Any ideas for educational Christmas activities for children?

Question

I'm looking for suggestions for crafts, games, etc. for a small group of preschoolers(3-5 years).

Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Snowmen!!!

get strophone balls(3 for each kid make sure you have 3 differnt sizes)

orange and black pipecleansers(1 orange 2 black for each)

black paint! (for eyes)

and something to hold everything together

Answer 2

Teach 'em how to shoot at cows...

Answer 3

Well, I enjoy stuffing their stockings with my Christmas sausage. I make them memorize and sing Christmas carols while I do it, it is very educational. I think they learned a lot.

Answer 4

Gift trading(bring item from home,giftwrapped,and trade)

Making christmas trees

Ornaments out of paper and the childs picture on it, and  puzzle pieces around it

Make cookies

Answer 5

We've done many over the years.  Basic stuff you may need to buy: pom poms, pipe cleaners, and foam sheets.  All available at Dollar Tree!

Bells -- Using laundry soap lids, drill a small hole in the top to fit a pipe cleaner through.  Put jingles bells inside the lid connected to the pipe cleaner and a loop on the top to make a tree ornament or just a fun bell to play with.  Decorate with paints, stickers, gliter glue, etc.

Wooden Reindeer -- Use empty wooden thread spools.  Put pipe cleaners in one end for antlers.  Glue a pom pom on the other end (bottom) for a nose.  Draw a face on the side of the spool.  I usually glue a button to the spool then glue the pom pom to it - it stays better.  You can glue a string or ribbon in the antler side to make it an ornament also.

Foam Reindeer -- Trace a childs hand with the thumb sticking out to the side onto a brown sheet of foam.  Cut out hand.  Color tips of fingers as hooves, put a red pom pom on the tip of the thumb.  Draw an eye or attach a googly eye.  Attach small piesces of pipe cleaners to form antlers.  Add a tail if desired.  Attach as an ornament with the antlers or add a hole with a paper hole punch and attach a ribbon or ornament hook.

Answer 6

Oriental trading has a lot of stuff you can order that would be what you are describing.

Answer 7

I had the children in my class decorate wooden gift bags from a craft store.  Then I bought angel kits for them to make an angel ornament to put inside. The angels were very creative, because I do not believe in correcting them when it comes to something that is supposed to be creative.  They were very cute!  I made cookies (to save time, could have had them help), and then brought all the stuff in for them to decorate.  I also had them help me put up a Christmas tree for the classroom and we decorated it with ornaments that we made.

Answer 8

coloring!!

Answer 9

The could make trees then color them green which teaches them the color of a tree and add stuff on the tree like decorations which also helps them learn colors. Or make a chart shoing how namy days til x-mas that helps with their numbers. Or drawing snowman which helps with shapes. This is want my son is learning on pre-k.