JOY GUIDE

Simple ways to fill your season with JOY

To support families everywhere during this year of years, we've filled this guide with easy

ways to focus this holiday on the things that matter most—connecting with the people we

love, sharing joy and strengthening our family traditions. Read more.

Connect With The People We Love

Here's How To Make An Outdoor Holiday Work For Your Family—Check out our

favorite ways to help everyone enjoy this year's festivities outside.

How To Make This Unusual Holiday Sweet, Even From Afar—Even if you can't get

together in person, enjoy these kid-friendly ways to feel connected this season.

Whether outdoors in person or from afar, we've got tips on how to feel close and

connected to the people we love.

Get Good at Finding and Sharing Joy!

What Is Joy And How Does It Help Us Thrive?—Read more about the

science of joy and how joy supports kids and all of us .

When Kids Focus On Giving, They Get The Best Gift Of All—Even though the

season feels focused on receiving, try a few easy ways to get young kids

hooked on giving and boost their empathy in the process!

Play Is the Way! Find joy through outdoor play with DIY activities like frozen

treasure, feeding feathered friends, or hundreds more!

Although joy is something that we experience in the moment, it impacts our

bodies and our minds in lasting ways. Fill your holiday with joy and feel the

impact long into the new year!

Strengthen Family Traditions

How To Grow Happy Kids With Family Rituals —Read about how simple traditions give kids

strong roots and wings to fly.

4 Ways To Keep Holiday Traditions Alive This Year—Interview an older relative, "cook" traditional dishes

with kids, and discover other nifty ways to bolster the traditions we hold dear and create new ones, too.

Traditions may need to shift, but we can make them even stronger this year!

ABOUT TINKERGARTEN: Tinkergarten is your guide to purposeful outdoor play—the kind of play that

helps kids become healthy, capable and confident learners. Learn with us at tinkergarten.com.

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