10 Holiday-Themed Kids AI Activities

Today on the AI Daily Brief as we celebrate Thanksgiving, 10 holiday themed AI activities for kids. The AI Daily Brief is a daily podcast and video about the most important news and discussions in AI. Alright, friends. Well, today is, of course, Thanksgiving, and this is a surprise episode. Normally, the way that we work here at AI Daily Brief is it's six days a week, not Saturday, and federal holidays are off, and that was the plan heading into this week. But as I was doing the 10 AI projects to learn about all these awesome new models episode that you'll get tomorrow heading into the long weekend, I had this idea to do one that was a little bit more focused on kids and really got into the spirit of the season. Now a big thing to know about me is that I absolutely love the holidays this time of year, the traditions, really from about September 1 through New Year's. This is my favorite time. And we are, of course, entering the peak of that with the Thanksgiving to Christmas stretch. I also happen to believe it will surprise you none that done right, AI can be an incredibly creativity unlocking tool for kids. They are going to grow up in this world with these tools. And while there are major questions of how we redesign education, how we redesign the economy, the one constant is that these tools will be there and they will need to know how to use them. And so hopefully, some of these ideas are fun ways to get that process started. Now my kids are four and seven, and that will probably come through in these ideas. This is much more for that set than it is for teenagers. But hopefully, this gives you some fun ideas for things to do, maybe to kill some time in and around the holidays as you wait for school to start again. But without any further ado, let's dive into these 10 holiday themed kids AI activities. These were created through a collaboration between me, five one, and Gemini three, of course. The first project is a kid authored interactive website we'll call My Year in Magic. The idea is a lightweight single page interactive website generated, of course, by AI through vibe coding that summarizes your child's year. The child provides the memories and maybe the parent adds some images or videos, and then AI handles the design, theme, copy, layout, animations, and a vibe. Ultimately, what it turns into is a kind of digital scrapbook. Kids get to see their ideas and experiences turned into a website. Parents get a keepsake without spending hours designing. And overall, this can model reflection and gratitude in a fun modern way. So how to do it? Ask your child three to five prompts. Favorite moment, something you learned, who are you grateful for? From there, ask them to choose a theme. Rainbow detectives, snow …