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Create a Santa Face With Fruit
Create a Santa Face With Fruit
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Create a Santa Face With Fruit
Turn snack time into a healthy ho-ho-holiday activity! Make a face that looks like a cartoon Santa using fruits. It will be a fun activity that will get your family in the holiday spirit, and spice up your snack time with healthy treats.
Preschool
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Create a Christmas Wreath Salad
Create a Christmas Wreath Salad
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Create a Christmas Wreath Salad
Encourage your child to help with dinner preparations this holiday season! You can use this recipe for Christmas dinner or lunch, or for meals leading up to the holiday. This Christmas Wreath Salad recipe is simple enough for preschoolers to fifth graders
Preschool
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Create a Christmas Tree With Fruit
Create a Christmas Tree With Fruit
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Create a Christmas Tree With Fruit
One thing the Christmas season is known for making is yummy treats! Cookies, pies, fudges, and cakes are common desserts during Christmas time. If you want to choose a healthier option this holiday season, create a Christmas tree with fruit. It will be a
Preschool
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Family Photo Calendar
Family Photo Calendar
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Family Photo Calendar
This family photo calendar can be made by your second grader. Make a family photo calendar with your child to celebrate another year together.
2nd grade
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Craft a "Recycled" Angel Tree Topper
Craft a "Recycled" Angel Tree Topper
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Craft a "Recycled" Angel Tree Topper
Your fourth grader will hone his fine motor skills and learn to follow directions as he creates this recycled angel tree topper out of an ordinary soda bottle!
4th grade
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Holiday Thank You Cards
Holiday Thank You Cards
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Holiday Thank You Cards
Holiday thank you cards show friends and family that you appreciate them. Make a batch of holiday thank you cards with your child this winter.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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Yarn Ornaments
Yarn Ornaments
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Yarn Ornaments
Yarn ornaments are a beautiful and crafty way to celebrate the holidays. Make a set of yarn ornaments with your child, then hang them on your Christmas tree.
3rd grade
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Holiday Gift Tags
Holiday Gift Tags
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Holiday Gift Tags
In this activity, you can spend time with your child while creating your own gift tags.
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Write a "Christmas Carol" Tale
Write a "Christmas Carol" Tale
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Write a "Christmas Carol" Tale
Your middle schooler will receive a boost in his creative writing skills and reflect on the importance of Christmas as he rewrites the Charles Dickens classic.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
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Discover Christmas Smells and Memories
Discover Christmas Smells and Memories
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Discover Christmas Smells and Memories
Bring a little science to your third grader's Christmas as you test out his sense of smell by exposing him to common Christmas scents found in your kitchen.
3rd grade
Science
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Make a Family Telephone Directory
Make a Family Telephone Directory
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Make a Family Telephone Directory
What better way to encourage family bonding and communication than to make a family directory to help everyone keep in touch?
5th grade
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Make Rudolph-Themed Metaphors
Make Rudolph-Themed Metaphors
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Make Rudolph-Themed Metaphors
Incorporate a lesson about metaphors into a writing and drawing project featuring one of the most classically recognizable of holiday icons: Rudolph!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
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Write Santa Claus-Themed Alliteration
Write Santa Claus-Themed Alliteration
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Write Santa Claus-Themed Alliteration
Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Who is Santa Claus? An Adjective Activity
Who is Santa Claus? An Adjective Activity
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Who is Santa Claus? An Adjective Activity
Help your child learn the parts of speech! Start with adjectives and have your child describe Santa Claus to someone who has never heard of him.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
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Write a Letter to Santa Claus
Write a Letter to Santa Claus
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Write a Letter to Santa Claus
Write a letter to Santa and bring back the lost art of letter writing. Learn how to write a carefully crafted wishlist using proper letter form.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
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O'Henry Christmas Story
O'Henry Christmas Story
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O'Henry Christmas Story
As your middle schooler writes a version of "The Gift of the Magi," he will practice creative writing as he reflects on image, sacrifice, love, and family.
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Reusable Christmas Gift Bags
Reusable Christmas Gift Bags
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Reusable Christmas Gift Bags
Reusable Christmas gift bags are eco-friendly and pretty. Make a batch of reusable Christmas gift bags for your friends and family this holiday season.
4th grade
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Make a Scandinavian Christmas Gnome
Make a Scandinavian Christmas Gnome
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Make a Scandinavian Christmas Gnome
This Christmas gnome hails from Scandinavia. A Christmas gnome, also known as a nisse, gives gifts on Christmas.
3rd grade
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Hang an Appalachian Holiday Wreath!
Hang an Appalachian Holiday Wreath!
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Hang an Appalachian Holiday Wreath!
Help the environment this Christmas by using fabric remnants to make this beautiful braided wreath!
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Snowman Paper Bag Puppet
Snowman Paper Bag Puppet
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Snowman Paper Bag Puppet
During this chilly winter season, try this fun indoor craft with your preschooler to help him explore art concepts like shape, form and texture.
Preschool
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Marshmallow Snowman
Marshmallow Snowman
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Marshmallow Snowman
This marshmallow snowman craft is a festive way for your child to practice counting and art. Make a marshmallow snowman with your child this holiday season.
1st grade
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Christmas Countdown on Santa's Beard!
Christmas Countdown on Santa's Beard!
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Christmas Countdown on Santa's Beard!
This countdown to Christmas craft is fun for kids who are excited for the holiday. Countdown to Christmas with this fun holiday activity.
1st grade
Math
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Reindeer Antlers Headband
Reindeer Antlers Headband
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Reindeer Antlers Headband
This reindeer antlers headband helps your little one get in a festive Christmas mood. Make a reindeer antlers headband with your child this holiday season.
Kindergarten
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Make a Santa's Helper Paper Poinsettia
Make a Santa's Helper Paper Poinsettia
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Make a Santa's Helper Paper Poinsettia
Your child can be Santa's Helper this year by making a Christmas card and a paper poinsettia for someone in her life who may get overlooked this year.
5th grade
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Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!
Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!
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Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!
Your little preschool elf will develop some important fine motor skills while creating an entertaining game: Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!
Preschool
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Search Christmas Hands-on Activities

Many kids excitedly await Christmas every year! Take advantage of their love of this red and green holiday by introducing fun and festive Christmas activities. These activities are great for kids of all ages. Some of them are reindeer, Santa, or Christmas tree crafts, while others cover important academic concepts with a twist of yuletide cheer.