The Activity Idea Place - preschool themes and lesson plans. Christmas themed preschool lesson plans. Arts and crafts, games, math, science, group time activities, songs and snack ideas. Books From Amazon. Art Activities Hand Print Wreath.
Show the children images of traditional Christmas wreaths. Trace each child's hands several times onto a piece of green paper. Have the children cut out these hand shapes. Supply each child with a paper plate and show them how to cut out the center of the plate.
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Have the children glue their green hands shapes onto the plate to make a wreath. You could also have them use a paper hole punch on red paper and glue the holes on for holly. Popcorn Garland. Make popcorn. Supply the children with a piece of yarn and a child safe needle (plastic and big) Have the children thread the popcorn onto the yarn to make garland.
Fingerprint Tree. Either have the children cut out their own tree or make one for them. Then let them use a non- toxic stamp pad to put fingerprints (Christmas Ornaments and lights) on the tree. Christmas Ornaments Decorate canning lids with string, ribbon, sequins, lace, and odds and ends. Glue a pipe cleaner to the back and hang on your tree. Christmas Ornaments II Have the children decorate really Christmas ornaments with string, ribbons, lace, sequins and odds and end.
Allow to dry and send home for a great gift. Bingo Dabber Art For younger children, draw a Christmas Tree, and have the children decorate the tree with bingo dabbers. Creative Cards Fold a piece of construction paper in half. Provide children with a variety of materials, wrapping paper, paper, glitter, ribbons, bows, and let them make a holiday card for someone special.
Pine Cones Collect pines cones or ask your parents to bring in some. Tie a ribbon around the top of the pine cone. Have the children apply glitter glue to them.
Preschool Christmas activities are great for celebrating the holiday season. Try these preschool Christmas activities, including crafts, games, and recipes. This Christmas program stars preschoolers at First Presbyterian Church in Edmond, Oklahoma. This video was filmed and created in December 2007.
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Use them on a tree for decoration. Christmas Place mats. Supply each child with a piece of paper. Allow the children to draw a Christmas object, such as a tree or Santa. You may provide stencils for this, or have the children draw on their own. Laminate the place mat for longer use. Christmas Place mats IISupply each child with 1/2 a piece of red paper.
Have them tear the paper. Supply the children with green paper, and ask the children to glue their red torn pieces of paper onto their green piece of paper. Laminate the place mat for longer use. Christmas Place mats IIITrace a Christmas shape onto a piece of paper.
Preschool Christmas programs take time and effort to put together. Unfortunately, actual prep work and practice times are not usually allocated until November. Includes: holiday favorites, fun for the whole family, christian christmas songs for preschool, and finding christmas songs for preschoolers. A Preschool Christmas Musical . Teach preschoolers about the true meaning of Christmas with this simple program that parents in your church will love.
Have the child cut out the shape. Then glue the shape onto another piece of paper. Then have the children outline the shape with glue and add gold glitter.
Laminate the place mat for longer use. Christmas Color Finger Paints. Supply the children with red and green non toxic finger paint and white paper and have them make a picture. Santa's Reindeer.
Trace each child's hands onto a piece of brown paper. Then have the child cut out these hands. Supply each child with a paper plate and ask the children to draw a reindeer face on the paper and use their hands for antlers. Hand Wreath. Trace each child's hands several times onto a piece of green paper. Have the children cut out these hand shapes.
Supply each child with a paper plate and show them how to cut out the center of the plate. Have the children glue their green hands shapes onto the plate to make a wreath. You could also have them use a paper hole punch on red paper and glue the holes on for holly.
Cookie Cutter Painting. Put a small amount of tempera paint in a large shallow container. You can make holiday pictures or greeting cards by using holiday cookie cutters, and colored paper. Pine Branch Painting. Supply the children with a pine branch, with pine needles on it, instead of a paint brush.
You could use red and green for a holiday picture, or whatever colors they wish. Paper Plate Santa. Have your child draw a face on a paper plate, and glue on red triangle for Santa's Hat. Use a cotton balls on his hat and for his beard. Or cut out holes for eyes, and mouth, and punch two holes to make a mask.
Stockings Help your child make a homemade stocking for the fireplace. Take a clean, hole free sock (red, green, white) and let your child decorate it with ribbons, bows, lace and whatever else you can think of. Stocking IIMost advanced: They may draw their own stocking shape onto a piece of paper and cut it out on their own. Then have them decorate it with markers, crayons, paint, sequins, glitter, ribbons, bows, lace.. Then have them decorate it. Simple: You draw the stocking shape onto a piece of paper and the cut it out for them.
