Welcome to the Super Simple Calendar 2025-2026! These monthly calendars were created with teachers and parents of little ones in mind. They are beautifully designed to add a decorative aspect to your space, as well as offering something fun and educational to do every day from Super Simple – it can be a craft, worksheet, song, video, or activity. We’ve also included some relevant theme days, holidays (US calendar), and international days of interest to help you plan your year. 

Each monthly calendar is available to download for free and includes a QR code to this page, so you can easily be linked to each day’s content. Click on the day of the week on the calendar to go to that piece of content, printable or detailed instructions for the craft or activity. The downloadable PDF is also clickable and will take you to the corresponding page on SuperSimple.com! 

2025-2026 is sure to be a great year of learning and play! 

May 2026

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1. Spring Flower Crown Craft
2. Five Little Ducks
3. Five Little Ducks – Count & Circle
4. Rhymington Square: A Rambling Chat About This And That
5. Rhymington Square: Let’s Blow A Bubble!
6. The Bumble Nums: Galactic Guava
7. Painting Planets Craft
8. Exploring Constellations
9. Captain Seasalt & The ABC Pirates: E Island
10. Rhymington Square: The Train Song
11. Sponge Stamp Train
12. Finny The Shark: Down In The Bay
13. Mother’s Day Blossoms
14. The Bumble Nums: Memorable Mother’s Day Muffins
15. Beddy-Bye Butterfly
16. Beddy-Bye Butterfly Shadow Puppets
17. Beddy-Bye Butterfly Storytime
18. Caitie’s Classroom: Dinosaur Discoveries
19. Super Simple Brontosaurus Dinosaur Craft
20. Paper Plate Snail Craft
21. Caitie’s Classroom: Buzzing Bees
22. Pop The Bubbles
23. Rhymington Square: The Best Cowboy In The West
24. Down In The Deep Blue Sea
25. Super Simple Draw – Whale
26. Paper Plate Portrait
27. Phonics Fun Worksheets
28. Captain Seasalt & The ABC Pirates: F Island
29. Caitie’s Classroom: Let’s Clean Up The Park
30. Leapfrog
31. My Happy Song

April 2026

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1. Caitie’s Questions: Funny
2. Read With Caitie: “This Is My Happy Face”
3. Rabbit Craft
4. Decorative Paper Eggs & Easter Basket
5. Easter Egg Decorating Activity
6. How To Draw The Easter Bunny
7. Hot Cross Buns
8. Spring Chick Craft
9. Noodle & Pals: Me!
10. Baby Shark Siblings
11. Over The Deep Blue Sea
12. Captain Seasalt & The ABC Pirates: D Island
13. Move!
14. The Roundabouts Craft
15. Rhymington Square: Daydream Supreme
16. Caitie’s Classroom Field Trip: Let’s Go To The Movie Theatre
17. Finny The Shark: Play Date
18. Myrtle The Turtle Craft
19. How To Draw Baby Shark
20. Rain Rain Go Away
21. Caitie’s Classroom Field Trip: Let’s Go To Kindergarten
22. Noodle & Pals: Walking In The Forest
23. Imagination Time – Walking In The Forest Coloring Page
24. Make Your Own Rock Bugs
25. Little Birdie
26. Bird Nest Craft With Hand Cut Out Baby Birds
27. Noodle & Pals: How’s The Weather?
28. The Bumble Nums: Superhero Hamburgers
29. Caitie’s Classroom: Dance Party
30. Dance Dice

March 2026

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1. Caitie’s Questions: Emotions
2. The Bumble Nums: The Three Bumble Nums Gruff
3. The Three Bumble Nums Gruff Coloring Pages
4. Happy Birthday To You
5. Caitie’s Classroom Field Trip: Let’s Go To The Dentist
6. Finny Goes To The Dentist
7. Brush Your Teeth
8. When I Grow Up
9. When I Grow Up – Draw & Write
10. Captain Seasalt & The ABC Pirates: C Island
11. Finny The Shark: What’s Your Name?
12. What’s Your Name? Worksheet
13. Peekaboo
14. Peekaboo Craft feat. Peekaboo The Cat
15. The Bumble Nums: Gooshing Green Grape Juice
16. Gooshing Green Grape Juice Worksheet – Count & Write
17. Rainbow Paper Chain Decoration For St. Patrick’s Day
18. Hide & Seek – Around The House
19. Rhymington Square: There’s Something In That Brand New Hat
20. Hatching Chick Craft
21. This Is The Way We Make Friends
22. Pencil Puppets
23. Humpty Dumpty feat. The Super Simple Puppets
24. Humpty Dumpty Puzzle
25. Counting Bananas feat.The Super Simple Puppets
26. Super Simple Banana Muffins
27. Caitie’s Classroom Field Trip: Let’s Visit A Recording Studio
28. Rain Rain Go Away
29. Rain Cloud Craft
30. Color Spinner for Creative Coloring with Coloring Page
31. Do You Have A Crayon?

