Christmas 2023 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 2023?
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 2023, the federal holiday will be Monday, December 25.
Basically, that means the last day of school could be as late as December 22 this year — that's the Friday before Christmas. 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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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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Tessellation Christmas Tree - Printable Project
Engage your students in the weeks before Christmas with a collaborative Christmas Tree Tessellation project.
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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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Jingle Jumble - Free Christmas Search-a-Word
Use this free holiday word search to build vocabulary and spelling skills in your classroom this Christmas season.
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Roll to Create a Gingerbread House
Have some Christmas fun without the mess with a Roll-to-Create Gingerbread House Art activity.
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Christmas - Making Inferences Task Cards and Visual Display
Skip the inferencing worksheet and have some fun with a Christmas-themed investigation activity.
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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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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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Holiday Code Cracker: Middle Years – Whole Class Holiday Game
A whole class, holiday-themed game where students work together to find a secret code.
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Save Santa's Workshop – Escape Room for Kids
A fun and festive escape room activity where students solve clues to save Santa's Workshop.
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Christmas Symmetry Worksheets - Mirrored Drawing Activity
Explore symmetry with these printable Christmas-themed symmetry worksheets.
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The Christmas Pickle Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Learn about the Christmas Pickle Tradition and practice reading comprehension skills with a printable reading passage worksheet pack.
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The Elf Investigation – Whole Class Escape Game
Engage and excite your upper elementary students with an exciting Christmas escape room mystery.
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3-D Christmas Tree - Printable Craft Template
Try combining geometry and Christmas with this fun holiday craft!
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Dear Santa Letter Templates
Use a printable Dear Santa Letter template to write fun letters to Santa during your writing classes.
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Roll to Create a Christmas Story - Writing Prompt
Roll the die to generate a fun Christmas writing activity with a roll-to-create Christmas worksheet.
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Christmas Trivia Advent Calendar Interactive
Host a Christmas trivia game show with an interactive advent calendar trivia game.
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Winter and Christmas Break Activity Grids — Student Choice Projects
A grid of fun holiday activities for your students to complete in the weeks leading up to winter break.
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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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Christmas Writing Prompt Dice Game - Roll-a-Story
Roll a Christmas Writing Prompt and write a fun Christmas story with our printable Christmas Dice activities.
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Christmas Shutter Cards - Printable Greeting Card Templates
Use a printable Christmas card template to create fun Christmas Shutter Cards with your students this holiday season.
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Ugly Christmas Sweater Design Project
Design an ugly Christmas sweater to earn your way into Santa’s Workshop with a printable Christmas STEM Project!
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Mindful Coloring - Christmas Coloring Sheets
Use a Christmas mindful coloring sheet as a fun art activity with your 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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- Christmas 2023 Printable Card Templates
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- Christmas 2023 Logic Puzzles
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- Christmas 2023 Classroom Door Decorations
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- Christmas 2023 Connect the Dots
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- Christmas 2023 Bingo
- Christmas 2023 Mazes
- Christmas 2023 Tracing Worksheets
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- Christmas 2023 Tarsia Puzzles
- Christmas 2023 Instructional Slide Decks
- Christmas 2023 Crossword Puzzles
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