25 Fabulous Ways To Celebrate 100th Day

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100th Day Activities
100th Day Activities

The 100th day of school is a day worth celebrating—with gusto! You and your students have been working hard and growing like crazy. So celebrate the 100th day of school with some of these terrific activity ideas. The best part? You can sneak in lots of learning, and your students will just think they’re having fun!

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1. Celebrate 100th Day With Crowns

100th Day crowns made with construction paper

Lay out supplies to make these fun crowns that are worth wearing to celebrate 100th day.

Learn more: Simply Sweet Teaching

2. Get Your Students Up and Moving

a colorful menu of 100th day physical activities

Need 100th day of school activity ideas that get kids moving? Create a list like the one above, with different physical activities, and have students color in each row after they finish each activity.

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Learn more: Proud To Be Primary

3. Watch 100th Day Videos

Collage of video screenshots for 100th day classroom celebrations

Videos about the 100th day of school are great to get kids excited about the big event. Try some of these short videos in between activities or at the end of the day.

Learn more: 100th Day Videos

4. Make a 100th Day Poster

100th Day Poster

Have your students come up with 100 reasons why they love their friends, the class, or their school.

Source: @artsyapple

5. Make a Gumball Machine

100th day gumball machine project

Just create a printout of these adorable gumball machines and have students add 100 gumballs with dot paint.

Learn more: One Petite Teacher

6. Make Cheerio Necklaces

two students wearing 100th day cheerio necklaces

What’s more adorable than little kids stringing together Cheerio necklaces? Not only does this activity build find motor skills, it reinforces number sense.

Learn more: @thepoppinpineappleteacher

7. Build Using 100 Things

children on the rug building structures with plastic cups

Round up individual supplies like cups, LEGO bricks, or other items in the classroom. Then let your kids get building!

Learn more: @kotsikinders

8. Create Art From the Number 100

100th Day Pictures

Give students cutouts of 1-0-0 and have them come up with an original design using the numbers.

Source: @MsLieu

9. Celebrate 100th Day With 100 Snacks

100th Day of school ideas: Grid of 100 squares with snacks covering the numbers

It’s like bingo but with snacks! Have students count and cover the squares with small food items like goldfish crackers or pretzels. When they get to 100, they can eat their completed project.

Learn more: Growing Kinders

10. Write About Being 100 Years Old

Students' drawings of images of what they will look like at 100 years old

Looking for 100th day of school ideas that incorporate writing and art? Have students draw a picture of what they’ll look like at 100 years old and write a journal entry about what the world will be like.

Learn more: Little Miss Glamour Goes to Kindergarten

11. Do Math Activities Using a Hundreds Charts

Hundreds Chart Activities for young students

Hundreds charts are a great source of activities on 100th day. We’ve gathered 20 different games and activities you can do with your students.

Learn more: 20 Hundreds Chart Activities

12. Bring 100 Things to Class to Share

100th Day of school ideas: colored markers and a brown paper bag with insturctions for a 100 things activity

Invite your students to bring in 100 items of their choice to share with the class during circle time.

Learn more: @sunshineandschooltime

13. Celebrate 100th Day With Stories About 100th Day

Three books about 100th Day including 100th Day Worries and Rocket's 100th Day of School

Like these examples: 100th Day Worries by Margery Cuyler, Rocket’s 100th Day of School by Tad Hills, and 100th Day of School From the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler.

14. Read Stories With 100 in the Title

Three books with 100 in the title including Centipede's 100 Shoes

Including Centipede’s 100 Shoes by Tony Ross, I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words by Michael Firth, and The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes.

15. Read Nonfiction 100s Books

100th Day of school ideas: Three books with 100 in the title including 100 Most Awesome Things on the Planet

Even more book fun. 100 Things To Do Before You Grow Up by National Geographic Kids, 100 Most Awesome Things on the Planet by Anna Claybourne, and 100 Inventions That Made History by DK Publishing.

16. Put Together 100-Piece Puzzles

a box of 4 glow in the dark puzzles for kids

Little kids love putting together puzzles! Group them into teams and give them time to work on not only their cognitive and motor skills, but their social skills as well.

Learn more: Puzzles on Amazon

17. Collect 100 Smiles

bright pink piece of paper with 100 smiles printed on it next to a tub with colored markers

What a joyful idea! Partner students up and send them off to collect 10 smiles from different people around school. Have them color one smiley face in each time they get a smile.

Learn more: Joyful Learning

18. Brainstorm 100 Acts of Kindness To Celebrate 100th Day

100th Day of school ideas: child writing on a poster listing 100 acts of kindness

Leading up to 100th day, create this poster. Then, at circle time, ask kids to brainstorm ideas to add to the list.

Learn more: @sparklinginsecondgrade

19. Go on a 100 Hearts Scavenger Hunt

a collage of images showing students on a scavenger hunt

This teacher hid gold hearts made from shiny wrapping paper around her class and challenged her students to find them all.

Learn more: Classroom 106

20. Count Crayons

100th Day of school ideas: a piece of paper with 100 crayons on it

This activity is a great station for your 100th day celebration. Let students work in pairs and count out 100 crayons.

Learn more: @partymomplanners

21. Go on a Hershey’s Kiss Scavenger Hunt

a pile of chocolate kisses with colored discs with numbers on them on the bottom

This teacher hid 100 Hershey Kisses around the room and challenged her students to find them all. Each group had to find 10 Hershey Kisses and fill their ten-frame. Once every group fills their ten-frame, they match the numbers on the bottom of their Kisses to the hundreds chart.

Learn more: @msmelfieducates

22. Celebrate 100th Day With a 100-Link Paper Chain

100th Day of school ideas: a dowel holding 8 colorful paper chains

Younger kids may sometimes find it difficult to grasp just how long 100 days are. Creating this fun paper chain is a great way to teach them how large 100 of something is.

Learn more: Artists Helping Children

23. Set Up 100 Day Challenges

100th Day of school ideas: a classroom white board with a series of math challenges for kids

This teacher created 18 different math tasks and challenged students to see how many they could complete in 100 minutes.

Learn more: @secondgradesassypants

24. Create a 100-Year Bucket List

100th Day of school ideas: a colorful construction paper bucket with the title before i am 100 bucket list

Talk about what a bucket list is with your students. Then sit down and ask them to think about what sorts of things they would like to accomplish in their lifetime. Have them add a few to their “Before I am 100” bucket list.

Learn more: @smittenwithfirst

25. Make a Book Together

100th Day of school ideas: a homemade classroom book entitled things we've been told 100 times!

Creating a book together is always a fun learning experience. This book in particular is sure to inspire a lot of laughs too. Gather your students on the rug and ask them for ideas to include in your book.

Learn more: @practicalprimaryteacher

What exciting 100th day of school ideas do you have planned? Share them in the comments below!

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Looking for ideas to celebrate the 100th day of school? You and your kids have been working hard and growing like crazy!