February 2026

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1. Rhymington Square: The Alphabet Rhyme
2. The Seasons Song
3. The Seasons Song Coloring Pages
4. Snowflake Coloring Page
5. Caitie’s Classroom: Let’s Learn Winter Sports
6. Sports Word Search
7. Rhymington Square: A Race So Grand Across The Land
8. Kite Craft
9. Pizza Party featuring Caitie
10. Caitie’s Classroom: Yummy Yummy Pizza
11. Imagination Time – Making A Card Craft & Coloring Page
12. Reasons Why I Love You Jar for Valentine’s Day!
13. Super Simple Valentine’s Day Cards
14. Making A Card For My Valentine
15. Caitie’s Questions: Love
16. Peekaboo, I Love You
17. Captain Seasalt & The ABC Pirates: B Island
18. Magical Magnets
19. The Bumble Nums: Hazelnut Heist
20. Caitie’s Classroom: The Maple Syrup Song
21. Bumble Nums Pancakes
22. Adding Up To 10 Worksheet
23. What’s Your Name? feat. Finny The Shark
24. What’s Your Name? Worksheet
25. Rock Scissors Paper with Caitie
26. Noodle & Pals: I Like To Draw
27. How To Draw Noodle
28. Rhymington Square: When The Band Comes Marching In

January 2026

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1. Noodle & Pals: If You’re Happy
2. Put On Your Boots
3. The Bumble Nums: Stretchy Spaghetti Surprise
4. The Bumble Nums: Make Your Own Spaghetti
5. Caitie’s Classroom: Let’s Make Bird Feeders
6. Make Your Own Bird Feeder
7. The Months Chant | featuring The Super Simple Puppets
8. The Months Chant Flashcards
9. I Love Shoveling The Snow
10. Super Simple Snowflakes
11. The Bath Song
12. The Bath Song Flashcards
13. Rhymington Square: Lucky The Rubber Ducky
14. Paper Plate Swimming Duck Craft
15. Noodle & Pals: I’m A Little Snowman
16. Days Of The Week feat. Finny the Shark
17. The Bumble Nums: Groovy Movie Popcorn
18. Groovy Movie Popcorn Coloring Page
19. Movie Night Snack Tray
20. Penguin Craft
21. Five Senses
22. Caitie’s Classroom: The Five Senses
23. Make A Volcano Craft
24. The Bumble Nums: Musical Mango Soda
25. Open Shut Them
26. In The Kitchen
27. Caitie’s Classroom: Bedtime Routine
28. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
29. Captain Seasalt & The ABC Pirates: A Island
30. Captain Seasalt & The ABC Pirates Coloring Page
31. Melty Snowman Craft

December 2025

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1. The Countdown To Christmas
2. Super Simple Draw: How to draw Santa
3. The Great Christmas Tree Hunt
4. Pinecone Christmas Tree Craft
5. We’re Going To The Reindeer Games Play Set
6. We’re Going To The Reindeer Games
7. The Bumble Nums: Jolly Gingerbread Cookies
8. Gingerbread House Search & Find
9. Gingerbread House
10. Christmas Carollers Paper Plate Craft
11. Caitie Searches for Christmas Trees
12. Christmas BINGO Cards
13. Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments
14. Christmas Is Almost Here
15. Carl’s Car Wash: Santa’s Sleigh
16. Holiday Cards from Super Simple
17. Jolly Santa Craft
18. Milk And Cookies
19. Milk And Cookies Tic Tac Toe Game
20. Super Simple Draw: How To Draw Santa
21. Candy Cane Tree
22. C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S Flashcards
23. Finny the Shark: Merry Christmas, Finny!
24. Santa Shark
25. Caitie’s Classroom: Christmas Sing-Along Special
26. Melty Snowman Craft
27. Imagination Time: Little Snowflake
28. Imagination Time: Little Snowflake Coloring Page
29. New Year’s Eve Countdown with Caitie & Tobee
30. New Year’s Eve Party Hat Craft
31. Happy New Year!

