Holi Crafts for Kids

I’ve written a few times before about Holi, the colorful spring festival that celebrates the triumph of good over evil. But it feels like this time of year we could all use some colorful crafts and activities, so it’s no wonder this celebration has spread beyond its traditional Hindu roots. Let’s take a look at some more fun Holi crafts and activities for kids.

One of the main characteristics of Holi is lots of color thanks to the colored powder that is thrown around during the festivities. Now’s a perfect time to pull out any paint pouring activities (here’s a tutorial from Mama Smiles unrelated to Holi, just use bright colors) or dropping liquid watercolors onto paper (as in these Holi cards from Artsy Craftsy Mom). Use spray inks or colors to make a splatter effect on a card like this one from Crazy Crafter.

Anything that gets a lot of colors on a canvas or paper quickly and boldly is great for Holi. Maybe painting with balls or marbles?

Activity Village has a Holi-themed painted people activity using powdered paint that would also be fun, and of course you can make different shapes if you like. I also love these handprint cards from The Joy of Sharing, which would also be super cute as a classroom display on one big piece of paper.

And of course it doesn’t have to be just colorful paint. Pull out all the colorful paper you have on hand to make fun rolled paper sculptures to use as Holi displays. These ones from Art Bar are so fun and adults will want to get in on it, too.

If you have littles who love sensory experiences, it’s time to make some rainbow rice or pasts (here’s a recipe from Busy Toddler) and you can just play with the rice or add things of different colors and make it a color sorting activity. Speaking of, now would be a great time for learning about colors with little ones!

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Celebrating Holi with Kids

Human brains are pretty amazing, allowing us to think, feel, create, communicate, move and more. But humans aren’t the only animals with cool brains, as Crab Museum explains in the book The No-Brainer Brain Explainer (illustrated by Bruno Valasse).

This book, aimed at kids in grades 1-4, is colorful and silly but also educational about how brains actually work, with billions of neurons sending electrical and chemical signals around the body.

“Everything we think, feel and experience comes from an electrical relay race, with neurons passing chemical batons to each other,” the book says. “The constant chatter of billions of brain cells creates your entire world.”

The book compares the brains of mammals to those of crabs (the book is “written” by a crab after all) and notes that crabs have fewer neurons and of course are much smaller, but they have separate parts of their brains that control their eyes and their legs. Crabs are also capable of remembering things, using tools and solving puzzles.

Some animals’ brains allow them to know more about their world in different ways from humans, such as spiders being sensitive to vibrations in their webs and catfish having an amazing sense of taste, with taste sensors all over their bodies.

It notes that 95 percent of brain activity goes toward things we do unconsciously, like breathing, walking and catching a ball flying toward us. It also talks about dreams, memory, how our emotions try to predict the future, where brains came from and fun facts about brains. For example, did you know a sperm whale is believed to have the biggest brain of any creature that’s even lived? Their brains weigh 18 pounds, compared to just 2.5 pounds for humans.

Information on what creatures have the smallest brains, the toughest brains, the most brains and those who actually eat their own brains will delight kids (and maybe gross them out a little bit). They’ll also enjoy learning about the mycelium network of fungi, which is like a brain without a body, and slime molds, which are like a brain without a brain.

It ends talking about why human brains are so special because we’ve found ways to work together, communicate and build communities on a scale bigger than any other animal.

Kids and adults alike will enjoy this colorful, silly and informational book about brains!

About the book: 64 pages, hardcover. Published 2026 by Wide Eyed Editions. Suggested retail price $19.99.

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