Christmas Unplugged Coding Activities for Kids

This Christmas tree algorithm art activity is a great unplugged coding activity for kids K-8 to learn how actions can be turned into algorithms. 

After completing the activity, kids can work together to communicate their written program to their peers (or siblings in our case) to test out and debug their Christmas tree code.

Do you think you can communicate like a computer programmer? Test your communication skills by giving another person step-by-step directions on how to build a Christmas LEGO design without them seeing the final result.

This is a great activity for kids to work on following and communicating multiple action step instructions to complete a task, solve a problem, or perform a procedure.

These Christmas Pixel Puzzles are a great way to introduce image representation on computers as well as work on number and color recognition.

Computers break pictures down into tiny blocks of color known as pixels. Pixels are organized in a grid and each block contains a single color.

Learn about boolean and comparison operators with this Guess the Elf boolean coding activity! Boolean logic sounds like a pretty complex concept, but it’s actually very easy to understand.

Booleans are a type of data that has two values either true or false that can be used to evaluate logical questions.

Trixie the Elf needs helping searching for the perfect outfit for each day of the week. Learn how to use boolean expressions to narrow down exactly the right outfit in this Christmas Elf boolean logic activity.

This Christmas Sudoku activity is a way to introduce kids as young as preschool to the rules and the use of logical reasoning to solve a problem.

Logic puzzles are a great activity to strengthen logical reasoning skills, boolean, and comparison skills while working with a series of selection statements.

This Christmas logic word puzzle activity is a way for kids to use logical thinking and pattern matching paired with spatial recognition and spelling.

Find the correct sequence to help Frosty the Snowman find his way through town before he melts away in this unplugged coding worksheet for kids! This free worksheet is great to print to use in a classroom or even at home!

We like to practice verbalizing our sequences as well because it helps to practice coding concepts in different ways in order to master them!