12 Days of Christmas Fun for School Aged Kids

Looking for Christmas ideas for keeping school age kids busy in the lead up to the holidays? Here are 12 ideas that are easy to set up and fun to do.

12 Days of Fun Christmas Activities for School Aged Kids

12 Days of Christmas Fun for School Aged Kids

Day 1: Make Name Snowflakes

Christmas activities for school aged kids

Find the instructions for making name snowflakes here. All you will need is white paper, a pencil and scissors. Once your child has made their own name into a snowflake, why not invite them to make the names of friends or family members – my daughter’s friends were so excited about the ones we made them!

Day 2: Christmas Lego Mosaics

Print out our free Christmas themed Lego mosaics patterns, they really do provide a great challenge for school aged children. You can also invite your child  make their own Christmas themed mosaic. They could try to create a stocking, sleigh or wreath!

Alternatively, our printable Christmas Lego building challenge cards are great for developing STEM thinking.

Day 3: Create Christmas Ornaments

Choose from our collection of Christmas Ornaments for Kids to Make. It includes cute ornaments suitable for a range of elementary/primary grades.

Day 4: Random Acts of Kindness for Kids

Christmas activities for school aged kids

Spread a little kindness in the lead up to Christmas by choosing an activity from our Random Acts of Kindness Kids Can Do list.

Day 5: Make a Christmas Wreath

One of our favourite family traditions is working together to create a homemade Christmas wreath to hang on our front door. The very first wreath we ever made was this lovely Magazine Wreath made from recycled magazine pages.  While we made ours together, it is simple enough to complete independently if your child would rather go it alone – which might also mean a little free time for other Christmas projects for you.

You can find a collection of alternative DIY Christmas Wreath ideas here.

Day 6:  Learn About Christmas Around the World

Holidays Around the World for Kids printable

With many students excitedly counting down to the holidays, this is the perfect time to engage children in learning about holidays celebrated around the world, and this free, printable Holidays Around the World interactive notebook or lapbook set provides a wonderful link to literacy learning

 

Day 7: Christmas Charades

This is one is for the whole class or family! Have you ever played Charades together? It’s guaranteed to result in lots of fun, laughter and family connection – and we have a Christmas themed Charades game ready to print and play.

RELATED: For more like this, check out our collection of Christmas Printables for School Age Kids.

Day 8: Bake Stained Glass Cookies

My girls love helping with holiday baking and today’s Stained Glass Cookies are festively fun and perfect for involving the kids – older children will be able to manage most of the process independently.

Day 9: Christmas Card Journals

Christmas activities for school aged kids

Create sweet DIY writing or drawing journals from Christmas cards! These make a lovely gift for a friend or sibling, or may be kept as a keepsake for making Christmas lists or recording family memories.

Day 10: Make Christmas Cards

Choose from our collection of 25 Christmas Cards Kids Can Make which includes card suggestions suitable for all elementary/primary grades.

This cool 3D effect with a 3D Paper Folded Tree Card is one of our favourites.

Day 11: Make Gift Tags with this Art Frame Printable

Christmas activities for school aged kids

Print a few sheets of these art frame gift tags and set the kids the task of creating your gift tags this year! Family and friends will love the personalised tags, and the kids can have fun creating – win!

Day 12: Try a Christmas Math Challenge

Our free, printable 12 Days of Christmas Math Activity is a fun challenge for kids aged 8+. Using the 12 Days of Christmas song, students need to problem solve with addition and/or multiplication to find the solution to our tricky holiday puzzle!

Looking for more ideas? Check out these fun Christmas printables:

Christmas Shapes Math Count Tally Graphing  Christmas Spelling Activities