Golden Time ideas and activities - Christmas

Upper Ks1 & KS2

age 6-11years

Cards

Bethlehem Silhouette card - age 6-9

Bethlehem silhouette cutaway card - KS2

Dancing snowmen card - KS2

Fabric tree card - a great recycling activity for 7-10yr olds

"I saw 3 ships" card - 7-9yrs

Paper weaving Christmas tree card - KS2

Pop-up tree card - upper KS1 and KS2

Quilled card - KS2 candle and holly leaves

Quilled tree card - upper KS1 & lower KS2, print out this snowflake backing paper for the background

Shepherd & sheep card - KS1

Simple stitched tree - sew on card or paper - age 6-8

Stained glass windows  KS1 &2, makes very effective cards or stick on windows

Symmetrical trees card - age 6-9

Weaving & quilling card - KS2,

Things to make

 3d Christmas tree - KS1 and lower KS2

 Concertina paper chain - age 6-9

Cone Xmas tree - made from paper cones, KS1 & lower KS2

Crib model - to stand or hang, lower KS2

Holly tealight - simple clay activity age 6-8

Lantern decoration

Log tealight holder - make a clay yule log

Origami Xmas tree - freestanding tree KS2

Paper angel model uses quilling techniques KS2

Paper candle - standing decoration age 6+

Pompom snowman -age 8+ longer project

Pyramid ornament - age 6-8

Snowflake paper chain - age 6+

Snowflake picture - uses cotton buds, 6-8

Snow globe -  involves a little recycling KS1 and 2

Star mobile - KS2

Star placeholder - KS1 and 2

Xmas pencil pals- make a Santa and snowman to sit on your pencil

Tree Decorations

Felt Rudolph - cute sewing activity for KS2

Felt Tree - easily differentiated activity

Jar lid decoration - recycling KS2

Paper snowflake- age 6-9

Robin - paper model KS1 & lower KS2

 Snowball -pompom tree ornament KS2

 Woolly angel and Woolly Santa -cute tree decorations lower KS2

 

Christmas Activity sheets

Adding trees - maths worksheet KS1

Baubles - comprehension, listening skills or just simply to colour, age 6-9

Candle to colour age 6+

Celebrating Christmas crossword KS2

Christmas Code fun - lower KS2

Christmas songs wordsearch - solve the clues then find the answers KS2

Count to 5 Count to ten - worksheets

Crossword - IW (smart notebook) screens

Decorate the tree- 3 differentiated IW (smart notebook) screens. Mental maths activity KS1 and lower KS2

Letter to Santa - portrait, wide lines with Christmas motif border

Match the present to the tree - maths, place value

Mental maths - hang stars on the tree to make a total of 23, IW screen - Smart Notebook

More Christmas code fun - upper KS2

Nativity crossword - KS2

Nativity story cloze procedure KS2

Nativity wordsearch - KS1 & 2

Picture crossword - KS1

Read and draw - Christmas reading comprehension - Upper KS1 lower KS2

Secret message - use the 5 and 2 times table to decode the message

Shape lesson and card - KS1 2d shapes, lesson plan (IW Smart notebook) and card making instructions

Stained glass candle, star - trace or colour

Stocking to colour number bonds to 10

 

 

 

Foundation & lower KS1

age 2-6yrs

Cards

Cracker Card - recycle last year's wrapping and cards - 4-7yrs

Fingerprints card - a souvenir of tiny fingers age 2-4  

Fingerprinted tree card - age 3-5

Paint spattered tree card - age 4-7

Press Printed card - Bethlehem skyline KS1

Pulp paper Star card - recycle paper to make this 3d star on a night sky background

Ripped wrapping paper card - age 4-7 recycle

Robin card - cutting and sticking

Wax resist card - KS1, very simple

Things to Make

Angel & Santa  paper cone models to print out & make KS1

Class advent calendar - simple to make

3d Christmas scene - really quick and simple age 4-9 yrs

Edible Christmas Tree - for little ones with strong stomachs!

Gingerbread men - biscuit recipe

Quick and easy Rudolph - picture, from foot to deer!! Foundation stage 

Handprinted wreath - age 2-5

Handprinted Santa - for very little ones

Rudolph model - age 4-8

Snow globe - recycle jars to make this traditional Christmas object age 4+

Snowman door hanger - age 4-7

Snowman model

Sock snowman - recycle old white socks 3+

 

 Tree Decorations

Candy cane - tree decoration 3yrs+, possibly the easiest, quickest thing you'll ever make!

Christmas tree ornament air drying playdough

 Glittery Star - to hang up- Foundation stage

Jar lid decoration - recycling age 4-8

Recycled paper star decoration - KS1

Robin - paper 4yrs+

Silver star - 4yrs+

Spiral decoration - 4 years +

 

 Christmas Activity sheets

Baubles to colour

Build a snowman - IW screens (smart notebook), colours and counting to 5 - foundation stage

Count to 5 Count to ten - worksheets

Letter to Santa - portrait, wide lines with Christmas motif border

Stained glass candle, star - to trace or colour

Stocking to colour number bonds to 10

Tall short trees, tall short snowmen, ordering 5 pictures - KS1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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