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Ideas for Christmas Activities

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By Noreen Doll.

Christmas is a special and exciting time for kids, and sometimes they can get over excited.

Ideas for Christmas Activities by Crafty Journal

By planning activities for them to do each day, it gives them focus and helps them also to think of others.

Here are some ideas for things kids can do while waiting for Christmas to arrive.

  • On Dec. 1st, make a garland of rings to count down to Christmas.
  • Sleep under / near the Christmas tree.
  • Create a Christmas game, or make a Christmas version of a game such as Tic Tac Toe, Dominoes, or Bingo.
  • Read some Christmas stories
  • Go Christmas caroling or sing Christmas songs.
  • Watch a holiday movie.
  • Make Christmas cookies.
  • Have a snowball fight and build a snowman.
  • Go sledding or ice skating.
  • Make some Christmas presents.
  • Stamp butcher paper or brown craft paper with Christmas designs for wrapping presents.
  • Wrap Christmas presents.
  • Make more Christmas cookies.
  • Make a Christmas tree ornament.
  • Write a letter to Santa.
  • Go pick out your Christmas tree.
  • Decorate your Christmas tree.
  • Attend a Christmas concert or play.
  • Make a Nativity scene.
  • Set Up the Nativity.
  • Go for a drive to see Christmas lights.
  • Do a special good deed for someone in your family
  • Spend an evening sharing Christmas memories while drinking hot chocolate.
  • Visit Santa.
  • Punch holes in the Christmas cards you receive and use binder rings to make them into a book.
  • Get 1 or 2 new Christmas coloring books and color together.
  • Buy or make a new family game and open it a day or two before Christmas.
  • Write a Christmas letter to Grandma and Grandpa or other relatives who don’t live nearby.
  • Make a gift together for each child’s teacher.
  • Make a Christmas craft.
  • Have a pizza party.
  • Eat at a place special to your child.
  • Make gingerbread houses using graham crackers for the walls and roof.
  • Have an indoor picnic.
  • Make red and white play dough, and create candy canes, Santas, snowmen, and more.
  • Make paper snowflakes.
  • Make some Christmas cards for family or friends.
  • Play Christmas music and dance.
  • Thread beads and jingle bells on pipe cleaners for bracelets or to shake.
  • Choose 4 or 5 of your child’s small toys and take turns hiding them and hunting for them.
  • Make place cards for the Christmas table.
  • Make Photo Ornaments
  • Candy Cane Hunt – Hide small plastic candy canes to search for.
  • Work a Jigsaw Puzzle.
  • Make Pipe Cleaner Candy Canes – twist 2 together and make a crook at the top. Tie a ribbon around it.
  • Make Christmas shrinkys (Shrink Plastic) for ornaments, jewelry, or package tie-ons.

Create wonderful holiday memories and traditions for your kids!

Noreen Doll

Crafty Journal

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  1. Kristina and Millie says

    November 10, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    So many great ideas! Thanks for sharing them with us!

  2. Tiffiny says

    November 11, 2014 at 10:38 pm

    I’m sooo excited for Christmas already! This is a great list (I’m going to pin and share). Thanks for the ideas.

  3. Angel says

    November 12, 2014 at 4:35 am

    Great list. I can’t wait for Christmas. Thanks for sharing all these great ideas with us at Wake Up Wednesday Linky Party.
    Angel

  4. Kelly says

    November 13, 2014 at 4:21 pm

    What a great list! I particularly like the idea of stamping brown paper for gift wrap. Pinning for future reference!

  5. svitlana says

    November 14, 2014 at 12:42 am

    Thats a lot of ideas to do :))))

  6. Teri@The Freshman Cook says

    November 16, 2014 at 12:54 am

    What a great list! I love so many of them!
    I would love if you would share this at my blog party, Celebrate It! it is all about how we celebrate our wonderful everyday life!

  7. Jessica@CapeofDreams says

    November 17, 2014 at 4:08 am

    This list makes me excited for Christmas. It will be here before we know it!

  8. Coombe Mill says

    November 17, 2014 at 9:24 am

    These are some really great ideas for getting kids excited about Christmas and getting them to think about the bigger picture of it. Popping in from Creative Mondays.

  9. Cathy says

    November 18, 2014 at 3:18 pm

    What a great list of wonderful activities. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy

  10. Kristina & Millie says

    November 19, 2014 at 1:59 am

    Wow! Lots of fun ideas! My brain always stalls out so this is super. Thanks for linking up to Snickerdoodle Sunday!

  11. Laura Irion // Avery Street Design says

    November 20, 2014 at 2:13 am

    I honestly needed this! All great ideas, all in one place. I will definitely save this list! Thank you!!

  12. Mila says

    November 27, 2014 at 1:39 am

    What a list! 🙂
    Thanks for linking up with Big Christmas Link Party ! 🙂
    xx
    Mila

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