November 2025

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1. Brush Your Teeth
2. Banish the germs printable activity
3. Peanut Butter & Jelly
4. Peanut Butter & Jelly Popsicle Stick Puppets
5. Super Simple Draw: How to draw a castle
6. Thankful Pie craft and activity
7. There’s A Monster In My Tummy
8. Caitie’s Classroom Sing-Along Show: Yummy Foods
9. Hide And Seek (Around The House)
10. Caitie’s Questions: What’s Your Favorite Food?
11. Treetop Family: Grandparents Are Special
12. Thanksgiving BINGO
13. I Love You
14. Rhymington Square: The Day The Big Monster Came To Play
15. Recycled instruments
16. Here You Are, Thank You
17. Leaf Rubbing Activity
18. Turkey Table Decoration
19. Super Simple Thank You
20. If You’re Happy Coloring Page
21. Hello, Hello featuring Noodle & Pals
22. The People In My Family
23. What Are You Thankful For?
24. I’m Thankful
25. Homemade Guitar Craft
26. Playing With My Car
27. Peekaboo Thank You
28. Move With Caitie: If You’re Happy And You Know It Spin Around
29. The Great Christmas Tree Hunt Maze
30. Christmas Together

October 2025

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1. Captain Monsterica And The Purple Protector: Halloween Fright
2. Five Little Monsters Jumping On The Bed
3. Five Little Monsters Jumping On The Bed count and circle
4. Let’s make a lion craft!
5. Bumble Nums: Grim Garlic Bread
6. Super Spooky Halloween Storm
7. Spider Puppet Craft
8. Knock Knock, Trick Or Treat? feat. Noodle & Pals
9. Mailbox and Mail Carrier Role Play
10. Halloween Bats
11. Imagination Time: We’re Going To The Pumpkin Patch
12. 10 Monsters In The Bed
13. 10 Monsters In The Bed popsicle stick puzzle
14. Knock Knock, Trick Or Treat? feat. Caitie
15. Science activity: Hand Washing Experiment
16. Bumble Nums Halloween Snack Mix
17. Bumble Nums: Petrified Pumpkin Seed Snack Mix
18. Bumble Nums: Petrified Pumpkin Seed Snack Mix printable maze
19. Five Creepy Spiders feat. Noodle & Pals
20. Super Simple Draw: How to draw a witch
21. Super Simple Monster Lanterns
22. Potion Making!
23. Can You Make A Happy Face? feat. Noodle & Pals
24. Field trip: Let’s Make Maple Syrup!
25. Jack-o’-lantern craft
26. Caitie’s Classroom: Halloween Fun
27. Dress up Caitie for Halloween!
28. We’re Going To The Pumpkin Patch
29. Imagination Time: We’re Going To The Pumpkin Patch coloring page
30. Carl’s Car Wash: Jack’s Creepy Carriage
31. Toodly Doodly Boo!

September 2025

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1. Erupting Raspberry Lava Cake
2. Erupting Raspberry Lava Cake: draw the correct Bumble Num
3. Make A Volcano Craft
4. Open Shut Them #4 feat. Rhymington Square
5. This Is A Happy Face Feelings Wheel
6. Read With Caitie: Five Little Ducks
7. Homemade Guitar Craft
8. The Alphabet Rhyme
9. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
10. My Teddy Bear Craft
11. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Coloring Page
12. My Teddy Bear feat. Super Simple Puppets
13. My Happy Song feat. Caitie
14. This Is A Happy Face Flashcards
15. Mr. Monkey Craft
16. Caitie’s Classroom Field Trip: Let’s Learn About Rocks
17. Do you Like Broccoli Ice Cream?
18. Big Fish, Little Fish Craft
19. Yo Ho!
20. Captain Seasalt & The ABC Pirates: K Island
21. You’re The Best At Being You
22. Treetop Family: Jump Up, Jump In
23. Treetop Family Coloring Pages
24. Captain Seasalt & The ABC Pirates: L Island
25. Toodly Doodly Boo
26. Treetop Family: Goodbye, See You Soon
27. Treetop Family: Goodbye, See You Soon coloring pages
28. Rock-A-Bye Little One
29. Abstract Art Activity
30. If You’re Happy And You Know It Spin Around

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Children are learning new things constantly, and every day they’re attempting many new skills and tasks. Sometimes, we adults forget how hard that can be. Just try learning something new as an adult, right?  It’s not always easy to try new things and learn new skills, is it? It takes energy, and if we struggle with a task we can feel defeated. 

A little love and kindness can turn that experience right around. We have two special songs that offer words of encouragement, “Everything Is Going To Be Alright” and Finny the Shark’s “Keep On Swimming”. 

