Christmas Ideas and Activities for the Elementary Classroom!

 
 

Boy, do we have something for YOU! 😲🫢
Your "P🎁R🎁E🎁S🎁E🎁N🎁T🎁S" is requested!
This holiday season, we've collected ideas of:

🎨Something you MAKE
👕Something you WEAR
📚Something to READ
🙌Something to SHARE

Check it out below, or click on a day to jump to that content!

 
 

“Trap” students inside their own designed snow globe with these pre-made templates! Click below to download our Adobe Express, Canva, Buncee or print template!

 

Joy to the wool 🎄! Challenge students or staff to design the ugliest holiday sweater! We’ve also included a template for an Ugly Stocking and Ugly Socks! Click the image below or right here to download all templates w/ instructions!

We’re KNOT kidding, this simple craft is perfect for the holiday season! All you need is a ring, string, and knowledge on how to tie a loop knot!

 

Will you catch an ELFie this year? Now, you can create a video of the elf on the shelf in YOUR OWN classroom! 👀 Click on the image below or right here to download our template with instructions!

Go where SNOWman has gone before! Pair our Adobe Express template with any of these snowman books. Then, have your students build their on snowman! Click the image below or right here to download the template!

 
 

You don’t need a Christmas tree to give a memory that families won’t FIRget! Try this Canva card template! Just download and then have your students change out the pictures with their own. This would be great as an individual student project, or as a class card! To grab the template, click the image below or right here!

Here’s a quick and easy class craft idea that your class is FIR sure to enjoy! These can hang BEANIEth any tree! All you need is a paper towel roll, yarn, and cotton balls! Follow our directions above!


 

Forgetting things around the Holidays? YULE be sorry! 😲 Foster responsibility with our reminder bracelets from Canva! Click the download button below to grab the template and print or edit for yourself!

 

Sleigh it ain’t so! Share this Adobe Express overlay sticker template with students for simple, personalized cards or holiday crafts! Click the image or right here to download it for yourself!

Roses are 🌹, Violets are blue 💙, David agrees 👍🏻, Worksheets are, “EW!” 👎🏻

Pick up our latest shirt design from our merch store by clicking on the image above or right here!

 
 

They say that Christmas is a time to “tree-t” yourself, so why not show off your interACTIVE spirit with some festive wear? Check out our store by clicking on the image below or right here!


 

Turn your holiday read alouds into a magical experience with Novel Effect! Learn more about Novel Effect by clicking the image above or right here!

 
 

Your students will open these gifts at a WRAPid pace! 🎁 Give the gift of a new book this season! This idea from TheGameGal.com has everyone starting with a wrapped book and each time the words left or right are read aloud in the poem, you pass your “present” along. When the poem ends, you get to unwrap your new book! Click on the image above, here, or below to download the poem!

 

Treat yo’elf to a magical read aloud activity with the book, “How to Catch an Elf!” Read along to the book on Novel Effect, then incorporate STEM into the holiday season with an elf trap building challenge! We’ve also included a persuassive letter template from the elf’s point of view - trying to convince the students to release him! You can grab the template by clicking on the image below, or right here!

 
 

How about a Holiday READth?! Click on any book in the image above to immediately “spruce” up your classroom!

Get Hanukkah off to a great STARCH with Oskar and the Eight Blessings! Read this special story on Novel Effect and then discuss / brainstorm gifts and acts on Microsoft Flip. Then, download & print our template where students can discuss blessings found in the story. Click on the image below or right here to download our template!

 

We BELIEVE that you will love this Polar Express activity! Start out ordering some small jingle bells by clicking here or the image below. When they arrive, place a fake return address on the package and then place them into the freezer. Let them sit in the freezer for as long as possible (even if it’s for a day or so). Pro tip: I like to have our office manager save them in her refrigerator, so that way she can hand deliver them to the class to make it look like the package is more authentic. She usually comes in and plays the part well - exclaiming that there has been a “special delivery for the class!”

After that, print and cut out tickets from our Polar Express Ticket Canva template, and our letter from “The Boss” (links below). Then, read the book with Novel Effect and watch the movie! Lastly, have the bells “delivered!” Be sure to explain to the person delivering the bells that they will need to do so quickly, as the bells will thaw quickly. But, if you are able to deliver them fast enough, the bells will be cold when you open the package! Download / purchase all necessary materials below!


The Holidays are a FONTastic time of the year! Check out some of our favorites and download them all for ⭐️FREE⭐️ by clicking on the image below or right here!

 

Time to SPRUCE things up with a new idea or two! 🎄 We’re inspired daily by the interACTIVE ideas from across the world. So, we decided to curate them and share them with you! To view the entire collection, click on the image below or right here!

Encourage your students to see the “bigger picture” with our interACTIVE posters! Just download, print, and hang! Click the image below or right here to download!

 

Oh, DEER! 🦌 Your students will love this ⚡️LIVE⚡️ reindeer cam! Just click on the image below or right here to access the website!

These year-round tunes will have the sugar plums dancing in your head! These hits aren’t just for the Holidays, so keep them jamming all year long! These are available on Apple Music or Spotify - you choice! Click on the image you prefer below!

 

Gifts are meant to be shaken like a pole-aroid picture! Use these tags to keep track of whose is whose. We’ve got several different designs for you. Which one will you choose? Click the image below or right here to download! 🤶

 

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For more tips, tricks and lesson ideas for making learning more interACTIVE, check out our books The InterACTIVE Class and Flipgrid in the InterACTIVE Class on Amazon!