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It’s the silly season! Looking for a way to celebrate with science? Try this collection of hands-on activities.

Merry Christmas! Here’s our maths gift to you – a puzzle.

Have you ever got halfway through wrapping a present, and then run out of paper? Follow our foolproof method and discover the maths of gift wrapping!

Feeling festive? This cool mathematical bauble is fun to make, and looks great too!

Written by Professor Angela Moles A Sydney high school experiment finds that hairspray may be the best way to keep your Christmas tree green. Christmas can be exhausting, presents need to be wrapped, food prepared and cards written. Christmas trees can also find this period a little overwhelming. They are cut from their roots, popped…

Cones are kinda round, but put them together right and you can make a cubic decoration. Sound confusing? Don’t worry, it’s really simple and really fun!

See if you can work out this puzzle. You might like to use an advent calendar to solve it, or maybe you could work it out in your head first!

Wishing all our readers a very happy holiday season, thank you for your support this year. Don’t forget we have loads of DIY science activities on this blog to try over the holiday break.

In this crafty maths activity, you’ll get to make a decoration in the shape of an octadehron.

Written by Alice Ryder Actors in Christmas nativity plays take note – the three wise men may come up one present short for baby Jesus this year, because the world’s supply of frankincense is in danger.