Ideas Yule Love This Season
For makers and DIYers, December can be the busiest month of the year. Whether it's making a gingerbread house, stringing a popcorn garland, knitting a scarf, or designing custom wrapping paper, there's plenty of things to do.
Many will continue to be staying close to home this holiday season and are looking for fresh ideas and inspiration. These 24 activities will appeal to various interests and include citizen science, plant-based cooking, environmentally-friendly crafts, science lectures that date back to 1825, a public domain book published in 1900, and a new way to wrap gifts.
We hope that you enjoy the activities, and we'd love for you to share the results!
Happy Holidays!
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24 Days Of Things To Do And Learn And Make
Enjoy these 24 activities that you can do at home and in your neighborhood. Let us know which one is your favorite and if you have any ideas to share.
1. Stir Up Old Fashioned Hot Chocolate
2. Curate a Holiday Music Playlist
4. Cut out Recycled Paper Snowflakes
5. Perform Random Acts of Kindness
6. St. Nicholas Day: Make a Stocking From a Recycled Paper Bag
7. Letter Writing Day: Write to Santa (USA residence)
8. Decorate Your Tree With Found Objects
9. Christmas Card Day: Make a Pop Up Tree Card or a KitHub Paper Circuit Holiday Card
10. Human Rights Day: Read Universal Declaration of Human Rights
11. Watch Christmas Lectures from The Royal Institution (started in 1825)
12. Scan the Night Sky for Perseus or Grus (and learn about light pollution)
13. Transfer a Photograph to Wood
15. Use The iNaturalist App To Identify a Plant (contribute to citizen science)
16. Write a Haiku About A Plant
17. Wrap Gifts With Reusable Cloth Furoshiki) (Japanese tradition)
18. Bake (Vegan Gingerbread) Cookies Day
19. Make Non-Dairy Egg Nog (to go with your cookies)
20. Take a Photograph of a Winter Scene