40 DIY Winter Crafts for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

It's that time of year again and the festivities are all around us. A great way to get involved and have fun during the holidays and the winter season is through crafts, baking, acts of kindness, and neighborly gestures. Whether you're looking for an activity that works for a person or group of people with physical or cognitive disabilities, you'll find a huge variety of DIY crafts and activities in this post.

So, read on to find fun activities you can do or adapt to your needs and preferences.

1. Make Snowflakes!
2. Create a holiday wreath for your front door.
3. Prep yourself for making holiday side dishes.
4. Make some no-bake holiday treats.
5. Donate clothes, shoes, toys.
6. Write a letter to Santa.
7. Check out the holiday lights around local neighborhoods.
8. Make a holiday sensory bottle. 
9. Volunteer.
10. Make caramel apples.
11. Bake holiday cookies.
12. Design Christmas tree cones.
13. Let everyone pick their favorite holiday movie and make a marathon out of it. 
14. Make a magnetic Christmas tree.
15. Sing some holiday karaoke.
16. Make your own holiday ornaments.
17. Make some DIY pinecone reindeers.
18. Build a pillow fort and hang tealights in it.
19. String popcorn.
20. Make a holiday sensory bin.
21. Make pinecone bird feeders. 
22. Build a Bug Hotel. 
23. Make red and green Moon Sand. 
24. Mix up some Snow Floam.
25. Whip up some peppermint hot chocolate.
26. Visit a tree farm.
27. Go caroling.
28. Have a picnic under the Christmas tree.
29. Make a gingerbread beach hut. 
30. Share your favorite memories of each other. 
31. Look through old photos together. 
32. Try to guess the scent of a variety of essential oils. 
33. Bake Star of David cookies.
34. Adopt an Elf on the Shelf.
35. Make homemade candy canes.
36. If you have snow, make snow angels.
37. Make a no-sew stocking.
38. Make Snowman Playdough.
39. How about Pumpkin Spice Playdough?
40. Edible Peanut Butter Playdough anyone?

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