It’s Snowing! Holiday Card | Coding for Kids

Introduction

Create a magical holiday card with animated falling snowflakes and interactive elements! In this lesson, students will design a holiday card, write a cheerful message, and code looping snowflake animations with interactive features.

Subjects:

Grades: 3-5

Estimated Time For Completion: 30 mins

Coding Concepts Covered

Functions in Sequence Function in Parallel Duration Loop Relative Position

Student Instructions

Elementari lessons combine creativity and structured learning using auto-validating steps. This approach supports students learning at their own pace and engaging all skill levels. Below are the milestone instructions students will follow to complete the lesson. Each milestone can be further broken down into detailed step by step tasks (not shown).

1. Designing Your Card 🎨 (10 mins)

Add a background and write a festive greeting for your holiday card! Code your message to animate.

2. Code a Looping Animation ❄️ (10 mins)

Code snowflakes (or anything else) to fall continuously in a loop.

3. Make a Character Bounce 🕺 (5 mins)

Add interactivity by making a character bounce when clicked!

4. Finalizing Your Card 🎁 (5 mins)

Decorate your card and code more! Some ideas:

Make Characters Move. Ex. Have a reindeer fly across the screen.

Use the Play Music block for background music.

Code a voiceover to play with the Play Record Sound block. Ex. "HoHoHo" when you click on a Santa.

Interactive Project Example for Students

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