Some loving words from Caitie might be a great way to celebrate this special day! Caitie’s asking her friends “how do you feel love and how do you show love?” 

Here are some words of encouragement that might come in handy on September 12th, the National Day of Encouragement. 

Everyone has bad days, and it’s okay to feel that way. 
Take some big breaths and exhale out all the icks! 
Everything is going to be alright. 
Let’s go for a walk outside. 
This is just the beginning of your greatness. 
Look up and reach for the twinkling stars. 
The more we get together the happier we’ll be. 
I am grateful to have you in my life. 
I like the way you think! 
Great idea! 
You’re amazing! 
You handled that well. 
Congratulations! 
You are a shining star. 
Great problem solving. 
You express yourself very well. 
I can see how hard you worked on that. 
I hear you. I see you. High five! 
I’m thankful that you are you. 
The world outside is waiting. Come and play!

Celebrate with encouraging words every day! Be reminded that you’re awesome, you are loved, you’re capable, you’ve got this, and you’re creative. Here are some excellent songs to enjoy on September 12th, the National Day of Encouragement!

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Want fresh summer jams for a sun-sational summer vacation? Beat the heat and splash into the sea with Finny The Shark and the latest album Fun Summer Songs! This picnic-sized album includes the songs “I Love The Ocean”, “Shelly The Snail”, “Let’s Take A Picture”, “I Have A Friend”, and “Red Light, Green Light”, all featuring the voices of your favorite Finny The Shark characters from the reef. Stream it wherever you listen to your music, and have a fin-tastic summer! 

For more fun with Finny The Shark, follow Finny on Facebook and get the Scholastic book “Finny The Shark: School Friends!”. 

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We know that for children play is not just a way to spend time and have fun – it’s an important purpose in cognitive development. Research shows that children learn best when they are active and engaged, and it’s been found to improve a number of critical skills like language, creativity, problem-solving, math, social skills, emotional regulation, motivation for learning, as well as fine and gross motor skills. Whoa! But how can you help your little ones play in an engaging way that will aid in all this development?

We got you covered! We took inspiration from our friends The Bumble Nums and created a playset all about their favorite thing – food! With The Bumble Nums Restaurant Play Set, you’ll have all the items (or should we say ingredients?) you’ll need for engaging, interactive, and informative play. 

First things first! Download and print out The Bumble Nums Restaurant Play Set. In this package you’ll find: 

• A decorative restaurant banner
• Open & closed signs
• Welcome & ‘wait to be seated’ signs
• A worksheet to help facilitate your play
• Labels for different roles
• Order forms
• Play money
• Play food cutouts
• Play table setting cutouts
• Menus
• Coupons

If you are able, you might like to laminate some items once they are printed and cut out to improve their wear and tear. 

Once you have all your pieces you can set up your play station! We have a worksheet that will help decide certain parts of your restaurant play space. You can work through the questions on the worksheet and assign roles for each player. 

You can decide together where the different aspects of the restaurant will be and put the play pieces in place. 

You can place the signs at the front door of the pretend restaurant.

Have the table setting on the table, and the food in the back ready to be brought out to eat. 

The menus and order forms are ready to go by the table. 

You can decide how much money each customer gets and if they get any coupons! Remember to leave some of the play money with the restaurant so they can give change, too! 

Now we are ready to play! There is so much that little ones can learn from creative and dramatic play like this. 

• Planning skills in setting up the play restaurant and asking them to predict what might happen.
• Writing skills in making a menu or taking orders.
• Reading skills from reading the signs and menu.
• Math skills from adding up total costs, giving change, and adjusting for coupons.
• Problem solving skills when issues might arise, like food arriving cold or not what was ordered. 
• Social and language skills as they act out their roles.

Some children may need support when engaging in this type of play and that is totally okay!  We can help by verbalizing an appropriate thought process or help them go through the motions of play. The best thing an adult can do to support this is to engage with the kids by jumping in and playing along. You can add more ideas to play or give a child an opportunity to expand the play by making leading suggestions such as “Now we should….”

Afterwards you can further promote academic skills by having children narrate (either verbally or in writing) what happened in their play using sequencing words such as “first, then, next, and last”. Encourage them to answer questions and describe the items in play. 

We hope you give The Bumble Nums Restaurant Play Set a try at home or in your classroom. The opportunities for learning through play are limitless – we just need to give support and guide children in a fun and engaging way – and with a printable play set like this we have a big head start to create a dramatic play space to explore and learn in!

