Christmas 2025 Teaching Resources
Download teacher-created Christmas activities for your classroom — from Christmas coloring pages to Santa worksheets to beautifully designed Christmas classroom decorations and printable holiday craft templates! Get a jump start on your activity planning and decorating with ready-made resources created by teachers for teachers like you.
Every resource in this collection is available for download, and each has undergone a rigorous review by the teachers on the Teach Starter team to ensure they’re student-ready.
Looking for some ideas to get Christmas ready in the classroom? Read on for some tip from our teacher team!
When Is Christmas 2025?
You probably don't need us to tell you that Christmas is celebrated on December 25 every year — but how will this affect the school calendar? In 2025, the federal holiday will be Thursday, December 25.
Basically, that means the last day of school will more than likely be on Friday, December 19. Of course, the last day before winter break varies by school.
What Should I Do for Christmas in School?
Celebrating the December holiday in the classroom this year, but not sure where to get started? The teachers on the Teach Starter team have got you covered with fun Christmas activities for your classroom! Give any of these a try:
- Take a photo of each student, and have students create photo frames to take home to parents, guardians, or someone special this holiday.
- Set up a holiday photo booth for some fun in the classroom (the photos can be used in the gifts for their loved ones)!
- Partner with another class to buddy up and make gingerbread houses together out of graham crackers.
- Practice writing letters with a holiday card writing assignment or — for the younger kids — a Santa letter writing assignment.
- Challenge your students to 12 days of kindness in honor of the holiday season.
- Learn about other cultural celebrations of Christmas from around the world.
How to Decorate a Classroom for Christmas
Decorating your classroom for Christmas and need some ideas? We have you covered there too! Try these options:
- Decorate your classroom door with a Christmas theme.
- Set up a fake tree or a live tree, and have students add ornaments that they decorate themselves. At the end of December, students can collect their ornaments to take home to their parents or guardians as gifts.
- Set up a Christmas bulletin board or a winter bulletin board that you can keep up into January (and beyond).
- Create paper gingerbread houses with your students to bring the festive feel into the classroom – but keep hungry critters out!
- Craft Christmas poinsettias that will liven the room up and bring a bright feel even if you've got dreary winter weather outside.
Celebrating Christmas in the Classroom — A Few Teacher Tips
Before holding any Christmas-related celebrations in the classroom, you may want to check the rules in your district and/or school building as well as considering the different types of kids in your classroom.
Incorporating holiday fun … that’s simple … can be a good way to keep your December a bit more even-keeled. And hey, no one ever said that your holiday classroom activities couldn’t be educational and incorporated into your regular routines.
We’ve put together a huge mix of printable Christmas craft templates that are fun and educational too. In addition to the many Christmas worksheets and activities, we have an entire collection of general winter resources for teachers to use to be inclusive of children from all backgrounds.
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Roll-a-Holiday Poem Dice Game
Get your students to write fun holiday poems with this engaging “Roll-a-Poem” dice game.
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Christmas Capitalization Worksheet
Reinforce capitalization rules for months, proper nouns, titles, the pronoun I, and more with a Christmas capitalization worksheet.
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Christmas Symmetry Worksheets - Mirrored Drawing Activity
Explore symmetry with these printable Christmas-themed symmetry worksheets.
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Reindeer Outline Templates
Create a herd of fun Christmas reindeer with a set of printable reindeer outlines.
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Santa Hat Templates
Create easy Christmas crafts with a set of printable Santa Hat outlines.
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Tessellation Christmas Tree - Printable Project
Engage your students in the weeks before Christmas with a collaborative Christmas Tree Tessellation project.
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Random Acts of Kindness - Holiday Edition
Inspire Random Acts of Kindness this holiday season with a printable Christmas Kindness Calendar.
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Secret Santa Questionnaire Template
Hand out a Secret Santa Questionnaire to kick off your classroom or school-wide Secret Santa Game!
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Christmas Game for Kindergarten - Upper and Lowercase Letter Memory
Build letter recognition skills and add Christmas spirit to your literacy centers with a Printable Letter Matching Christmas Game for Kindergarten.
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Addition to 20 Activity - Winter Math Puzzle for 1st Grade
Practice addition facts up to 20 with a printable winter math puzzle for kindergarten and first-grade students.
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Ugly Christmas Sweater - Dice Drawing Game
Roll your way to the perfect ugly Christmas sweater with a printable Christmas dice game.
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Movie Day Activity Menu
Turn a movie day into a learning experience with our printable Movie Day Comprehension menu.
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Christmas Math Worksheets - Sums to 12 Activity
Practice finding number bonds and sums to 12 using printable Christmas Math worksheets for first grade.
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Winter Bulletin Board - Warm Up with a Good Book
Display book reviews all winter long with a hot cocoa-themed Winter bulletin board kit.
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Funky Christmas Gnome Craft Template
Get ready for Christmas with this popular gnome craft featuring a customizable Zentangle Pattern Christmas Gnome with funky glasses and holiday accessories.
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Twelve Days of Kindness – Christmas Challenge Worksheet
Challenge your students to commit 12 random acts of Christmas kindness with a printable kindness activity for elementary school students.
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Twelve Days of Christmas Kindness – Christmas Bulletin Board
Spread holiday cheer with this random acts of kindness Chrismas bulletin board display.
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Search and Find – Gingerbread House
Gingerbread house search and find activity.
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Funky Reindeer Craft Template
Download the famous Teach Starter funky reindeer template! This Christmas craft activity is perfect for practicing Zentangle patterns.
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Create an 'Elfie Selfie' Template
Create an adorable 'Elfie Selfie' with an easy Christmas craft for kids.
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A Visit from Santa – Christmas Poem Poster
Use this “A Visit from Santa” Christmas poem for kids as a basis for some festive fun in your classroom!
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A Teacher’s Favorite Things List
Organize your school gift exchange in advance with a printable Teacher Favorite Things form!
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Christmas Around the World - 4th Grade Reading Comprehension
Discover how Christmas is celebrated in the northern and southern hemispheres with printable reading comprehension sheets for 4th grade.
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Tacky Christmas Sweater Problem Solving Activity
Build visual discrimination skills and focus on attention to detail with an Ugly Christmas sweater Problem Solving Activity.
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