Holidays Teaching Resources
If you're on the hunt for holiday-themed worksheets and printables to mark the big days and weeks throughout the school year, you know that the school year calendar is chock full of moments big and small to mark with your elementary students.
Whether you're the consummate planner who has all your classroom decorations set weeks in advance, or another classroom holiday just popped up and you realized you need a quick activity for your students, this collection of teaching resources has you covered.
This extensive collection of holiday activities for kids and event resources for the classroom is teacher-created and has been rigorously reviewed by the expert teacher team at Teach Starter to make sure every printable worksheet, holiday craft, digital resource, and classroom decoration is ready for you!
You'll find holiday crafts for kids and holiday cards from Thanksgiving to Valentine's Day, Veterans Day to Presidents' Day, plus curriculum-aligned holiday teaching resources for math, science, reading, writing, and more for each American holiday (big and small).
Also included are resources to help you mark the major awareness weeks and celebrations throughout the school year such as Red Ribbon Week, Fire Prevention Week, and more.
Holiday Teaching Resources Included
Whatever the holiday you're looking to celebrate in the classroom, this collection has you covered with interactive activities, bulletin board kits and classroom door decorations, printable word searches, coloring pages, and more.
Celebrations within this teacher-created resource collection include:
- Halloween
- Presidents' Day
- Veterans Day
- Thanksgiving
- Valentine's Day
- September 11th/Patriot Day
- Constitution Day
- International Dot Day
- Grandparents Day
- Christmas
- Easter
- Labor Day
- Dia de Los Muertos
- New Year's Eve
- Lunar New Year
- Election Day
- St Patrick's Day
- Eid al-Adha
- And more!
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Santa’s New Sleigh - Christmas STEM Activity
Design and build a new sleigh for Santa with a printable Christmas STEM project.
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Printable Christmas Game - Journey to The North Pole
Inspire silly holiday fun with a printable Christmas Board Game for Kids!
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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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Christmas in Switzerland — Samichlaus Paper Plate Craft
Teach about Christmas in Switzerland and introduce students to Samichlaus with a printable paper plate Christmas craft.
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Memory Suitcase - End of the School Year Craft Template
Take a trip down memory lane and end the school year with a suitcase full of memories from the school year with a printable memory craft template.
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This Year Was a Ball! End of the Year Craft Template
Reflect on the year and ‘have a ball’ making a fun beach ball craft with a printable craft template.
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50-Book Challenge Tracker & Printable Bookmark
Encourage your students to complete the 50 Book Reading Challenge with a printable bookmark to track their books.
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Recycling Word Search
Build your students’ vocabulary around the topic of recycling with this recycling word search.
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Christmas - Simple, Complex, and Compound Sentence Sort
Practice reading, identifying, and writing simple, compound, and complex sentences with a Christmas cut and paste worksheet.
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Verb Tense Printable Christmas Activity Cards
Practice identifying past, present, and future tense verbs with a set of Christmas Verb Tense Task Cards!
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Christmas Snap Cube Math Mats
Create a snap cube activity for the holiday season with a printable set of Christmas Snap cube cards.
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Holidays Around the World Mini Book - Mexico
Introduce your students to Mexico's Christmas traditions and decorations with a printable Christmas Around the World Mini Book.
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Holidays Around the World Mini Book - Sweden
Introduce your students to Christmas in Sweden with a printable mini book and graphic organizer.
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Christmas Gingerbread House Craft Template
Introduce your students to one of Germany’s most popular Christmas traditions with a printable gingerbread house craft template.
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Pin the Nose on Rudolph - Classroom Party Game
Spice up your Christmas festivities with a fun game of Pin the Nose on Rudolph.
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Christmas Code Breaker Puzzle - Worksheet
Crack the secret Christmas code to reveal a Christmas message.
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I Spy - Christmas Printable
Find, color, and count the Christmas objects in these fun printable Christmas I Spy worksheets.
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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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Christmas Stocking - Collaborative Art Project
Bring a bit of Christmas cheer into the classroom with this whole-class collaborative Christmas coloring sheet.
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Santa Coloring Page - Printable Christmas Worksheet
Have your students color this fun Santa Claus for Christmas.
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Day of the Dead Decor - Papel Picado Template
Promote cultural awareness and create your own Day of the Dead decorations with a printable Papel Picado template.
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Hide the Turkey Template — Thanksgiving Activity
Save Tom the Turkey with a Disguise a Turkey project template for Thanksgiving time in the classroom.
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Write About It! Spiders
Differentiate writing instruction in primary grades with a group of leveled informational writing prompts about spiders
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Digital Learning Background – Holiday Lights
A special virtual background teachers and students can use around the winter holidays.
- Holidays Templates
- Holidays Worksheets
- Holidays Craft Activities
- Holidays Games
- Holidays Writing Templates
- Holidays Mini Book
- Holidays Puzzles
- Holidays Labels Signs Decorations
- Holidays Coloring Pages
- Holidays Color by Code
- Holidays Interactive Activities
- Holidays Bulletin Board Displays
- Holidays Task Cards
- Holidays Cut and Paste Worksheets
- Holidays Word Walls
- Holidays Printable Card Templates
- Holidays Word Searches
- Holidays Escape Room Games
- Holidays Dice Games
- Holidays Logic Puzzles
- Holidays Instructional Slide Decks
- Holidays Classroom Door Decorations
- Holidays Bookmarks
- Holidays Sorting Activities
- Holidays Bingo
- Holidays Projects
- Holidays Posters
- Holidays Crossword Puzzles
- Holidays Card Games
- Holidays Active Games
- Holidays Flipbooks
- Holidays Mazes
- Holidays Flashcards
- Holidays Matchup Games
- Holidays Certificates and Awards
- Holidays Board Games
- Holidays Graphic Organizers
- Holidays Connect the Dots
- Holidays Pennant Flags
- Holidays Banner Display Letter Sets
- Holidays Tarsia Puzzles
- Holidays Brochure Templates
- Holidays Custom Studio Resources
- Holidays Checklists
- Holidays Tracing Worksheets
- Holidays Fortune Teller Templates
- Holidays Book Review Templates
- Holidays for Pre-K
- Holidays for Kindergarten
- Holidays for 1st Grade
- Holidays for 2nd Grade
- Holidays for 3rd Grade
- Holidays for 4th Grade
- Holidays for 5th Grade
- Holidays for 6th Grade
- Holidays for 7th Grade