Watch The Bumble Nums and find even more play food inspiration for your play restaurant with our Felt Pizza Craft & Activity.

We have a smaller scale restaurant pretend play for you if creating an entire dramatic play station is out of reach. Our Restaurant Pretend Play Order Forms are super fun and will encourage lots of fun and educational pretend play. They would also make a great addition to this whole printable package!

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The New Year is on it’s way and we have some great activities ready for you, so you can celebrate in style with the whole family!

New Year’s Eve Countdown With Caitie & Tobee

For little ones who won’t make it to midnight, celebrate early with Caitie and Tobee! Caitie is having a New Year’s Eve party with Tobee and they are singing and crafting their way to the new year. Join in with great songs and a countdown to the big moment! This is a great episode to introduce the countdown to little ones – Caitie explains why we count down on New Year’s Eve and we even do a trial run to make sure we are ready for the big moment at the end!

Confetti Poppers

In the New Year’s Eve Special with Caitie and Tobee, Caitie makes these awesome confetti poppers! They are super simple to make, and so fun to play with. They can all be made with items you probably already have at home, so it’s a great last minute activity to add in some extra excitement before the clock strikes midnight. 

New Year’s Eve Party Hats

What is a New Year’s Eve Party without party hats?! Check out our step-by-step instructions to make your own special party hats for your celebration. 

Bumble Num’s New Year’s Eve Party Hats

This party hat is perfect for all the Bumble Num fans out there! Celebrate Bumble Nums style with our free printable to make your own Bumble Nums party hat! 

The Bumble Nums Christmas Fireplace

While we are talking about The Bumble Nums, they are featured in our truly festive and relaxing Christmas Fireplace video. Three hours of soothing music and fun surprises from your favorite Super Simple characters. Throw it on in the background as you wait for the big moment to arrive!

The Bumble Nums Inspired Party Snacks & Kitchen Countdown!

It is no secret that The Bumble Nums love to cook, eat and countdown! Watch some Bumble Nums episodes to practice your countdown skills – each Bumble Nums episode includes the Ten Second Kitchen Countdown where we count down from ten as the Bumble Nums make their yummy dish, just like we count down on New Year’s Eve! You can also add some of our Bumble Num inspired snacks to your party table for a yummy treat, like our Bumble Num pancakes, mac & cheese wheels, and Bumble Num banana splits! 

Ten In The Bed

For more countdown practice (who can get enough?) watch our music video for the song Ten In The Bed. We start with ten teddy bears in the bed, and as they fall out one at a time, we count down! At the end of the night though, everyone ends up back in bed for a restful sleep.

Songs To Get Up & Move To Playlist

We’ve got great songs to get the party started, too! Check out our Get Up & Move playlist for all your favorite Super Simple Songs to get you up and moving! Party time!

Make Your Own Snakes & Ladders Game

New Year’s Eve celebrations are a perfect time to bring out the board games! Follow our step-by-step instructions to make your very own Snakes & Ladders game. Making your own is a great way to practice numbers, and you can switch up where the snakes and ladders are on the board every time you play, so each game is different and exciting.

Time Capsule

A wonderful way to celebrate the year we are leaving behind is to make a time capsule of your favorite things. Check out our suggestions for making a time capsule and our free printable you can fill out so you’ll always remember what you were like during that year of your life. This can become a wonderful tradition to do every New Year’s Eve. Make a time capsule and keep it sealed for a number of years, then after a few years you can start opening the boxes on New Year’s Day and remember all the years that have passed. 

We hope you have a wonderful New Year’s Eve celebration and a fantastic New Year. We will be here with more songs, episodes, crafts, worksheets, activities and more to get you through this coming year and beyond. Happy New Year!

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s also a time when the kids are out of school, everyone is staying inside more, and there always seems to be endless things to do! Christmas can be a little stressful, so we got ten great activities listed here to make things a little easier for you around the holidays. There are activities to keep your little ones busy while you can do the important things Santas needs to do, and also festive activities you can do as a family to celebrate the season.

Up On The Housetop – Santa Puzzle

There’s nothing like a festive puzzle to get into the holiday spirit, it’s the perfect cozy activity when the snow is coming down and there is no where to go. Download and print out simple puzzles inspired by our music video for Up On The Housetop for a little family activity, or for some great independent play for your little ones. 

Super Simple Draw – How To Draw Santa

The holidays are a great time to practice some skills, like drawing. Check out our  Santa episode of Super Simple Draw to learn how to draw Santa! You can follow along during the episode and then keep practicing to perfect your new Santa drawing skills. 

