3. POEMS
THE NICEST PRESENT
Under the tree the gifts enthrall,
but the nicest present of them all
is filling our thoughts with those who
care,
wanting our Christmas joy to share.
To you, whom we’re often thinking of,
we send our holiday joy and love.
CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR WISH
I made a Christmas wish for you,
for a holiday full of pleasure,
friends and family all around,
and memories to treasure.
I wish for you a Christmas filled
with joyous holiday cheer;
I wish you a Merry Christmas,
and a very Happy New Year!
SANTA
S Santa Claus will come out tonight
A And deliver presents.
N Near the
T Time of midnight you can hear him
A And what you will here are the words ho ho ho!
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4. SONG
THE DANCING CHRISTMAS TREE SONG (open hyperlink)
I am dancing Christmas tree Everybody dancing with me!
(x3) Shake your head
Everybody dancing with me! Kick your legs
Shake your head Wave your arms
Kick your legs Jump up and down
Wave your arms Turn around
Jump up and down Jump up and down
Turn around Turn around
Jump up and down I am dancing Christmas tree
Turn around (x3)
I am dancing Christmas tree Everybody dancing with me!
(x3)
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5. CRAFTS
Advent Calendar Christmas Tree Paper Craft
Materials:
o printer
o paper
o scissors
o glue
o something to color with
Instructions:
o Print out the template of choice.
o Colour pieces, as necessary.
o Cut out the Christmas Tree (template 1). This step
may require adult assistance and can be done prior
to making the craft with the children.
o Cut out the ornaments (numbered 1 thru 24) and
the Merry Christmas Star.
o Each day of December, have the child glue one of
the ornaments onto the tree (from 24 down to 1)
with the star added on Christmas morning.
Templates:
o Close the template window after you've finished
printing to return to this screen.
o Set page margins to zero if you have trouble
fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE
SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most
browsers).
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6. Puzzle Piece Picture Frame
Materials:
o Old cereal box.
o Puzzle pieces.
o Red, green and brown paint (we use tempra as I have
young children, but you can use acrylic if you trust
your kids not to get it on their clothes).
o Photo.
o Scrap of red felt (and green for a holly leaf -
optional) or small red pom pom.
o 2 wiggly eyes (or you can make paint or paper ones)
Instructions:
o Place the photo onto the cereal box to determine
the size and shape you want (you can make it
circular, square, oval, triangular, etc).
o Cut out a shape from the cereal box at least 1 inch
bigger than the photo (this is going to be your
frame).
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7. o Cut a shape out of the center of your "frame"
(without cutting through - this is a job for an adult).
Again, you should end up with at least a 1 inch frame.
o Paint your puzzle pieces (some red and some green)
and let dry.
o Glue them onto your frame, overlapping the pieces.
o Glue the photo to the back of the frame.
MAKE YOUR REINDEER:
o Take 3 puzzle pieces (preferably one should be a bit
bigger than the other two).
o Paint the 3 puzzle pieces brown/ Let dry.
o Next take the two smaller puzzle pieces and glue
them to the larger one in the corners only.
o Then attached the wiggly eyes.
o Cut-out a small red circle for the nose and glue. .
o Then in the corner of one of Rudolph's antler make a
small holly leaf from green felt.
o Glue the reindeer into the corner of the frame.
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8. GAMES
SANTA SAYS
How to Play: Played similar to Simon Says.
The player up is "Santa". Player will say
"Santa says hop on one foot". The children
will hop on one foot. Player will say "Stop".
The children are to keep hopping on one foot
until player says "Santa says stop". Repeat
for additional activities such as take one
baby step forward, step backwards, turn
around, sit down. Sometimes Santa will say
"Santa says" and sometimes he won't.
It's a fun game to play with young children.
FREEZE
Supplies: Christmas music
How to Play: Begin playing music. Everyone moves and dances
until the music stops then they must "freeze" in whatever
position they happen to be in.
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