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Marshmallow Day Activities for the End of the Year

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The end of the school year is always so exciting, but keeping the students engaged as the year winds down can be a bit tricky. During our ten day end of the year countdown, we celebrate with these Marshmallow Day activities! The students review math and literacy skills, all while integrating a science!

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

Please be cognizant of allergies or health concerns, while completing these activities.

Marshmallow Day Solar Smores

One of our favorite Marshmallow Day activities is making solar smores!

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

I have tried making these two different ways with my students.

The first way involves creating a solar oven that will heat the smores.

For the solar oven, the students work in small group to cover the inside of a shoebox or pizza box with aluminum foil.

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

Then, they will place their smores inside the oven and cover it with plastic wrap. Once all the groups have finished assembling their solar ovens, we take them outside.

It takes a few hours for the heat to melt the chocolate and marshmallow.

To save time, I have had my students simply wrap their smore with aluminum foil.

First, I pass out a piece of aluminum foil. Then, I have them build their smore right on top of the foil.

Once they are finished, they will wrap their smore with the aluminum foil.

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

I make sure to write their name on the outside of the aluminum foil with a permanent marker.

Now, we are ready to take them outside to let the sun work its magic!

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

Either way you choose to create your solar oven, you will want to make sure you plan this activity for a warm, sunny day.

How to Make Smores Writing Craft

While our smores are melting outside, we head back inside to create a simple how-to writing craft booklet.

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

I just print each page on the appropriate color of construction paper.

Marshmallow Day Five Senses

As we are eating our smores, we use our five senses to describe how it feels, looks, sounds, smells and tastes.

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

Marshmallow Shooters

To make the marshmallow shooters, cut the bottom off a 9 oz. plastic cup. You will want to prep these ahead of time.

Tie the end of the balloon and nip the tip. Stretch the balloon over the cup and secure with Duck Tape (not shown).

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

You could also use the design and data sheets using a catapult marshmallow shooter made from various other supplies.

Place a marshmallow inside the shooter. For best results make sure the marshmallow is centered inside the neck of the balloon where it has been tied. This placement will yield the farthest shot.

Pull back and shoot!

Measure how far the marshmallow flew. It’s best to use the marshmallow shooter in a grassy area, so that the marshmallow doesn’t roll after it has landed.

Record, graph and analyze the results!

Marshmallow Day Activities for Math

During our math block, we work in pairs to stack marshmallows!

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

We take turns, as we count how many before the tower falls. Then, we record, graph and analyze the data.

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

To practice nonstandard measurement, we use marshmallows to measure various items in the classroom.

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

You could do this with regular sized marshmallows, or even mini marshmallows.

Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

Another fun Marshmallow Day activity is having the students use chopsticks to move mini marshmallows from one plate to another. Great fine motor practice!

First, they will estimate how many marshmallows they think they can move.

Then, they will count how many and record the number with tally marks.

Afterwards, they will analyze the data and write a brief conclusion.

End of the Year Gift Idea

Of course, we end our Marshmallow Day with a fun little gift!

Just fill a zippered baggie with graham crackers, mini Hershey bars and marshmallows. I like to use the bigger smores marshmallows.

Fold and staple the topper onto the bag.

Each kiddos gets to take home a simple smores kit!

More End of the Year Activities

You can grab all of these Marshmallow Day activities here!

Your students might also enjoy these Bubble Day activities!

Bubble Day is always a class favorite in our balloon pop end of the year countdown! On this end of the year theme day, the students mix a homemade bubble solution recipe for bouncing bubbles on their hand, determine the best bubble blower, compare the anatomy of a bubble to an Oreo and make a bubble wand. These end of the year Bubble Day activities for kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade are sure to pique their interest, especially during the anticipation of the end of the school year!

Read more about our End of the Year Countdown here!

Don’t forget to check out our End of the Year Awards Ceremony!

Are you feeling overwhelmed with the busyness of the end of the year countdown?! There is always so much to prepare as the school year comes to a close. End of the year activities, end of the year memory books, end of the year gifts and student awards… I know you feel me! Save time by simplifying your end of the year awards ceremony with these no prep, student-created awards! #endoftheyear #teacher #teachers #preschool #kindergarten #1stgrade #firstgrade #2ndgrade #secondgrade #elementary #teach

If you make an end of the year slideshow, you can find my Top 20 End of the Year Slideshow Songs here!

I’ve narrowed my list down to my Top 10 End of the Year Slideshow Songs, as well as a few close contenders, for a total of 20 end of the year songs that are perfect for your end of the year slideshow and end of the year celebration! Great graduation songs for any grade level!

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Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty Celebrate the school year with these Marshmallow Day end of the year activities! Use these hands-on math and literacy activities to review skills and explore science concepts, during your end of the year countdown, end of the year theme days or end of the year party! Don’t forget to invite your preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade students to make solar s’mores, as you celebrate with these Camping Day activities! #endoftheyear #kindergarten #firstgrade #teacher #teachers #themedays #elementarty

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    1. Donna says

      April 22, 2023 at 5:19 pm

      Love this activity!!

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      • Ashley says

        April 22, 2023 at 9:07 pm

        Thank you so much! Marshmallow Day has always been a class favorite!

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