This is the last week of homeschool preschool before Christmas break! It’s hard to believe that we’ve come this far, and I feel very accomplished!
After this week of planned Christmas activities, we will be taking off 2 weeks for Christmas/winter vacation, and picking back up in the first week of January! But I will continue to post various activities that we do throughout our Christmas break on Instagram @discoveringmommyhood!
So if you don’t already follow me over there, I hope you’ll join me!
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Activities For Preschool Christmas Unit Plan
Now onto the reason you’ve come to this post! Here are the Christmas crafts and activities we have planned for this next week : )
Day 1: DIY Ornament
Today, we will be making our own ornaments!
I got these clear plastic ornaments from the dollar store. But I’ve seen them at other craft stores like Michaels and Hobby Lobby as well.
Here are similar ornaments I found on Amazon.
And we will be filling these ornaments with faux snow and glitter! I also got these from the dollar store and Hobby Lobby.
I’ve also used sea salt as faux snow in the past, and it looked really great as well.
I do not have a funnel, but will be rolling up a sheet of paper into a funnel to help contain the mess.
Easier Option: I think an easier way of decorating ornaments can be just letting your child decorate the ornament with stickers. Various craft stores have sticker booklets or even foam stickers that are quite affordable.
Fancier Option: I’ve also seen other people use mod podge on the inside of the ornament and then putting in some glitter (that is more finely milled). And those look really amazing as well.
Day 2: Paper Christmas Stocking
I used to do this activity with my first graders back when I was teaching. This stocking template will be included in this week’s lesson plan download.
Materials Needed:
- Traceable Stocking Template (in lesson plan download)
- Construction paper or cardstock
- Scissors
- Hole Punch
- Twine/Yarn
- Optional: Cotton
Step 1
Cut out template and trace onto red or green construction paper. Alternatively, you could print it directly onto red or green cardstock.
Step 2
Stack two stocking cut-outs and place them on top of each other.
Step 3
Punch holes along the edges of the stockings.
Step 4
Weave yarn or twine through the holes to hold the two sides of the stockings together.
Step 5
Using white paper or cotton, create the top lining of the stocking, and you’re done!
Here’s how ours came out!
