Christmas 2024 Teaching Resources
Download teacher-created Christmas activities for your classroom — from Christmas coloring pages to Santa worksheets to beautifully designed Christmas classroom decorations and printable holiday craft templates! Get a jump start on your activity planning and decorating with ready-made resources created by teachers for teachers like you.
Every resource in this collection is available for download, and each has undergone a rigorous review by the teachers on the Teach Starter team to ensure they’re student-ready.
Looking for some ideas to get Christmas ready in the classroom? Read on for some tip from our teacher team!
When Is Christmas 2024?
You probably don't need us to tell you that Christmas is celebrated on December 25 every year — but how will this affect the school calendar? In 2023, the federal holiday will be Wednesday, December 25.
Basically, that means the last day of school could be as late as December 24 this year — that's the Tuesday before Christmas. Of course, the last day before winter break varies by school.
What Should I Do for Christmas in School?
Celebrating the December holiday in the classroom this year, but not sure where to get started? The teachers on the Teach Starter team have got you covered with fun Christmas activities for your classroom! Give any of these a try:
- Take a photo of each student, and have students create photo frames to take home to parents, guardians, or someone special this holiday.
- Set up a holiday photo booth for some fun in the classroom (the photos can be used in the gifts for their loved ones)!
- Partner with another class to buddy up and make gingerbread houses together out of graham crackers.
- Practice writing letters with a holiday card writing assignment or — for the younger kids — a Santa letter writing assignment.
- Challenge your students to 12 days of kindness in honor of the holiday season.
- Learn about other cultural celebrations of Christmas from around the world.
How to Decorate a Classroom for Christmas
Decorating your classroom for Christmas and need some ideas? We have you covered there too! Try these options:
- Decorate your classroom door with a Christmas theme.
- Set up a fake tree or a live tree, and have students add ornaments that they decorate themselves. At the end of December, students can collect their ornaments to take home to their parents or guardians as gifts.
- Set up a Christmas bulletin board or a winter bulletin board that you can keep up into January (and beyond).
- Create paper gingerbread houses with your students to bring the festive feel into the classroom – but keep hungry critters out!
- Craft Christmas poinsettias that will liven the room up and bring a bright feel even if you've got dreary winter weather outside.
Celebrating Christmas in the Classroom — A Few Teacher Tips
Before holding any Christmas-related celebrations in the classroom, you may want to check the rules in your district and/or school building as well as considering the different types of kids in your classroom.
Incorporating holiday fun … that’s simple … can be a good way to keep your December a bit more even-keeled. And hey, no one ever said that your holiday classroom activities couldn’t be educational and incorporated into your regular routines.
We’ve put together a huge mix of printable Christmas craft templates that are fun and educational too. In addition to the many Christmas worksheets and activities, we have an entire collection of general winter resources for teachers to use to be inclusive of children from all backgrounds.
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Tessellation Christmas Tree - Printable Project
Engage your students in the weeks before Christmas with a collaborative Christmas Tree Tessellation project.
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Funky Reindeer Craft Template
Download the famous Teach Starter funky reindeer template! This Christmas craft activity is perfect for practicing Zentangle patterns.
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Christmas Trivia Advent Calendar Interactive
Host a Christmas trivia game show with an interactive advent calendar trivia game.
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Ugly Christmas Sweater - Dice Drawing Game
Roll your way to the perfect ugly Christmas sweater with a printable Christmas dice game.
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Funky Christmas Gnome Craft Template
Get ready for Christmas with this popular gnome craft featuring a customizable Zentangle Pattern Christmas Gnome with funky glasses and holiday accessories.
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Roll to Create a Gingerbread House
Have some Christmas fun without the mess with a Roll-to-Create Gingerbread House Art activity.
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Digital Christmas Escape Room for the Classroom — Elf Investigation
This exciting Christmas escape room has been created by our teacher team to engage your upper elementary students this holiday season. Help the Mayor of Elfton catch the person responsible for some mischievous events in his town.
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Christmas - Making Inferences Task Cards and Visual Display
Skip the inferencing worksheet and have some fun with a Christmas-themed investigation activity.
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Mindful Coloring Ornaments - Christmas Papercraft
Practice mindfulness while making ornaments with a set of elegant mindful coloring Christmas ornament templates.
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Create an 'Elfie Selfie' Template
Create an adorable 'Elfie Selfie' with an easy Christmas craft for kids.
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Random Acts of Kindness - Holiday Edition
Inspire Random Acts of Kindness this holiday season with a printable Christmas Kindness Calendar.
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Jingle Jumble - Free Christmas Search-a-Word
Use this free holiday word search to build vocabulary and spelling skills in your classroom this Christmas season.
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Elf Escape! - Digital Escape Room
Help Elfy, the classroom Elf escape the locked classroom and return to the North Pole with an exciting escape room!
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Christmas Symmetry Worksheets - Mirrored Drawing Activity
Explore symmetry with these printable Christmas-themed symmetry worksheets.
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A Teacher’s Favorite Things List
Organize your school gift exchange in advance with a printable Teacher Favorite Things form!
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Christmas Collaborative Art Project - Coloring Mural
Create a beautiful whole class holiday bulletin board with this collaborative Christmas-themed classroom mural.
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Tacky Christmas Sweater Problem Solving Activity
Build visual discrimination skills and focus on attention to detail with an Ugly Christmas sweater Problem Solving Activity.
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Christmas in Japan - Kindness Christmas Light Template
Use a Christmas light template to create a Kindness Christmas bulb craft while learning about Christmas in Japan.
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Ugly Christmas Sweater Design Project
Design an ugly Christmas sweater to earn your way into Santa’s Workshop with a printable Christmas STEM Project!
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Christmas Math Worksheets - Sums to 12 Activity
Practice finding number bonds and sums to 12 using printable Christmas Math worksheets for first grade.
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Reindeer Outline Templates
Create a herd of fun Christmas reindeer with a set of printable reindeer outlines.
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Santa Hat Templates
Create easy Christmas crafts with a set of printable Santa Hat outlines.
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Christmas in Italy — La Befana Christmas Craft
Introduce your students to the traditions and figures associated with Christmas in Italy by crafting a La Befana tree topper!
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Christmas Around the World Mini Book - Germany
Introduce your students to Germany's Christmas traditions and decorations with a printable Christmas Around the World Mini Book.
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- Christmas 2024 Logic Puzzles
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- Christmas 2024 Cut and Paste Worksheets
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- Christmas 2024 Crossword Puzzles
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- Christmas 2024 Tarsia Puzzles
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