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Ultimate Guide to Celebrating Pi Day

Looking for fun and creative pi day activities? Check out this comprehensive list of free ideas and activities for celebrating pi day from those who best know how to celebrate this most mathematical of holidays – math teachers!

ultimate guide to celebrating pi day activities

Puzzles for Pi Day

3-1-4 Pi Day Number Challenge

pi day number challenge

Can you create expressions for the numbers from 1-30 using the digits 3, 1, and 4? This pi day number challenge is a fun twist on the classic four fours challenge.

Pi Battle Logic Puzzles

pi battle logic puzzle.

Can you use logic to correctly place the pi symbols in these pi battle logic puzzles?

Place pi symbols in the grids so that each row, each column, and each region contains exactly one pi symbol. Additionally, pi symbols may not touch one another either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Pi Day Hidden Word Puzzle

pi day hidden word puzzle printable.

Looking for a fun word puzzle for Pi Day? Search through the grid of letters to find a path that spells “Pi Day.”

Pi Symbol Pentominoes Puzzle

pi day pentominoes puzzle

Can you use a standard set of twelve pentominoes to form a pi symbol?

Pi Day Hidoku Logic Puzzle

Pi Day Hidoku Logic Puzzles.

Add an element of logic to your Pi Day celebration with these fun Pi Day Hidoku Logic Puzzles!

Digits of Pi Hidden Number Puzzle

digits of pi hidden number puzzle printable for pi day.

This fun hidden number puzzle involves finding the first 11 digits of pi in a grid of numbers. It would be a perfect addition to your Pi Day festivities!

Pi Symbol Kakuro Puzzles

pi symbol kakuro logic puzzles for pi day.

These pi symbol kakuro puzzles are the perfect printable logic puzzle for celebrating Pi Day!

Square Pi Puzzle

Square Pi Puzzle for Pi Day.

This Square Pi Puzzle is two challenges in one. Use all five pieces to build a square. Done? Now, use all five pieces to create a pi symbol.

Pi Symbol Mazes

pi symbol maze for pi day.

Can you solve this printable pi symbol maze that is perfect for celebrating Pi Day? It is a free download with eight different levels of difficulty to choose from.

Pi Edge Matching Puzzle

pi puzzle for pi day

This pi puzzle is the perfect quick activity to add to any Pi Day Celebration to instantly make it more fun and festive! Can you arrange the 9 squares into a 3×3 grid so that the puzzle pieces match along each edge?

Pi Symbol Nonogram Puzzle

pi symbol nonogram puzzle.

Bring some puzzling fun to Pi Day with this free printable pi-shaped nonogram puzzle.

Pi Symbol Hidoku Puzzles

pi symbol hidoku logic puzzle for pi day.

These free printable pi symbol hidoku puzzles are the perfect logic puzzles for celebrating Pi Day!

Which One Doesn’t Belong?

pi day wodb task

Your students will enjoy this pi-themed WODB (Which One Doesn’t Belong?) task from Zach Armstrong.

Pi Day Dingbats Puzzles

pi day dingbats puzzles

These Pi Day Dingbats challenges look so fun! How many will your students be able to figure out?

Pi Sudoku Puzzle

pi sudoku puzzle.

Here’s a Pi Sudoku Puzzle shared by Cliff Pickover.

Each row, column, and region contains the digits 1-9 one time each as well as 3 pi symbols.

Pi Day Contests

Digits of Pi Memorization Contest

digits of pi memorization contest trophy

Challenge students to see how many digits of pi they can recite from memory. Their dedication to memorizing digits might surprise you!

Pi Ku Poetry Writing Contest

pi ku poetry

One of my favorite activities to do with my math students on Pi Day is to write pi-ku poems. Instead of the traditional haiku’s 5-7-5 syllable structure, we follow a 3-1-4 syllable structure.

I love reading what students come up with!

Pi Day Character Contest

pi day character design contest

What would your students come up with?

Mathematician Dress Up Contest

mathematician dress up contest for pi day

Given that Albert Einstein’s birthday was March 14th, Pi Day seems a fitting day for a mathematician dress up contest!

