These activities are great for keeping your kids entertained while celebrating the holiday, and they may learn a little something too! 

Week 12 Free Printables: Easter Activities

The Free Easter Packet from The Trip Clip has 7 activity pages for kids that you can print and use right now.  You'll find 3 coloring pages, 2 wordsearch puzzles (7x7 and 15x15) and 2 cryptogram puzzles (a beginner puzzle and a harder puzzle).   Click here to print them for free! You can also use … Continue reading Week 12 Free Printables: Easter Activities

45 Valentine’s Day Secret Message Puzzles

Cryptogram puzzles can help teach kids a wide range of skills, from spelling skills and vocabulary to computational thinking that is a precursor to computer science. They're also very fun, especially when presented as jokes! You can make an unlimited number of cryptogram puzzles at a wide variety of difficulty levels on The Trip Clip … Continue reading 45 Valentine’s Day Secret Message Puzzles

These activities are great for keeping your kids entertained while celebrating the holiday, and they may learn a little something too!  They can also be great to use at a classroom Valentine's Day party.

Make Your Own Valentine’s Day Activity Book

My free Valentine's Day activity book has 9 free Valentine's themed activities to entertain your kids. You can print it yourself right now. If you've used these 9 activities already and would like more, here's how you can make them: Make a Purchase To print more Valentine's activity pages, you'll need to make a purchase … Continue reading Make Your Own Valentine’s Day Activity Book

Learning with Christmas Activities

Just because school is out for winter break doesn't mean your kids will stop learning. There are tons of ways for kids to keep learning over the holidays just by doing fun Christmas things they'll love. Wrap Presents Have your kids wrap presents, and embrace the probably poorly wrapped results! From measuring and planning to … Continue reading Learning with Christmas Activities

2 Holiday-Inspired Writing Practice Ideas

I found lots of opportunities around the holidays to get my kids to practice skills just by having fun and doing holiday things. I had them wrap the presents they were giving people, which gave them practice measuring and cutting and just generally with coordination. I cooked with them which teaches coordination along with math … Continue reading 2 Holiday-Inspired Writing Practice Ideas

72 Christmas-Themed Secret Message Jokes and Riddles

I had my niece Gaby use The Trip Clip website to create packets of Christmas-themed secret message puzzles (cryptograms) for kids to solve. We used jokes we found on Simplify Create Inspire. Puzzles like this are a fun way to teach problem solving that helps in math, science, and computer programming. Gaby created the puzzles … Continue reading 72 Christmas-Themed Secret Message Jokes and Riddles

Support a Mom-Owned Business: Give The Trip Clip as a Gift

If you love The Trip Clip, you can support my mom-owned business by giving a gift card to a teacher or a fellow parent. You can send it in email or print a card at home, making it a great last-minute option if you procrastinate like me! Website access You can gift someone access to … Continue reading Support a Mom-Owned Business: Give The Trip Clip as a Gift