Paper Puppet Playhouse – Twas The Night Before Christmas

The holidays are also a wonderful time to cozy up with some classic Christmas stories. Get some blankets and hot cocoa, and turn on our version of Twas The Night Before Christmas. The paper puppets at the Paper Puppet Playhouse are ready to entertain and delight you! 

Christmas Carol Sing-Along Book

Let’s sing Christmas carols! Join in your favorite Super Simple Christmas carols with our Christmas Carol Sing Along book! Print, cut and fold to make your own little carol book, perfect for caroling door to door for neighbors, or just around the house!

Fa La La La Language Activities For Christmas

Just because school is out and we are home for the holidays doesn’t mean the learning has to stop. Check out our post filled with tips and ideas to weave in some extra learning into our favorite Super Simple Christmas activities!

DIY Christmas Surprise Ball

This is such a fun activity that keeps on giving. You can make one for your little ones to unwrap and enjoy, or try making some with your little ones for a fun gift for their friends. Watch Caitie unwrap a DIY Christmas Surprise Ball in the live episode of Caitie’s Classroom called Merry Christmas. You never know what the next surprise will be!

12 Days Of Christmas Flashcards

The 12 Days of Christmas is a Christmas carol of epic proportions! Singing along to this amazing song becomes a little easier with our 12 Days Of Christmas flashcards, and you can practice your counting, too!

Christmas Bingo Cards

For a fun Christmas party game the whole family can enjoy, try our Christmas bingo cards! Simply print the cards and have your little ones find the items on the card until they have a row, or you can try to fill in the whole sheet! We also have a blank bingo card so you can make your own and customize it with things you know you have around the house.

Christmas – Word Search

With little ones out of school and lots of Santa duties to attend to, you might go through quite a few of these Christmas word searches! There are eleven in total with different words and for different skill levels, so all the children can have some quiet independent play while you can get some important things crossed off the Christmas to-do list!

Find all our Christmas word searches and more Christmas worksheets here.

Three-Dimensional Christmas Tree Cookies

Baking Christmas cookies are a wonderful tradition, and these 3-D Christmas tree cookies are sure to please the grinchiest of Grinches. Get out the aprons and the cookie cutters, and try making these festive cookies. Little ones will love to help out decorating them, not to mention eating them!

For lots more Christmas songs, episodes, crafts, activities and worksheets, visit our Christmas theme page for all things Super Simple Christmas. 

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Christmas is coming! It’s time for Christmas lights, decorations…and of course, Christmas crafts! We have your covered with lots of festive crafts for different skill and age levels. Some are great stand alone Christmas crafts, and some go along with your favorite Super Simple Christmas songs and shows. Pick one or try them all, and it’s sure to be a Merry Christmas!

Santa Shark Play Set

Use our Santa Shark playset to follow along with our Christmas version of Baby Shark – Santa Shark! Create the play set pieces and swim along as Santa Shark gets ready for the big day!

Paper Plate Christmas Tree Craft

This Christmas tree craft is great for little ones, with a little help from a grown up. Once the Christmas tree is created, give your little ones some crafty decorations and let them get creative decorating their very own Christmas tree craft! 

DIY Peekaboo Cat Christmas Puppet

Peekaboo! I see Peekaboo Cat in a Santa hat! We have two super fun Christmas theme Peekaboo Cat crafts, along with free printables, to fulfill all your Christmas wishes! Pick one or make them both for lots of Christmas peekaboo fun with our favorite sneaky cat.

The Bumble Nums – Christmas Ornaments

These Bumble Num ornaments are the perfect Christmas decoration for a big Bumble Num fan! They also make beautiful Christmas gifts for the little Bumble Num fans in your life. 

Jolly Santa Craft

This craft is super easy and super fun – perfect for the littlest Christmas crafters. It also makes a great Christmas decoration!

At The North Pole – Snow Globe Ornament

This craft is for more of an expert crafter, but little one will love to play with it and look at the snow fall inside the globe. You can use our free printables as a background, or put in your own Christmas photo!

Reindeer Craft

This is another great, simple craft and pairs well with our Jolly Santa Craft! Make your favorite reindeer, or you can even try making all nine of Santa’s reindeer!

At The North Pole Singing Candy Cane Ornaments

These singing candy cane characters are from our At The North Pole music video, our Christmas version of the silly song Down By The Bay. The candy canes sing backup as we journey through the north pole and see all sorts of silly Christmas things! These candy canes are great for playing along with the song and can be used to decorate your Christmas tree! 