Pi Birthday Search

pi birthday search activity

This pi birthday search contest is entirely luck based, but students will love discovering whose birthday appears the latest in the digits of pi.

Pi Day Poster Contest

Pi Day Poster Contest

Check out this annual pi day poster contest hosted by Mrs. Richardson.

Pi Day Coloring Contest

Pi Day Coloring Contest

Looking for something slightly less time-consuming than a poster making contest? Check out this Pi Day Coloring Contest from Becky Roloff.

Pi Day Trophies

Pi Day Trophies Math Class Pi Day Ideas

No matter which pi day contest you choose, check out these creative pi day trophies from Lisa Rode!

Denis Sheeran shares another idea for celebrating that involves a circle drawing contest.  Check out all the details here.

Tweet about pi day circle drawing contest.

When the world returns to normal again, I think I want to try to do a Pi Day Bake Off Competition. Thanks to Westie’s Workshop for the idea!

Pi Day Projects

I am a fan of this calculus-based pi day graphing project that Alisa shared.

Mary Platt shares a great water-color based pi day lesson.

I’ve seen skylines made of pi before, but Sarah Gyimoty takes it a step further with the first 180 digits of pi!

Yummy Pi Day Treats

Vicki Biarnesen shares a yummy non-pie treat for Pi Day.

Exploring Pi with Pancakes

exploring pi with pancakes

Looking for a tasty way to introduce pi? Check out this pi and pancakes lesson from Lisa Rode.

Pi Day Facts

Vincent Pantaloni shares a fun fact to share on Pi Day.

School-Wide Pi Day Celebration Ideas

Pi Day Passport

pi day passport

Many of the ideas from this page could be combined to create your own custom Pi Day passport for students to complete.

Digits of Pi Photograph

pi day photograph

Get the entire school involved to make a photograph involving the digits of pi.

Already thinking about next year’s celebration? Make it a school wide celebration with this idea from Pep Anton Vieta.

Jacqueline Tishler shares the idea of engaging students with a kahoot on pi facts.

Mr. Downin shares a creative idea: hide pi symbols around the school for your students to find!

Exploring the Mathematics of Pi

Seeing Pi Activity

seeing pi activity with tennis balls

What does tennis have to do with Pi Day? In this Seeing Pi Activity, students will make a connection between a stack of tennis balls and the number pi.

Tossing Pi Activity

tossing pi activity with toothpicks

Students will be amazed when they discover that tossing toothpicks can be used to generate an approximation of pi!

Cutting Pi Activity

cutting pi discovery activity

This cutting pi activity is a great discovery activity to help students understand the meaning of pi!

I love this finding pi activity from Annette Williams.

Sabrina Grasso shares a brilliant use for a hula hoop while celebrating Pi Day.

Elizabeth Raskin engaged her students in a very visual discovery of pi. I’ve seen a lot of pi-related activities, but this one was completely new to me.

Pi-Themed Arts and Crafts

Pi Day Shirt Design

pi day t-shirt idea

Check out this creative pi day t-shirt idea!

I love Ms. R‘s idea of making pi necklaces.

Mariel Mates wants to encourage crafty math teachers to knit or crochet their own scarf that has rows of colors corresponding to the digits of pi.

Pi Day Games

Pi Day Dice Challenge

pi day dice challenge activity

How long will it take your students to roll the digits of pi using dice? Students will love this fun game!

Pi Day Dots and Boxes Game

pi day dots and boxes game with pi symbols.

Celebrate Pi Day with this fun version of dots and boxes where building a box around a pi symbol gets you an extra bonus point!

Pi Day Tic-Tac-Toe Game

pi day tic tac toe game.

Looking for a fun game to add to your Pi Day celebration? I recommend checking out this free printable Pi Day tic tac toe game.

Laura Frcka shares a new-to-me idea: pin the radius on the circle.

Circle Tic Tac Toe

blank circle tic tac toe grid

Since the constant pi is derived from circles, perhaps a game of circle tic tac toe might be fun?!?

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