Happy New Year 2026! Check out these fun New Years Art Activities for kids. Enjoy celebrating 2026 in your classroom and ease kids back into January after their winter break with these creative print-and-go art, reflection, and goal-setting activities.
These printable resources are ideal for Grades 3-7: Upper Elementary and Middle School teachers, homeschoolers, and parents.
Here at Imagination Box HQ, I love to help teachers, parents, and homeschoolers bring more art into kids’ lives without the stress of lots of prep! Art is more than a fun project; it’s a tool for self-expression, community-building, and finding calm. Engaging in these imaginative art activities for January can motivate your students and build excitement for this month of new beginnings.
Read on for five engaging ways to ignite creativity at home or in the classroom this January 🎉
1. NEW YEARS 2026 FIREWORKS 🎇 $3.95
Welcome New Year 2026 with this fun fireworks art activity and January goal-setting writing activities. Ease kids gently into the first week back by reflecting on 2025 and creatively setting goals for 2026.
Invite students to create an energizing fireworks display. Use these worksheets to explore warm and cool colors and experiment with making confident, expressive marks. I update this activity each year, so you can download free updates to continue using it beyond 2026.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Colleen says,
“Excellent resource that offered a variety of different ways to complete an assignment for students on different levels.”
2. NEW YEARS 2026 CELL PHONE ART ACTIVITY 🎇 $3.95
Ring in New Year 2026 in your classroom! This fun fold-out cell phone art and writing activity is a hands-on way for students to reflect on 2025, set new goals, and make resolutions for 2026.
Engage your students with this relatable New Years ‘All About Me’ Instagram-style cell phone construction, art, and writing resource. Kids love cell phones and drawing their own app images!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Christina says,
“My students absolutely loved this resource. It was a wonderful back from winter break activity for them to do. I look forward to using it for years to come, They personalized their phones and were excited to set new goals for the new year.”
3. NEW YEARS SELFIE COLORING PAGES 🎇 $4.25
Kickstart New Year 2026 with these cool selfies and help students focus! These engaging New Year coloring pages, art, and writing prompt activities are perfect for reviewing 2025, goal setting, and making resolutions for 2026. Reconnect, reflect, and refocus as a community.
Students can choose their favorite glasses or spectacles, create a unique self-portrait, and then complete the review and resolution activities that encourage a balance of art and writing.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Natalie says,
“This was a really great twist to the usual New Year’s Resolutions. My students are enjoying creating their “selfie”. I am loving how different and creative each student has created their character. Thank you for this product.”
4. 2026 WARM & COOL COLORS ART ACTIVITY 🎇 $3.25
Celebrate New Year 2026 with these no-prep, fun coloring pages. With this creative, warm, and cool colors art lesson, you can gently encourage students to set goals and work imaginatively this January. This resource is updated for free each year at the end of November. The challenge is to see if ‘2026’ stands out from the background when the coloring page is finished. Your students’ artwork will make an eye-catching January bulletin board display to kick off the new year!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Catherine says,
“My students loved starting the year revising warm and cool colours, and showing off their brilliant colouring skills. On a hot afternoon, this is the kind of task that is easy for them to engage with, and we now have super colourful display boards!”
5. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026 DOOR DECOR KIT 🎇 $1.95
Welcome your students back to school with this Happy New Year 2026 Classroom Door Decor Kit.
Add some welcoming New Year sparkle to your classroom door this January with these Happy New Year 2025 posters.
This kit includes US Letter-size numbers posters 2-0-2-5, abstract ‘Happy New Year’ fireworks posters, and Happy New Year titles in 3 color options….why not try it for just a dollar? 🙂
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See you soon,
Diane
