Holidays Teaching Resources
If you're on the hunt for holiday-themed worksheets and printables to mark the big days and weeks throughout the school year, you know that the school year calendar is chock full of moments big and small to mark with your elementary students.
Whether you're the consummate planner who has all your classroom decorations set weeks in advance, or another classroom holiday just popped up and you realized you need a quick activity for your students, this collection of teaching resources has you covered.
This extensive collection of holiday activities for kids and event resources for the classroom is teacher-created and has been rigorously reviewed by the expert teacher team at Teach Starter to make sure every printable worksheet, holiday craft, digital resource, and classroom decoration is ready for you!
You'll find holiday crafts for kids and holiday cards from Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day, Veterans Day to Presidents' Day, plus curriculum-aligned holiday teaching resources for math, science, reading, writing, and more for each American holiday (big and small).
Also included are resources to help you mark the major awareness weeks and celebrations throughout the school year such as Red Ribbon Week, Fire Prevention Week, and more.
Holiday Teaching Resources Included
Whatever the holiday you're looking to celebrate in the classroom, this collection has you covered with interactive activities, bulletin board kits and classroom door decorations, printable word searches, coloring pages, and more.
Celebrations within this teacher-created resource collection include:
- Halloween
- Presidents' Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving
- Valentine's Day
- September 11th/Patriot Day
- Constitution Day
- International Dot Day
- Grandparents Day
- Christmas
- Easter
- Labor Day
- Dia de Los Muertos
- New Year's Eve
- Lunar New Year
- Election Day
- St Patrick's Day
- Eid al-Adha
- And more!
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Christmas Stocking Template Printables
Create easy Christmas crafts with a set of Christmas stocking printables.
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Letter to Santa Template
Write a letter to Santa with a printable letter to Santa Template that includes fill-in-the-blank sections to help young students build their letter.
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Haunted Preposition House - Halloween Worksheet
Practice using prepositions and prepositional phrases with a a fun and spooky Halloween worksheet!
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Funky Easter Bunny Craft Template
Download the famous funky bunny Easter craft activity for kids! This free printable teaches kids Zentangle patterns and comes with a fun set of glasses to make it truly "funky."
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Verb Tense Printable Christmas Activity Cards
Practice identifying past, present, and future tense verbs with a set of Christmas Verb Tense Task Cards!
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Christmas Gnome Craft Template - Sweden
Introduce your students to one of Sweden’s most popular Christmas figures with a printable “tomte” or gnome craft template.
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Disguise a Gingerbread Man - Christmas Bulletin Board
Disguise the gingerbread man to keep Santa from eating him and create a fun Christmas bulletin board.
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Christmas Brain Break — Spot the Difference Interactive
Put on your Christmas goggles and spot the difference between Christmas scenes with an exciting Spot the Difference Christmas Game!
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Gingerbread Vowels - Printable Vowels Worksheets
Use coloring and Christmas to engage your students with printable long and short vowel worksheets like these!
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Christmas Crossword Puzzle
Have a bit of holiday fun with a set of three Christmas Crossword Puzzles.
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Grid Drawing Worksheets- Easy Christmas Drawings
Bring a bit of art into the classroom this holiday season with easy Christmas drawing activities.
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Christmas Activity Mats
Use these Christmas activity mats during morning arrival on the last day before Christmas break.
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DIY Pop-Up Card Template - Winter Scene
Create adorable snowman Christmas cards with a printable pop-up card template.
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Santa Claus Coloring Page
Use a Santa Claus coloring page as a fun art activity with your students.
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Halloween vs. Dia de Los Muertos - Differentiated Paired Passages
Integrate reading, writing, and celebration of world cultures with differentiated paired passages comparing Halloween and Dia de los Muertos.
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Holiday Mini-Mystery – Whose Present Is the One with Plain Brown Paper?
A fun, logic-based holiday activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
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Christmas Maze Printables - Holiday Vocabulary
Boost vocabulary skills and bring some Christmas spirit to your classroom with a pair of printable Christmas vocabulary worksheets!
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Christmas Angles Worksheet for 4th Grade
Identify acute, obtuse, and right angles with a Christmas Angle Worksheet for 4th Grade.
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Christmas Interactive: Singular and Plural Nouns
Practice using singular and plural nouns with a fun Christmas-themed digital resource.
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Christmas Pass The Parcel
Play "Pass the Parcel" with your students for a fun twist to the traditional classroom Christmas gift exchange!
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Christmas in Switzerland Activity Book
Introduce your students to Christmas in Switzerland with a printable Christmas Around the World mini-book.
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Do-a-Dot Christmas Worksheets for Preschool
Do a dot painting with printable Christmas worksheets for preschool and kindergarten
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Christmas Crown - Santa Hat Template
Create a fun paper Christmas crown with a printable Santa hat template for kids.
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Christmas Calendar - Advent Coloring Pages
Count down the days until Christmas in your classroom with printable advent coloring pages.
- Holidays Templates
- Holidays Worksheets
- Holidays Craft Activities
- Holidays Games
- Holidays Writing Templates
- Holidays Puzzles
- Holidays Mini Book
- Holidays Labels Signs Decorations
- Holidays Coloring Pages
- Holidays Task Cards
- Holidays Interactive Activities
- Holidays Bulletin Board Displays
- Holidays Color by Code
- Holidays Word Walls
- Holidays Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Holidays Word Searches
- Holidays Printable Card Templates
- Holidays Escape Room Games
- Holidays Dice Games
- Holidays Bookmarks
- Holidays Instructional Slide Decks
- Holidays Logic Puzzles
- Holidays Bingo
- Holidays Classroom Door Decorations
- Holidays Sorting Activities
- Holidays Projects
- Holidays Crossword Puzzles
- Holidays Posters
- Holidays Mazes
- Holidays Flipbooks
- Holidays Active Games
- Holidays Flashcards
- Holidays Matchup Games
- Holidays Board Games
- Holidays Card Games
- Holidays Banner Display Letter Sets
- Holidays Graphic Organizers
- Holidays Brochure Templates
- Holidays Pennant Flags
- Holidays Certificates and Awards
- Holidays Connect the Dots
- Holidays Custom Studio Resources
- Holidays Tarsia Puzzles
- Holidays Checklists
- Holidays Book Review Templates
- Holidays Tracing Worksheets
- Holidays Fortune Teller Templates
- Holidays for Pre-K
- Holidays for Kindergarten
- Holidays for 1st Grade
- Holidays for 2nd Grade
- Holidays for 3rd Grade
- Holidays for 4th Grade
- Holidays for 5th Grade
- Holidays for 6th Grade
- Holidays for 7th Grade