Salt Dough Christmas Ornaments

This activity is great for little crafters along with a grown up. Once the ornaments are made, little ones can get creative with the decorations! They will also love helping to mix and cut out the shapes. There’s nothing quite like putting a beautiful homemade Christmas ornament on the tree, and they make great memories as you bring them out year after year. 

Winter Wreath Craft with Hand Cut Outs

This is one of our favorites! This beautiful wreath is made with handprint cut outs! You can use your own hand over and over, or try collecting hand prints from all your family members to make a truly special Christmas wreath.

Looking for more? Check out our Super Simple Christmas content including songs, shows, activities, coloring pages, worksheets and more!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all a happy crafting! 

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It’s Halloween time! The season of pumpkins and all things spooky, and we have a great list of our favorite Halloween crafts and activities to get you in the mood. These crafts and activities are a great follow up to your favorite Super Simple Halloween content, like our Halloween songs, or the Halloween episodes of your favorite Super Simple show. Not to mention, many of these crafts double as awesome homemade Halloween decorations! Bonus! 

Halloween Bats Craft

These spooky bats are simple to put together and make great Halloween decorations. Little ones can help paint the bat’s foam ball body, and help put all the pieces together. Ask them where each piece goes to make it a fun activity you can do together. 

Ten Monsters In The Bed Halloween Masks

We made our Ten Monsters In The Bed masks so little ones to act out the fun song and pretend to be their favorite monster! They can create new Halloween adventures for the monsters to get up to, too! 

Jack O’Lantern Craft

Our Jack O’Lantern craft has two faces! Practice emotion opposites by putting opposite faces on each side of the jack o’lantern, like we did with happy and sad. Children can get involved at lots of stages of this craft: painting the paper plates, putting the faces together, and stitching the paper plates together with yarn to practice their fine motor skills. Try hanging this craft with some extra yarn to make a fun Halloween decoration!

Dress Up Your Favorite Super Simple Pals As Halloween Mummies

Another great fine motor skill activity – make your favorite Super Simple characters into a mummy! Print out our free resource, and let your little ones go to town wrapping them up in yarn. This is a perfect activity for some Halloween inspired independent play.

Baby Shark Halloween – Draw The Costume

Baby Shark is dressing up for Halloween too! Draw different costumes onto Baby Shark with our Baby Shark Halloween – Draw The Costume free printable. You dress Baby Shark up any way you like, or watch our Baby Shark Halloween music video for some inspiration! 

Tissue Box Monsters

These tissue box monsters are one of our favorite all time crafts. They are so fun to make, and fun to play with too! Little ones can really get involved with decorating their monster any way they like – see where their imagination takes them! This craft was also featured in our episode of Caitie’s Classroom – Count With Me where we practice counting by feeding the monster pom poms, counting as we go to see how many treats our monster can eat. How many Halloween treats can your Tissue Box Monster eat? Yum yum!

Flying Bat Craft

Spook your friends with our Flying Bat Craft! A simple craft (especially simple with our free printable bat template) that makes a spooky fun bat puppet that can fly through the sky!

Slime & Sensory Play

For some Halloween sensory fun, nothing is quite like slime! This recipe can be made with simple ingredients you probably already have at home and can be reused for multiple play sessions. For extra Halloween fun, try adding some plastic spiders or other spooky things into the slime for your little one to play with and count. 

Skeleton Puzzle

Puzzles can be another great independent play activity for littles ones. Simple print out our free printable Skeleton Puzzle, cut along the dotted lines, and give to your little one to put together! This puzzle is inspired by our Halloween song, The Skeleton Dance. In this song, we explore how bones connect to make a full skeleton. In this activity we connect the pieces of the puzzle to make a full skeleton, too! See if your little ones can recognize the different parts of the body in the different pieces. We also have an easier version of this puzzle.

Five Little Monsters Jumping On The Bed Headbands

Our Five Little Monsters Jumping On The Bed Headbands are perfect for acting out the song Five Little Monsters Jumping On The Bed with a small group of little ones. Great for the classroom, or a group of friends! You can also try putting the headbands on stuffed animals to act out the song on your own. First color the monsters, then put together your headband for a great activity to go along with one of our favorite Halloween songs. 

We hope you have a wonderful spooky time with our top ten favorite Halloween crafts and activities. Find lots more Halloween inspired content for little ones at Super Simple, include worksheets, coloring pages, songs, games, recipes, and more! 

Happy Halloween! 

