Traditions can sometimes feel overwhelming. As a parent, you might feel stressed at upholding a big tradition that’s a lot of work. But sometimes it’s the simplest traditions with our families that we hold onto the most.
Find More Ways to Play!
- Watch PBS KIDS shows on the PBS KIDS Video app.
- Download and print activities about family traditions for PreK-K and grades 1-2.
PBS KIDS Podcasts
Listen together as a family with your favorite PBS KIDS characters with these new podcasts!
Honoring family traditions and their culture is important to Molly’s family in “Molly of Denali.” But also remember that you and your family can make a tradition at any time! Make it simple and not stressful. Your new tradition can be daily, weekly, monthly, or set for special days of the year. Involve your kids in making family traditions. Some small traditions you can start with your family are:
- Telling a story every night
- Creating a special secret family handshake
- Taking a walk together
- Having pizza and a movie night
- Throwing a family dance party
- Playing family game night
Family Activities to Do Together
Molly's Recipe Book
Use Molly's recipe book to get cooking with family and friends!
Our Family Recipe
Write your favorite tiger-tastic recipe here to share it with a family member or a friend.
Creating New Family Traditions for the New Year
It’s a new year! Instead of New Year's resolutions, consider adding simple rhythms or routines into the days ahead. Here are 15 easy ways to connect as a family with new traditions this year.
What Are Your Favorite Family Traditions?
Families from the “Celebrating Family” episode of “PBS KIDS Talk About” video series shared their favorite holiday traditions. Find out what they told us — you just might get ideas for new family traditions of your own!
Family Birthday Traditions
Here are some fun family birthday traditions that may spark an idea to keep the focus on your family for your child's next birthday.
Create Your Own “My Family Traditions” Book
30 min activityExplore family and culture by making a story book about your family traditions.
Celebrate Family Traditions
30 min activityShare a special family tradition with your child and talk about how your tradition honors your heritage and history.
Make a Summer Souvenir Box
Create a souvenir box to remember fun summer days!
Our Family Memories
Celebrate the time you spend together and the memories you share with this activity that's fun for the whole family.
Learn Along Bingo for Ages 2-5: Family Traditions
Play and learn with this activity packet all about family traditions!
Learn Along Bingo for Ages 6-8: Family Traditions
Play and learn with this activity packet all about family traditions!
My Family and Me
Families are all unique. Make your own memory book to celebrate you and your family.
Kid-Friendly Recipes To Make Together
Make Budín de Pan: A Nochebuena Tradition!
120 min activityCelebrate Nochebuena with a delicately spiced, sweet, and colorful dessert.
Get the Scoop on Homemade Ice Cream—Moose Fat to Bananas!
20 min activityLearn about Alaska Native ice cream — nivagi — made from moose fat. Compare it to other types of ice cream, including one frozen treat that you’ll go bananas over!
Mozie-mazing Cookies From "Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood"
30 min activityEnjoy making this special cookie treat with your own family.
Luna’s Traditional Holiday Fruitcake
25 min activityBake a Christmas fruitcake as you celebrate unique holiday traditions.
Make Blueberry Milk
10 min activityMolly loves cooking with blueberries. See what happens when you try this blueberry recipe with your child!
Make Charoset in Honor of Passover
10 min activityCharoset is a delicious mixture of apples and nuts and eaten as part of the Passover Seder.
Games to Play
Karaoke Night
Lola loves her karaoke machine, but she needs new tunes. Help Jelly, Ben and Pogo build some awesome jams, then join Lola for a rockin’ sing-along at karaoke night.
An Elwood City Thanksgiving
Celebrate Thanksgiving in Elwood City with Arthur and his friends!
Pinkamazing Family Game
It's family game time! Your family can take turns drawing, acting, singing and dancing with fun and unique prompts from Pinkalicious.
Molly’s Winter Kitchen
Help Molly and her mom prepare traditional foods to last all winter! Learn about different ways of preserving foods like moose stew and blueberry jam.
Veggiezilla!
Grow giant vegetables with Molly and Trini for the Alaska State Fair! Learn about how to keep the plants healthy, and watch out for hungry hares.
Beading Art
Let's bead with Molly! Your child can follow step-by-step instructions to recreate Molly's bead designs or create new designs and patterns.
Read More
"Lyla in the Loop" Celebrates Family Food Traditions
The newest PBS KIDS show “Lyla in the Loop” honors family food traditions. Here’s why you should too.
“Rosie’s Rules” Celebrates Mexican Family Traditions
“Rosie’s Rules” celebrates Mexican culture by showing the Fuentes family engaging in special traditions — especially those that involve cooking together!
8 Books About Families
Here are a few heartwarming books about families of all shapes, sizes and customs to brighten these long winter nights.