Christmas 19

Celebrate the New Year with this musical paper plate shaker. This easy craft idea can be made by kids of all ages using simple materials and paper plates.

Make your own miniature Christmas Tree with this simple craft idea for preschoolers. All you need is a paper plate, popsicle stick, glue and paint!

Easy Christmas craft! Print this free Christmas Tree card template. Decorate it with painted finger tips, write your message inside and give it to family or friends.

Labelling is a key skill children use in subjects such as Science and Geography. This activity will help children to identify and write key vocabulary in these Christmas pictures.

Learning Christmas vocabulary is the first step in Christmas-themed creative writing. Encourage children to sound out each Christmas word carefully, listening for initial sounds and digraphs.

Writing a letter to Santa is a great way to practise writing skills in a fun and non-threatening way. This template works well for younger children who still find writing sentences a little overwhelming.

Free printable PDF Christmas-themed worksheet to reinforce addition skills when adding three numbers together using colourful Christmas pictures. 

This Christmas-themed Shape Hunt worksheet focuses on shape recognition of circles, squares, triangles, ovals, hexagons and rectangles as well as counting.

This Christmas-themed worksheet is a great way to introduce children to block graphs and the important maths topics of data handling and interpretation.

Challenge your children with this fun STEM activity. It will develop fine-motor skills and problem-solving abilities. Can they make the Christmas tree stay upright without falling over?

Christmas tree collages are a fun way to practice scissor and concentration skills, while creating a beautiful decoration for your home.

Making your own Christmas puzzles is a fun and easy craft activity for the holidays. All you need for these puzzles are lolly sticks, markers and creativity!

This is a great way to explore adjectives that can be used to describe how the Grinch changes from the beginning to the end of the classic Dr Seuss story.

Popsicle/lolly sticks have so many uses, especially at this time of year! Use markers or paint to decorate the sticks and glue them together to make Christmas tree decorations.

Word building is a fun and easy way to practice spelling skills. Having letters to physically manipulate and experiment with is really important.