzzle activity for the weekend. Cut out circles of different sizes from white paper, then cut some in to halves, quarters and eighths. Use the circle fractions to lay out snowflake patterns. Remember, snowflakes are symmetrical!
Today we’re making seasonal decorations with a mathematical twist – using binary code! Download our chart and create ornaments with festive words written in binary code. Binary code is a way to write numbers, letters and symbols using only 0 and 1. It is used in computer coding.
Get ready for some seasonal counting fun! How many of each of the symbols can you find? For a bonus activity, colour them all in.
Some Christmas fun doodling with numbers! Try our suggestions, or make up your own. And don't forget to share pictures of your artworks with us!
In this craft activity, we transform 2D paper circles in to 3D baubles.
Can you help Jingles the elf find his way to the Christmas present in our Christmas Maze? There are three levels of difficulty to choose from.
In this activity, we are folding a star wall or window decoration.
Three Christmas tongue twisters have been encrypted as secret messages below, using Pigpen Cipher. Can you crack the code?
You can also try encrypting your own messages, using our Cryptography resource developed by the Open University
>> Download Code Cracker Challenge
>> Download Cryptography Resource
It’s time to get the paints out for this activity, as we make some ‘Symmetrees’ (sorry, we couldn’t resist the pun…)
In this tutorial, we will show you how to draw a perfect 5-point star.
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Happy Christmas Jumper Day! In this logic puzzle, use the clues to work out who wants to buy each of the festive jumpers.
This fun activity with a maths twist has two phases: first you make the game, then you play the game. You could make other animals too.
In our festive, cut out the symbols and place them on the grid so that you have one of each symbol in every row, column and block. There are three different levels of difficulty to choose from.
In this activity we are going to be making ‘gingerbread’ house decorations out of recycled cardboard, and decorating them with shapes and symmetrical patterns.
Get ready for some seasonal counting fun! How many of each of the symbols can you find? For a bonus activity, colour them all in.
In this activity, we’ll show you how to make some 3D geometric ornaments out of paper straws and pipe cleaners.
Can you complete the festive patterns in this seasonal activity sheet?
In this craft, we’re going to use the Fibonacci sequence to create a paper wreath.
Can you help Robbie the Reindeer get to his sleigh, by following the sequence of commands in this coding challenge? There are three levels of difficulty to choose from, with a hidden word or phrase to reveal in each one.
To make this festive card, we’ll be looking at number bonds for 10 and sorting things by size.