Happy New Year Art And Math Activities

Ring in the new year and decade with easy, no fuss art activities that double up as math exercises. Early learners count down from 10 to one and work with the numbers in 2020 while doing art activities with paint, glue, adhesive jewels and collage items.

In a few days, we will celebrate the beginning of a new year … and a new decade. If you are looking for no-fuss activities for your child to start the year off with, these simple art and math projects fit the bill. They can be offered at home or saved for the first days of school in January.

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New Year Handprint Keepsake

Supplies Needed:

golden glitter cardstock

tan cardstock

8 ½ x 11-inch cream cardstock

gold sequins, stars, balls, and confetti

gold glitter

gold glitter glue

glue paddle

collage containers

pencil

scissors

metallic gold felt pen

glue stick

glue gun

Trace your child’s hand on a piece of tan cardstock, or let your child do the tracing.

Help your child cut out the handprints.

Add gold glitter glue and collage items to small containers.

Set the collage items, glue, glue paddle and paper handprints on a table.

Decorate handprints with glitter glue and gold stars, sequins, confetti, and glitter. A collage activity for all ages.

Invite your child to glam up the handprints with gold-colored collage items.

Gold glitter and confetti can be sprinkled on at the end for an added dose of glitz.

Let the handprints dry.

Cut a pair of number two shapes from golden glitter cardstock.

On cream-colored cardstock, help your child use a glue stick to tack on a number two, the left decorated hand, another number two, and the right embellished hand. Reinforce the shapes with a glue gun if needed.

Add the words “Here I Come” underneath the number 2020 with a metallic gold felt pen.

Glitter paper and gold collage items are front and center in this 2020 handprint art activity. An easy to make New Year's keepsake suitable for children of all ages.

To introduce a simple version of this art project, a couple of number twos and handprints can be traced onto white cardstock and then cut out. Let your child color the numbers and handprints, and glue them onto a contrasting background.

New Year Countdown Fireworks Picture

This activity gives practice in number recognition and counting down from 10 to 1. It does double duty as an art activity.

Supplies Needed:

Happy New Year printable (download below)

scissors

three toilet paper rolls

magenta, yellow and light blue tempera paint

small plates or lids

paint brushes

New Year's Countdown template to use for art and math activities with young children. Invitation to add paint print fireworks, count down from 10 t0 1 and match numbers.

This “Happy New Year” printable can be downloaded on 11-inch by 17-inch paper, or 8 ½ x 11-inch paper.

Happy New Year PrintableDownload

This printable was created in PicMonkey and is for individual and one classroom use only.

Paper Roll Firework Paint Project Set-Up

Cut fringes into one end of three toilet paper rolls.

Bend fringes on each paper roll outward.

Pour magenta, yellow and light blue paint into small plates or lids.

Set the paints, paper rolls, and paper on a table.

Ring in the new year with your early learners by introducing an activity to make toilet roll and paint fireworks. Use the Happy New Year printable to count down from 10 to 1.

Ask your child to dip the fringed end of each paper roll into a color of paint and make a firework print on the printable.

Encourage your child to add more prints in each paint color to the page.

Tip: Try this on a practice sheet first.

Practice making paint print fireworks on a piece of scrap paper before making prints on the Happy New Year printable.

For more control, fringed ends can be painted with a brush instead of dipped in paint.

Toilet paper roll firework paint prints. For added control, paint the fringes of the paper roll and press onto the Happy New Year printable to create fireworks.

A paper roll and paint art activity to ring in the new year with. Introduce this activity with your early learners using this Happy New Year printable. Incorporate math by having children count down from 10 to 1 and match numbers by adding numerical stickers.

To incorporate number recognition and matching practice, ask your child to cover the numbers 10 to 1 with numerical stickers.

These art and math activities will be sure to help your child start the new year off on a positive note. I hope 2020 will be a fabulous one for your loved ones and you!