Do you need Christmas drawing activities to add to your teacher toolkit? Whether you’re looking for a holiday-themed directed drawing activity or an independent art project for kids, drawing Christmas favourites in the classroom is a perfect task for a classroom party before the end of the year.
And if you’re looking for a simple gift kids can make in the classroom to take home to their parents or carers, a drawing made by your pupils for the holidays is about as simple — but still meaningful — as it gets.
With that in mind, the teachers of the Teach Starter team have compiled this list of some of our favourite Christmas drawing activities for kids, including some videos that you’ll want to bookmark, plus a few holiday books that you can pair with each activity!
Christmas Drawing Activities for Kids
Drawing Santa Claus
Santa Claus is the star of the show for many kids on Christmas, so we need to start things off with the jolly old guy from the North Pole! Introduce pupils to the various names that Santa goes by around the world, from Weihnachtsmann in Germany to Papa Noel in France, then move on to any of these fun Santa drawing activities:
- Watch a directed drawing activity video that walks children through the steps of drawing Santa’s whole body.
- Dress Santa for the weather.
Reindeer Drawing Activities
This drawing activity comes straight from the Arctic, where reindeer run the tundra and pull Santa’s sleigh, of course.
Read the silly kid-favourite book How to Catch a Reindeer by Alice Walstead, then have your pupils follow along with this simple how to draw a reindeer video to create their own magical creature.
Children can then write a paragraph describing how they caught their own reindeer!
How to Draw a Snowman
Do you wanna … draw … a snowman? This free directed drawing activity video will walk your pupils through the process of creating their own Frosty creation.
Pair this snowman directed drawing activity with a fun procedural activity: How to Build a Snowman.
Gingerbread Drawing Activity
The Gingerbread Man is the perfect fairy tale to explore during the holiday season. The tale of the little cookie who taunts a fox as he runs inspires countless writing activities, from practising ‘how to’ writing with paragraphs about the best way to catch the impish gingerbread man to persuasive essays written in the form of letters from a child to the gingerbread man, persuading him to stop running.
Why not add a drawing element to your lesson plan? Have pupils decorate their own gingerbread people to accompany their writing, or try one of these fun Christmas activities:
- Gingerbread man adjectives drawing activity
- Roll and draw gingerbread house drawing activity
Christmas Elf Drawing Activities
Elves may spend most of their time behind the scenes in Santa’s workshop, but these holiday creatures can come front and centre for some fun drawing activities in the classroom! Try any of these activities from our teacher team:
- Play a how to draw an elf directed drawing video.
- Create a funky elf with some Zentangle pattern drawing.
Love these ideas! I’ve used the “Draw a Snowman” activity before, and my students absolutely loved pairing it with a procedural writing task. Definitely bookmarking the gingerbread man drawing + writing combo for this year’s holiday fun — such a creative way to tie art into literacy!
Christmas drawing activities are a fantastic way to engage kids and spark their creativity during the holiday season! Pairing art with fun videos makes the learning experience even more enjoyable. While fostering creativity, check out and for a blend of fun and strategy!