Looking for fun and effective New Year’s math activities to kickstart your classroom before or after the holidays? Or need some New Year’s Day decorations ideas?
Whether you’re looking to keep students focused after winter break or simply want to inject some fun into your math routine, these New Year’s math activities are sure to make your students smile while sharpening their skills.
Here are five numberless word problems New Year’s math activities to kickstart your classroom math journey!
3D New Year Hats
Are you looking for ways to capture students’ attention and make sure they are on task?
Knowing they’ll get to do a hands-on activity afterward motivates students to focus on completing the word problems.
In the end, students will be excited to see their New Year Hat they made stand upright (like a real one).
And you will be happy to know they get to do some critical thinking as they solve numberless word problems.
In this craft activity, students get to practice:
- 1 Step Numberless Word Problems (15 question types)
- Multi-Step Addition & Subtraction Numberless Word Problems
- Multi-Step Four Operations Numberless Word Problems
- Multi-Step Multiplicative Comparison Numberless Word Problems
You can choose to mix and match the various math skills to meet your students’ needs. Moreover, you can provide the values that best match your students’ level.
I like to let my students choose the values they want within my set of rules. For example, for addition and subtraction word problems, all numbers must be a different 3-digits.
If choosing the numbers is a tough job, consider throwing a die to decide. Although this could result in many “die accidents”, it adds a fun element to the activity.
Alternatively, ask each student to contribute one value.
Imagine your students excitedly solving math problems so they can finish their 3D New Year hats, which double as colorful classroom decorations!
The best part is it comes with 5 Editable PowerPoint Slides where you can edit the questions and year on the designs. This opens up to so many possibilities!
New Year Hat Flip Book
Here’s another New Year hat flip book craft that your students may be interested in.
This time around, students get to create a flip book that requires them to sort the numberless word problems based on the operation. Students simply love the interactivity of the flip book.
You can choose to paste the question right behind the flap or underneath the flap. Then let students write the solution on the opposite.
Due to the designs, coloring the background may need more care and time. So to save time, you may want to print it on light colored paper or paint over the colored details.
There are 7 hats designs, including an empty flip book template and a simple plain hat craft template if you are interested in letting your students draw their own hat.
You can create a simple hat design without the interactiveness for bulletin board design, art class, or craft time.
In the question template, it also includes 3 different hat rims for you to choose from.
- Big hat rim design: Show the year clearly.
- Thin hat rim design: Maybe looks more proportionate.
- Empty hat rim design: Write or decorate as you wish!
Finally, your students can write their name on the top of the hat or behind the hat as you deem fit.
New Year Party Popper/Horn Flip Book
This party popper flip book math craft focuses on 3 fraction numberless word problems, but you can simplify it by using whole numbers instead.
This resource includes 6 different templates.
- Cover + 3 Questions
- Cover + Lined Template
- Lined Empty Template With Strips that read: 2025 MATH GOAL
- Lined Empty Template with empty strips
- Lined Empty Template With GOAL header & Strips with the year written on it
- Empty Template With Strips with the year written on it
New Year’s resolutions aren’t just for adults. Get your students excited about goal setting with math-focused party poppers!
These templates can be used for students to set personal math goals for the year.
This activity ties in perfectly with growth mindset discussions, helping students see math as a journey where they can improve over time.
Rocket Flip Book
Blast off into the New Year with a simple rocket-themed activity.
My suggested values for this activity are to use them for addition and subtraction up to 100 with regrouping. Feel free to adjust the values to fit your students’ needs.
After students are done coloring the cover (the most time-saving flip book to color), and solve the questions, simply staple them together in order. Then write the name on the head of the rocket.
When the rockets are complete, hang them up around the room for a gallery of math-themed New Year cheer!
New Year’s Resolution Pages
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There are 3 resolution pages and 3 pages of numberless word problems prompts that you can ask your students if you are new to it.
There is also a 1 page numberless word problem prompt that students can fill up.
You can pair the resolution pages with the crafts. Simply use the craft like a topper and paste the resolution page at the bottom of the construction paper.
To paste the 3D New Years Hat with a recording sheet on a construction paper, don’t paste the last two backs of the 3D hat pieces together. Instead paste it directly on the construction paper.
This way, students’ completed work, including all the questions, will be visible for display.
Final Thoughts
The weeks before and after winter break can be tricky for classroom engagement.
These New Year’s math activities not only capture your students’ attention but also help them build critical skills through creative, hands-on tasks.
Activities like these are perfect for reinforcing concepts, breaking up the routine, and starting the year on a positive note.
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The best part is for the flipbook, you will get lifetime updates. So the earlier you buy, the more years you can use it for!
They’re no-prep, customizable, and designed to make math learning fun for everyone.
Let’s make this New Year a memorable one—both for you and your students.
🎉Happy New Year!🎉
Related Read: Learn How To Do Problem Solving With Math Numberless Word Problems
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