Then have them decorate it. Very Simple: You draw the stocking shape onto a piece of paper and the cut it out for them. Then have them decorate it with Christmas stickers. Stencil Art. Provide the children with stencils to trace. They may use markers, glitter, paint, crayons.
For younger children this provides an excellent fine motor activity. Candy Canes. This activity can be set up for all ages.
Most advanced: They may draw their own candy can shape onto a white piece of paper and cut it out on their own. Then have them paint on the red stripes, or they may use red crayons or markers. Little advanced: You draw the candy can shape onto a white piece of paper and the children cut it out on their own. Then have them paint on the red stripes, or they may use red crayons or markers. Moderate: You draw the candy can shape onto a white piece of paper and the children cut it out on their own. Draw lines where the stripes should be.
Then have them paint on the red stripes, or they may use red crayons or markers. Simple: You draw the candy can shape onto a white piece of paper and the cut it out for them. Draw lines where the stripes should be. Then have them paint on the red stripes, or they may use red crayons or markers. Very Simple: You draw the candy can shape onto a white piece of finger paint paper and the cut it out for them. Place masking tape where the stripes will be.
Then have them paint on the red stripes, or they may use red crayons or markers. When the project is dry remove the tape. This way young toddlers can paint the whole thing without . Then have the children cut red stripes to place on their paper. You can make this easier for young children by tracing, cutting, or using torn paper for the stripes. Santa Hats. Cut out hat shapes for the children from red paper. For older children trace the shape and let them cut it out.
Supply the children with cotton balls to glue around the bottom and one for the top. What I want for Christmas Collage. Supply the children with plenty of toy magazines and ads. Invite the children to cut out what they would like for Christmas and have them glue the pictures onto a piece of paper for a collage.
Wrap it up. Let your child wrap a small box in tissue paper or gift wrap. Let them pretend to give it to someone. Paint on Wet Paper You can also use this as a science experiment. Explain diffusion, the spreading of the paint on the paper, through the water. Wet the paper and have the children paint on the paper with red and green paints. All I want for Christmas- Bulletin Board Idea.
Fold a piece of paper in half, to create a card. Have the card fold up. On the inside have the children cut out and paste things they would like for Christmas. Then have the children use wrapping paper for the outside. Use Christmas labels to identify each child's artwork. Games, Math and Science.
Christmas Star Seriation. Supply the children with many stars with numbers on them. Have the children line up the numbers 1, 2, 3, etc. Picture Matching Find holiday stickers. Place 2 identical stickers on the left and right sides of an index card. Cut the index in half, cut in a jig- jag form.
Use a highlighter to highlight the edges. Do this with many different stickers.
Have the child match the stickers, and line up the two halves of the index card. Lacing Cards. Cut colored poster board into a Christmas shape (tree, wreath, star) and punch holes around the edges. Them let your child lace yarn or a shoestring into the cards. Stamping Patterns. Use Christmas Theme rubber stamps to create a simple pattern on the top half of a piece of paper. Ask your child to help you recreate the pattern on the bottom half of the paper. Tip: Start with one stamp, and have your child pick which stamp you used.
Start slowly and work your way up to more complicated patterns. Bean bag toss. Have your child toss bean bags into a box with wrapping paper on it.
You can use masking tape to mark where the child should stand. What scent is this? Gather four or different objects with different scents, like Christmas Cookies, a Candy Cane, yams etc. Blindfold the child, then place the object close the the child's nose, and ask the child to smell it and try to identify what it is. Count the Stripes. Make many different candy cane shapes with different different numbers of stripes. Have the children count the stripes on the candy canes.
If you made candy cane art (above) then have each child count the stripes on their candy cane. You could ask the children who had the most, the least and make a chart of how many lines were on the candy canes.
Which number of stripes did most people make? Candy Cane Balance. Supply each child with a candy cane. Ask them to balance it on their head. Try these different set ups: (Use your own Christmas Shapes.. Give each child one Christmas Shape. Ask the children to find one person with the same color Christmas Shape.
Cut the Christmas Shapes in half using a puzzle type cut, like zig zag or interlocking pieces. Give each child one half of a Christmas Shape, and ask them to find the person with the other half. Or Give the children two pieces and have the children make a circle, with one child that has one match on one side and the other match on the other side. You may end up with 2 or more circles depending on how the Christmas Shape pieces are distributed. Cut the Christmas Shapes in half using a puzzle type cut, like zig zag or interlocking pieces.