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Make A Volcano

Making a volcano is a classic science experiment with a ton of excitement involved. Our volcano is made entirely from items you might already have in your recycle bin and you can include your little ones in the process of making it. When little ones are involved in the activity from the start, you might find that they are more invested and encouraged to interact with the learning aspect of the activity. This activity is great for a simple science experiment involving what happens with baking soda and vinegar, or for exploring the five senses which is the angle we take on this activity. It’s also just really fun to see it explode over and over again!

Dinosaur Shapes & Number Pegs

Get your preschoolers involved with a Dinosaur Shape & Number Peg activity! Using wooden clothes pegs, pre-cut foam stickers and cut out dinosaurs, you can create a wonderfully easy and simple learning task for your toddlers. It will help them practice numbers, colors and shapes in a fun and enjoyable way. Not only will they have the opportunity to practice learning in a light hearted way, but the use of clothes pegs simultaneously helps practice fine motor skills. They will have to work their pincer grasp as they attempt to open and clip the peg onto the dinosaur.

Painting With Magnets

Our painting with magnets activity is a great arts and crafts project, and also a bit of a science experiment. Try putting a number of objects in front of your learner, some of them being magnets and some that aren’t. Let them experiment with a magnet wand to see which things stick and which ones don’t. Then use the magnets you find to make a painting! While painting you can practice color vocabulary with all the colors you use to create your magnet masterpiece!

Lily Pads & Leaping Frog Counting Activity

This leaping frog activity is a super simple and fun way to practice counting with little ones. It’s straightforward to make, and offers a few variations of counting practice to keep little ones engaged. Hopping and counting, fun and learning!

Sponge Stamp Train

Choo choo! All aboard the learning train! This is a super simple activity that even the littlest of learners can get involved in to practice colors, numbers and patterns. Work on color vocabulary as your stamp different colors and count the number of cars you make for your train. You can also make a pattern to follow and ask your little ones what comes next, or encourage them to make their own pattern. 

Alphabet Rocks

Create your own alphabet tiles with rocks! Search for smooth rocks with your little one to have them be a part of the project from the beginning. Then you can make your alphabet rocks as fancy as you like! You can paint the letters on, or use stickers like we did. Or have your little one paint the rocks and you can write the letters on with a permanent marker once they are dry! Now you have letter tiles that you made together to put in order of the alphabet, or to make simple words. Try hiding the rocks in a bin filled with sensory material and have your little one search for the letters, discovering each one! See if you little learner can find an object in the room that starts with each letter and place that letter rock beside it. Use a few letters to make a simple word, but leave one letter out and encourage your little one to find the missing letter. There are lots of ways to foster learning and fun with these alphabet rocks! 

Make Your Own Snakes & Ladders Game

A classic snakes and ladders game is lots of fun and a great way to practice counting as the game pieces climb up to 100! Now you can make your very own personalized game board for snakes and ladders with your little one! The best part of making your own is you can switch up the ladders and snakes each time you play, so it’s a new counting adventure each time. Counting to 100 has never been so exciting! 

Pizza Box Bean Bag Toss Game

This bean bag toss game is not just a game – there is a lot of learning potential hiding in this old pizza box! We use shapes, colors and numbers to make three distinctly different holes in the box to aim for which gives little ones the opportunity to use and practice their vocabulary in those areas. For slightly older learners, they can add up their score for some simple addition practice. Not to mention practicing hand eye coordination, gross motor skills, and reusing something that would otherwise end up in the garbage. This game is a win-win all around!  

Captain Monsterica & The Purple Protector Straw Rockets

Use our straw rockets to make Captain Monsterica and The Purple Protector fly to all the planets in the solar system! This activity is a super fun way to learn about the planets and the solar system. Little ones can practice on their own, or it can be made into a game with a friend – Captain Monsterica VS The Purple Protector! Who can visit all the planets first? 

Magnet Fishing Game

This is a super classic activity with a ton of learning potential. Not to mention, it’s a ton of fun for kids. You can do this within a tub of water, or simply place the fish on the floor and go fishing! Make each fish a different color to practice colors, and count how many fish you were able to catch. Try adding letters to the fish and ask your little one to try and catch a specific letter. Once they are all caught, see if the letters make a word! Try spelling a simple word that is related to the activity, like fish or water. There are lots of ways to mix up this game to keep it fresh and to keep little ones learning! 

We hope this list is helpful for all the teachers and at home learners out there. There are usually lots of creative ways to add learning into play – think of how you might be able to put a little learning into one of your child’s favorite activities. Learning shapes, colors, numbers, letters and vocabulary can be lots of fun for little ones. Let’s encourage it any way we can while having fun! 

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